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How to activate your Parent Portal account

Parent Portal gives families visibility into alerts from their child's school accounts alongside their other Bark monitoring.

The Parent Portal helps keep students safe on school technology — especially after hours and on weekends. Here's what to expect after receiving an email invitation from your school:

  1. Click Confirm my contact info in the invitation email to enroll.

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  2. Then, enter an email and create a password for your free Parent Portal account.

    What if I already have a Bark account?
    Your child's student accounts will be automatically added to your account. If not added automatically, you either have a different email address for your Bark account than what the school used to invite you to Parent Portal or you weren't logged into Bark when clicking the link in the invite email.

    What if I have multiple kids?
    If you receive separate activation emails for each child, you do not need to create separate Parent Portal accounts. Once you've created an account with the first child, it should automatically add your other children.

  3. Enter your child's birth month and birth year, and click Save.

  4. Consider taking advantage of free screen time controls. Learn more about screen time and filtering. Otherwise, select I'll do this later when prompted.

  5. You're all set. Review alerts from the dashboard, accessible from any browser or via the Bark parent app on iOS and Android.

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