KidsConsent
A parental-verification service for child accounts that uses delegated credentials (set up once by a parent) so kids can use chat, gaming, and social platforms without those services ever knowing who the child is — and parents can revoke at any time.
Parents wanting their kids online without surrendering the family identity to every app
- One-time parent setup via bank or government eID; kids get pseudonymous tokens that prove 'parentally verified under-16'
- Per-app revocation — parent dashboard shows which services the child has unlocked and kills access instantly
- Privacy-by-default: child-to-app communication is brokered through a proxy so no email or phone number leaks
- Compliance export so families can prove to schools or regulators which apps the child has access to
The pushback against blanket digital ID covers both adults and minors; COPPA, EU Kids Code, and UK Age-Appropriate Design Code all demand parental consent — yet every current implementation creates a surveillance identity for the child.
Real parental anxiety exists — Discord's age-check breach exposing 70,000 IDs (Ars Technica, Feb 2026) and UK Online Safety Act backlash show parents worry about identity leakage; UK/Canada/EU regulations drive ongoing need.Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs ↗Risky Business: The Legal and Privacy Concerns of Mandatory Age Verification Technologies ↗
The core delegated-credential idea is already implemented by SuperAwesome's 'ParentGraph' / Kid Web Services — once a parent verifies, they never re-share details across any KWS-integrated service. Epic Games partnered to make it free for all developers, locking in the network.Epic Games and SuperAwesome Offer Free Parent Verification for all Developers ↗Platform for Youth App Developers | SuperAwesome ↗
SuperAwesome's KWS is free to developers; to compete a new entrant would need to charge parents directly, where typical parental-control ARPU is $3-7/mo, or out-scale a free incumbent — a tough monetization story.Epic Games and SuperAwesome Offer Free Parent Verification for all Developers ↗
COPPA, EU Kids Code, UK AADC, and Canadian Bill S-209 are all durably pushing verifiable parental consent; the FTC's 2026 policy statement on age verification signals sustained regulatory demand.FTC Issues Policy Statement on Age Verification Technologies Under COPPA ↗Consultation on age assurance - What We Heard ↗
Technically feasible (verifiable credentials / ZK age proofs exist), but the hard problem is platform adoption — SuperAwesome already has the parent/developer two-sided network and offers it free, so a new entrant faces a cold-start chicken-and-egg problem.Veriff partners with SuperAwesome ↗