Anyone under 16 who has a phone of their own and wants to join a choir with "Members under 16" asks a parent once beforehand. The parent gets an email and approves or declines on a cori page. Only after approval does the young person create an account. Using the same link, the parent can withdraw approval at any time until the rules for under-16s end; cori then deletes the account.
How it works for young people
- Open the invitation link
cori asks "How old are you?" along with "Young people sing in this choir too." Tap Under 16.
- Ask your parents
Under "Ask your parents" you enter "Your first name", choose the month and year under "When were you born?" and give a parent's address under "Your parent's email". Below that it says: "We only create an account once they've approved." Tap Send Request.
- Wait
cori shows "Waiting for your parents" and moves on by itself as soon as a parent has approved. If you open the invitation link again later on the same device, you'll see the status of the request.
- Create your account
At "Your parents have approved", tap Create account. After that you're in the choir.
In the choir you see the appointments and songs straight away. The chats open as soon as the choir leadership has confirmed you; until then they say "Almost there".
If you want to carry on on a different device from the one you asked on: after approval, the parents' page shows a code. On the other device, tap "I have a code" in cori and enter it, and then create your account there.
The email to parents
The email names the first name, the choir and the choir leadership. Tapping "View request" opens the approval page in the browser, on any device and without a cori account. The link is valid for 72 hours. If there's no answer by then, no account is created.
Approving or declining
The approval page shows the choir with the choir leadership and the rules that apply "While Mia is under 16":
- "Only the choir leadership and other young people under 16 can start a private chat with Mia."
- "Only the choir leader and the admins see the birthday."
- "No ads, no tracking."
- "When practising, the voice stays on the phone."
Below that it says that you won't get any more emails after approving, that you can withdraw approval at any time via the link, and from what date your child decides for themselves.
- Confirm that you're a parent
Tick the box next to "I am a parent or legal guardian and agree that Mia uses cori." You can't approve before doing so.
- Approve or decline
Tap Approve or Decline.
After approval, your child can carry on straight away. The page shows when you approved. You don't see your child's chats and exercises.
If you declined, cori doesn't create an account. As long as the link is valid, you can change your mind: with "Approve after all", the request appears again. Your child sees "Your parents didn't approve" and can send a new request.
Following along in the app
For up to 30 days after approval, the page also offers "Follow in the app". With your own cori account you then see your child's appointments and answers and, once the choir leadership has confirmed them, the parents' chat. You don't see their chats and exercises. Your child sees that you're following along. After you sign in, cori asks explicitly which account is following: "Follow as Sandra" or "Use a different account". The link only works for the first account that uses it, so a forwarded link doesn't make anyone else a parent. If your child hasn't created their account yet, you'll see the appointments as soon as they do. You set up following in the browser; after that you'll also see the appointments in the cori app.
How following continues later, including beyond the 16th birthday, is described in From the parent account to their own phone.
Withdrawing approval
Via the link in the email you can get back to the page at any time. Under "Withdraw consent" it says: "We'll then delete Mia's account straight away, and Mia will no longer be in the choir."
- Choose “Withdraw consent”
cori asks: "Withdraw for real? The account is deleted straight away."
- Confirm
Tap Withdraw and delete account. The page confirms: "Mia's account has been deleted."
What approval does
With approval, the fixed rules for members under 16 apply to the account, in every choir your child sings in. They end on the first of the month after the 16th birthday. Under SettingsParental approval, your child sees when a parent approved, which rules apply and when they stop. It also says there: "Your parents can't see your chats or your practice. If they withdraw their approval, your account is deleted." All the rules at a glance are in Young singers under 16.
If it doesn't work
- The email doesn't arrive. Check your spam folder. With "Resend Email", cori sends a new link, and the old one is then no longer valid. With "Use another email address" you start again with a different address.
- "The request has expired". The parents didn't answer within 72 hours. Simply send the email again.
- "The request couldn't be sent. Please try again." cori sends at most six such emails to the same address within 24 hours, requests and resends combined. If siblings have already sent requests, try again the next day.
- "This consent link is invalid or has already been used." If the email was resent, only the link from the newest email is valid. If your child withdrew the request, the link isn't valid at all any more.
- "Link Expired" on the approval page. After 72 hours you can no longer approve. Your child sends a new request.
- "The approval is for a new account". Someone with a cori account is already signed in on the device. The approval only applies to a new account created after the request. Tap "Create account"; if someone joins with the signed-in account instead, the approval doesn't apply to it.
What's next?
- The overview: Young singers under 16
- Children without a phone of their own: Registering a child as a parent
- Choir leadership and parents: The parents' chat