You can play from arbitrary game positions in Daily, starting from a FEN position, but that isn't available in Live.
Also, it should be noted that playing people in the same househould should be unrated, if you want to do that.
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When we play on the board I play with a very short timer, like 2 minutes total game time and they get 20. But I still would like to have some pieces removed to give them a better chance. I am not very good but they are very much beginners.