Discord is strengthening its Family Center with new features designed to give guardians greater visibility into how teens use the platform — including details about purchases, time spent, and top interactions. The update aims to help parents better understand whether their teens may be spending too much time or money on Discord while maintaining a balance between safety and privacy.

First launched in 2023, the Family Center originally offered a limited activity dashboard that showed which servers teens had joined and sent weekly summaries to guardians. The new update significantly broadens these capabilities.

New Monitoring Features

Guardians can now view:

• Total purchases made by their teen over the past week — including items from Discord’s Shop and Nitro subscriptions, the platform’s premium membership.
• Time spent on voice and video calls across DMs, group chats, and servers during the previous seven days.
• The top five users and servers their teen interacted with in the last week, helping parents identify their teen’s closest connections on the app.

These updates align Discord with other major social platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, which have recently added features to help parents limit who can contact their teens.

New Parental Controls

Discord is also rolling out enhanced parental controls that give guardians greater authority over safety and privacy settings:

• Direct Message (DM) controls: Guardians can determine who is allowed to DM their teen.
• Sensitive content filters: Parents can decide whether Discord should automatically filter potentially inappropriate material.
• Data privacy settings: Guardians can now manage how Discord uses their teen’s data — including whether the platform can display personalized ads.

Reporting and Transparency

A new option also allows teens to notify their parents or guardians when they report content on Discord. However, Discord clarified that it will not disclose the specific content being reported, encouraging open discussion between teens and guardians instead.

“The new features allow guardians who have linked Family Center accounts to play a more active role in creating a safer space online for teens while still respecting their privacy,” the company said in a blog post.

A Broader Industry Push Toward Teen Safety

Discord’s move follows similar safety updates across the tech industry. In recent months, companies including Meta, YouTube, and OpenAI have introduced new tools and policies aimed at improving digital well-being for younger users. AI-focused platforms like OpenAI and Character.AI have also made adjustments to ensure safer interactions for teens.

By enhancing its Family Center, Discord joins this broader effort to balance digital freedom and online safety, giving parents a more active role in protecting teens while respecting their independence online.