Kids tick off, parents confirm

Chores & allowance3 min read · updated October 2026

Kids tick off their own chores: in kids mode on your phone, on the family tablet or on their paired device. You decide per child whether that counts straight away.

  1. On the child's card, open Week, allowance, and history.
  2. Under Reward settings, turn on Parents confirm each completed chore. It's off by default.
  3. When the child ticks something off, the top of the chores page shows “1 chore waiting for confirmation”.
  4. Tap Confirm, or the X for Not done. With two or more waiting there's also Confirm all.

Good to know

  • When you tick off a chore yourself in the parent view, it counts straight away, even with the switch on.
  • On a paired device, kids can tick off yesterday, today and tomorrow. Late ticks up to three days back always wait for confirmation.
  • A tick by mistake goes away with a second tap.
  • A declined one-off chore is open again afterwards.

Kids mode on a parent's phone

In the app, start it with the sparkles icon at the top right of the chores page. The first time, you set a four-digit PIN for kids mode; it only applies to this device. You leave with Exit kids mode and the PIN. With Forgot PIN? your device passcode or Face ID unlocks it.

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