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# What is a guardian, and who is the primary guardian?

> How guardian roles work for an athlete — the single primary guardian versus co-guardians.

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  **Must know**

  * Each athlete has exactly **one primary guardian** plus **any number of co-guardians**.
  * Only the **primary guardian** can manage guardians and sharing — invite someone, promote another guardian to primary, remove a guardian, or change what co-guardians see.
  * A guardian only ever sees **their own children**, across whatever clubs those children belong to.
</Note>

A guardian is an adult with access to manage an athlete in the parent portal — registering them, adding medical info, signing waivers, and handling payments.

**The primary guardian** is the athlete's main account holder, marked with a **Primary** badge. They hold the controls for the athlete: inviting a co-guardian, setting a new primary, removing a guardian, and deciding how much co-guardians can see.

**Co-guardians** are any other adults linked to the same athlete — a second parent, a grandparent, or another caregiver. What a co-guardian can see is governed by two sharing settings the primary controls: whether other guardians can see the athlete's **registrations**, and whether they can see **financial details** (invoices and payments). A co-guardian can always be promoted to primary later.

Guardian access is personal to you: no matter how many clubs your children attend, you see only the children you're a guardian of, and never anyone else's athletes.

There are three ways someone becomes a guardian: the primary invites them by email, a parent asks to be added to an athlete already at a club, or an adult adds themselves as a self-athlete (which stands alone and can't have co-guardians).

**Related:** [How do I invite a co-guardian for my athlete?](/families/families-getting-started/invite-a-co-guardian) · [How do I manage co-guardians and what they can see?](/families/families-getting-started/manage-co-guardians-and-sharing) · [How do I get added to an athlete already at the club?](/families/families-getting-started/get-added-to-an-existing-athlete)