How do I invite existing iCloud accounts to my Family Sharing account as Children?

My kids have had various iOS devices over the years, and created their own iCloud accounts for backups, email, etc with the introduction of iOS 7 (maybe 6). Family Sharing is a long overdue solution to managing to all the devices in a family.
My question is: How do I invite an existing iCloud account holder into my Family as a Child?
By default, these accounts are imported as Adults. Deleting my kids' accounts and starting over with new accounts is NOT and option, therefore without the ability to flag these existing accounts as "Child", this Family Sharing is a useless feature.
Any insights on how I can invite Child accounts to my Family Sharing Organizer account would be much appreciated.
~Rick

If the child is 13 or older, you can. Just set the birthday to 13 years old and it will work just fine.
If the child is under 13, you can't. Apple decided that you didn't need that functionality, just like me and apparently half the planet.

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