Kids Mode not showing in app drawer

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Just got the S 8.4, and the first thing it wanted to do was the software update that is apparently a necessary precursor to setting up Kids Mode. I know that I saw an icon for it on one of the home screens at one point, but I was also going through and cleaning up a bunch of icons for useless bundlewareSamsung's amazing Perks package, so I probably tossed it off the edge of the screen as well, on the assumption that I could always start it from its app-drawer icon when I was ready for it.

Now that I'm ready to work with it, though, it's nowhere to be found in the Apps Drawer. I can see it under Settings / Applications / Application Manager / All, but can't open it from there to begin the configuration process. I can also see it when creating a new Restricted profile, but for some reason it can't be enabled in that context.

I don't really have much data on this device yet, so I suppose a factory reset wouldn't be the end of the world, but it's also a fairly blunt instrument. Does anybody have any other slightly sharper tools that might expose this feature?
 

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Is it possible that's in the hidden apps section?
In the app drawer there should be a 3-dot menu (or you can use the menu button on the device) and you can find that section there.

Sent from my Galaxy S4 running SlimKat 4.4.4
 

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Kids Mode can be found in the Widgets page. You can add it back into your Homepage.

Hope this help. :)
Took me a couple of minutes to find the widgets, but yep, you're right: it's there as a widget. It's an odd one, though, in that it is effectively a shortcut to install the actual program. Not the usual download from an apps store -- but then, according to the blurb that comes up when the icon is tapped, it sounds like it's a third-party app, so maybe that's why the usual store process is bypassed.