The Parent Portal lets you enable or disable your child's access to the Minecraft server and Discord server independently. These toggles are on each child's card and take effect immediately.
When you disable Minecraft or Discord access:
When you re-enable access:
Before a child can link a Minecraft account, they must agree to the Lighthouse Community Rules. This is a required step, and it happens before any server access is granted.
Your child's Minecraft section in the Parent Portal will show one of three states:
| State | What You'll See | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| Rules Agreement Required | A card with the full community rules and a confirmation button | Read the rules with your child and agree on their behalf, or have them log in and agree themselves |
| Awaiting Staff Review | A card letting you know rules have been accepted and staff will promote them soon | Nothing -- just wait. Staff will promote your child to Traveler soon, usually within a few hours |
| Link Minecraft Account | The account linking form | Your child is a Traveler and ready to link |
If your child is a Drifter (brand new account) and you have Minecraft access enabled for them, you'll see the Rules Agreement card in their Minecraft section. You can agree on their behalf directly from the Parent Portal:
Once you confirm, your child's account moves to Stowaway status and staff will be notified to review their account. The Minecraft section will update to show the waiting card automatically.
Your child can also log in to their own account and agree to the rules themselves -- both approaches work the same way.
Once your child has been approved by staff (Traveler status), you can link their Minecraft account directly from the Parent Portal without needing to log in to their account:
Once verified, the account appears in the linked accounts list on your child's card.
If you need to remove a linked Minecraft account, click the remove button next to the account. This removes your child from the server whitelist and unlinks the account. You can always link a new account later.
Discord linking works differently -- your child links their own Discord account through their settings page using Discord's authorization flow. From the Parent Portal, you control whether they're allowed to do this using the Join Discord Server toggle.
If your child already has a linked Discord account and you disable access, their roles are removed immediately. When you re-enable access, their roles are restored.
When your child is a Drifter, they'll see a card on their own Dashboard prompting them to read and accept the community rules. Agreeing to the rules is the first step toward getting server access.
When you disable Minecraft or Discord access, your child will see a clear message on their settings page letting them know that access has been disabled by their parent or guardian. They won't see the option to link new accounts until access is re-enabled.
For more details on how Minecraft and Discord linking work, see: