Family Sharing Notifications not appearing on iphone

I am having an issue with family sharing.  I am the organizer of my family share.  I have invited all my family who all have their own apple id's and all of them are logged in to itunes and icloud on their devices using their own id's. I have an ipad air and an iphone 5s - both are signed in to icloud with my apple id.  I get family notifications to my ipad only - never to my iphone which is what I have on me the most.  I have tried logging out and logging back in, restarting my iphone, logging out of my ipad and nothing works.  All notifications appear on my ipad - but they never appear on my phone.  No ask to buy or anything.  I have gone through setting by setting to make sure everything is identical.
Any help would be appreciated.  I have see the same question in a few places with no resolution.
Thanks!!

Hello William,
You may need to verify that this functionality is enabled in Settings -> Passcode (or Touch ID & Passcode).
Allow access to features when iPhone is locked. Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode (iPhone models with Touch ID) or Settings > Passcode (other models). Optional features include:
Today
Notifications View
Siri (if enabled, see Siri settings)
Passbook (see Passbook at a glance)
Reply with Message (see When someone calls)
iPhone User Guide - Use a passcode with data protection
http://help.apple.com/iphone/8/
Cheers,
Allen

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