Consent choices explained

The three choices on the consent page, which one is required, and how to change your mind.

Updated November 3, 2026 · 2 min read · For families

The consent page has three choices. One is required for your child to use TaleTykes. The other two are optional. You choose for each child separately.

The three choices

Choice	Required?	What it allows
Reading and lessons	Yes	Your child's reading space, with the information listed in What we collect
Voice recording	No	Read-aloud recordings of your child, kept 30 days
Your child's name in stories	No	Your child's name shown in stories. The name is added on the device and never sent to AI.

A child without the required choice can't sign in. Their card on the family page says "Needs your OK". Once consent is granted it says "Ready to read".

How we check that you're a parent

The page asks for a card check: a $0.50 charge on a card, refunded right away, entered on Stripe's page. It also starts your trial. After the first child, your card isn't checked again. This is one of the methods the law accepts for verifying a parent.

Changing your choices

Open Family & access from the menu. Under Consent, each child has a row for each choice with its status. Press Withdraw to switch off voice or the name choice, or to withdraw consent for reading and lessons. Press Turn on to add voice or the name choice later. Only a parent on the account can do this; a caregiver can't.

If you withdraw "Reading and lessons", your child is signed out, we stop collecting, and we delete your child's information within 30 days.

Common questions

Do I have to turn on voice?

No. Your child can use the service without it.

What if I skip the optional choices?

Nothing else changes. Your child still reads.

No. Consent is per child and per feature.

Steps for the page itself are in Give consent. Other questions: contact us.

Give consent for your childWhat the consent page asks you to choose, how the card check works, and how to change your choices later.What we collect about your childThe few things TaleTykes stores about a child, what we never ask for, and where each piece comes from.See, download or delete your informationHow to see, download, correct or delete what TaleTykes holds about your child, or withdraw consent.AI and your child's informationWhat AI companies receive when TaleTykes makes books, and why your child's name is never part of it.

Still stuck?

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