Set Up Contact Approval
To manage your child's contact settings from your dashboard, click on the Bark Phone tile and then on Contacts.
Types of contacts
✅ Approved Contacts - allow calls and texts to and from this number except at bedtime or when paused.
Emergency Contacts - always allow calls to and from this number.
🚫 Unapproved Contacts - block calls and texts to and from this number.
When an unapproved contact reaches out...
- All of their texts will be hidden from your child.
- Their calls to your child will go straight to voicemail.
- Your child will be able to see their phone number and request approval.
When your child requests approval...
- You will get a notification.
- A task to review contact requests will appear under the child's name.
- Texts sent or received while the contact was unapproved are not saved.
When you approve a contact request...
- Your kid can now send and receive texts from that contact.
- Your kid will get a push notification.
- Your kid will see an option to add the contact.
