Is Player Control of Tokens Linked to Player Character Sheets?

I'm running a game for my 11 year old son and his group of pals. Early on I realized I needed to take control of the character tokens away from them lest they shuffle their tokens all over the place. In doing so, they also couldn't access their character sheets.  I'm not sure what I've done, but is there a way for them to access their character sheets in their journals without having control to move their character tokens around?  Further, I've copied some macros and created token buttons for initiative and their most used weapons. Can they access those without being able to move their tokens around? Thanks!

You could actually set up a token to represent one of their characters, but then save it as default to a sheet only you control.  That would allow you to drag it out on each map.  As far as the macros, instead of making them token actions, you might think about having them each enable the quick macro bar and show the macros there.  If they are written to run off of a selected token, that won't work though.

Because you're a Pro user with access to the API, you might want to check out MapLock which is available to install in the Roll 20 API Script Library dropdown menu for one click installs.  It will lock any token in place so that if it's dragged, it immediately returns to the place where it was locked so the kids will probably still get to have their fun of dragging tokens all over the place only to watch them go back into place and you'll have the comfort of knowing they won't be breaking your game.  Once you have it added to your game, you'll be able to select any token and use the following command : !map-lock toggle If the token is unlocked it will lock it and if it's locked then it will unlock it.  I recommend putting that command into a macro that you set as a token action so it will automatically pop up for you as an option whenever you select something.

I believe there is also an API that removes movement control unless that player is at the top of the turn order. This one isn't quite it, but will allow you to flip control with a macro command. Edit: TokenLock does exactly this, and it is available in the One Click installation of your API page.

Thank you, everyone! The api & macros are new ground for me and I'm a luddite, so it's slow going.  BUT, I have time to monkey with it since I'm trapped at home :)  Thanks again for all the suggestions.