With over 20 million underages using Facebook account and messenger, Facebook has decided to launch a Facebook platform for kids between the age of 6 to 12 where the kids will be able to chat with there friends. The Facebook messenger kids account is in association with their parent account approval.

Facebook knows that the Facebook platform has become so popular that a kid below 13 years old uses Facebook account either by lying about there ages or using their parents’ age.

However, Facebook has chosen to launch a kid Messenger app, which is the subsidiary of the Facebook adult messenger.

Before any kid can create Facebook messenger kid app account their parents’ must pre-approve the move by their kid. And at the same, the kid cannot approve any friend request except their parent authorized their children friends request.

While this is the best approach for kids to use a Facebook account, Facebook also makes sure that they monitor the kind of messages the kids send to each out through artificial intelligence to make sure that children do not send inappropriate messages to themselves.

How to Create Facebook Messenger Kids Account

Kids cannot create a Facebook account themselves unless it is authorized by their parent. A kid between the age of 6-12 messenger app account is nested to their parent account.

For you as a kid to sign up for Facebook messenger kids app, your parent will download and install Facebook messenger app for a kid and install it on their iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Android and then sign into their Facebook account to create an account for you under your account.

Below will take you by hand on how to create Facebook messenger kids account under a parental account.

How to Create Facebook Messenger Kids Account

Currently, the Facebook messenger kids account is only tested on iOS but in a subsequent month, the app will be available on Android and on Kindle Fire.

Here is a step by step procedure on how to sign up Facebook messenger kids account according to the latest report from Facebook we have at our disposal.

1. Download Facebook messenger kid app on your kid phone iPad, iPhone, and iPod from the Apple App store.

2. Authenticate your kids iPad, iPhone, and iPod devices using your own Facebook username and password. This will still not sign up a Facebook account for your child or dive then access to login to your Facebook account.

3. Complete the process to create a Facebook account for your child on their devices by providing their username, Facebook name, sex, and bio-info.

4. Go to your Facebook account under Messenger Kids parental controls panel in your main Facebook app and add the list of contacts to your child Facebook account.

Note: Once your kid receives a friend request from their schoolmates and friend you as a parent will have to approve the request or decline it.

5. Click the more option and navigate to explore to add more friends to your child Facebook account at the bottom right of your Facebook account.