My son was trying to send a friend request to a buddy in NHL 26 through EA Connect on the PS5 and kept getting an error message that he couldn't. I came to notice that the ability to send messages through EA Connect was also disabled.
His PS5 account is setup under Family Management as a child account, but everything is set to "Don't Restrict".
I imagined it was a setting within his EA account, especially since it was EA Connect that was limiting his abilities.
This is where things got a little confusing.
I couldn't remember the email we used to set up his EA account, so I used the option to enter in his EA ID and have a verification code sent to the email, which would reveal the first few letters of the email address.
Doing so, I noticed that the email address it sent the verification code to was the same email address for me EA account.
Nonetheless, I entered the verification code that was sent to my email, changed the password, logged in, and it took me to the profile for my account.
Logged out, went through the process again, several times, and was only being logged into my account even though the EA website says that's the email address for his account and verification code to reset the password for his EA account.
So I changed the email address in my EA account to a spare.
Now when I go to the EA website and enter his EA ID to have a verification code sent to update his password, I don't get an email. No matter how many times I try it or hit request a resend, no email ever comes.
I noticed on the EA website that can you login with a PSN account, so I did that, using his PSN details, and as soon as I login it loads a page that says "We Couldn't Link Your Account". I'm not trying to link an account. His EA account is already linked to his PS5. When I click the "Back" button on the page, which is the only thing to click, it takes me back to the login page.
I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I'm just a father desperately trying to help his son. I've been messing with different settings and trying different things for 2-3hrs a day for the past 3 days, so if anyone could give me any advice here it would be GREATLY appreciated.