Add a child to a family

Once a family exists, add each of their children from the family's card.

Add the child

1. Go to Families & Children → Families and find the family.
2. In the family card's Children section, click Add child.
3. Fill in the Add Child form:
   • First Name and Last Name (required)
   • Date of Birth (required). This drives age-group logic and age-up reminders.
   • Gender (optional)
   • Allergies (optional), comma separated, like Peanuts, Dairy
   • Medical Conditions (optional), comma separated, like Asthma
   • Medications and Dietary Restrictions (optional), comma separated
   • Notes (optional) for anything else
   • Emergency contacts (optional): name, relationship, and phone for each
   • Custom fields (optional): any extra fields your organization tracks. Adding a new field here adds it for every child in your organization.
   • Room: if you have one room, the child joins it. With several rooms, pick one or leave No room (enroll later). With no rooms yet, the child is added without one.
   • Days they attend (optional) and Tuition plan: these appear once a room is picked.
4. Click Add Child.

Screenshot pendingThe Add Child form with name, date of birth, gender, allergies, medical conditions, notes, and room fields

The child appears under the family right away.

About the room and enrollment

Picking a room enrolls the child in it starting today, with the days and tuition plan you chose. To use a different start date or set the enrollment type, open the child's profile and use the Enrollment section on the Details tab. (A room card's Enroll child collects these up front.) See Move a child from one room to another for how enrollment works.

If you chose No room (enroll later), the child exists but isn't on any roster yet. Enroll them from their profile's Enrollment section (or a room card) whenever you're ready.

Siblings

Add each child separately. They all share one family record (parents, billing, primary contact), but each child has their own room, activities, and attendance.

Troubleshooting

I don't see an Add child button. Make sure you're on the family's card in Families & Children → Families. The button is in that card's Children section.

I added the child to the wrong family. There's no way to move a child between families. On the wrong family's card, use Archive child on the child's row, then add them again under the correct family.

The days and tuition plan fields aren't showing. They only appear once the child has a room. Pick a room, or set them later from the child's profile.