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# Your parent or guardian's part

If you're under 18, your registration isn't complete until a parent or legal guardian signs off. Here's what happens on their side, and what you can do to help it along.

## What they receive

After you submit onboarding, the guardian you named gets an **email with a secure personal link**. They don't need an account or a password — the link takes them straight to their portal, where they:

1. confirm your details,
2. add emergency contact information,
3. sign the consent forms and their half of the waiver.

While you wait, your status shows as **Awaiting Parent** and your event page shows whether they've finished:

![The event page showing the parent/guardian card with a send invitation button](https://mintcdn.com/hack-club/fFe-gHR4JhFpaSjb/participants/images/event-awaiting-guardian.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=fFe-gHR4JhFpaSjb\&q=85\&s=c0bc6f855962506e22d7416a90500689)

## Nudging them along

* **Resend the invitation** any time from your event page — there's a button on the Parent/Guardian card. (You can resend at most once every couple of minutes.)
* If the button says invitations haven't opened yet, the event hasn't started sending guardian forms — nothing is wrong; try again once the organizers open them.

## They lost the email?

Two options:

1. **Resend it** from your event page (easiest).
2. Send them to the **Guardian Portal Center**: from the Attend home page, they click **Parent or guardian**, enter the email address or phone number the organizers have on file for them, and receive a 6-digit verification code that shows them every portal linked to them — including fresh links for any that expired. No digging through their inbox.

![The Guardian Portal Center where guardians can recover their links](https://mintcdn.com/hack-club/fFe-gHR4JhFpaSjb/participants/images/guardian-portal-center.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=fFe-gHR4JhFpaSjb\&q=85\&s=5342b4516f00954cba89a680a5dfe022)

## Common questions

**"I typed my parent's email wrong."** Go back to the Guardian step if you haven't submitted yet — changing the email automatically re-sends the invitation to the new address. Already submitted? Email [attend@hackclub.com](mailto:attend@hackclub.com) and we'll fix it.

**"Can I use my own number/email for my parent?"** No — the guardian's phone must be different from yours, and it genuinely needs to reach them. These forms are legal consent; they have to come from your actual parent or guardian.

**"My parent finished but I'm still not Complete."** You may still need to sign **your** half of the waiver — check your dashboard for a "sign your waiver" prompt.


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