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Apple Watch SE3 location and permissions issues with child's account

My daughter has a child’s Apple account we set up for her. She uses an iPhone on wifi, with no data.


We recently got her an Apple Watch SE3 with a standalone data plan. I set it up using my phone. We logged in to her child’s account using her existing Apple account iCloud email address.


Some things aren’t working properly. For example when I ask for health permissions from my phone, through the watch app, the notification goes to her iPhone, and never grants permission on my watch app.


More importantly, her gps location of the watch is the same as her iPhone. She will be at school and her location says she’s at home, because that’s where her phone is.


Its like things are getting mixed up between her watch and phone.


Does anyone have any recommendations?

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You need to set it up following the directions here: Set up Apple Watch for a family member - Apple Support


It would be best to NOT use the same Apple account on her phone as the watch as that's going to throw a wrench into the works.


She does not actually have a 'working' iPhone as she has no cell service. The two will be arguing about which one owns what functions, like location reporting.