Short answer
Create an Amazon Kids profile for your child (Settings › Profiles & Family Library). Then set up Sheepdog Filter on your home Wi‑Fi router, which filters the tablet, the Silk browser and every app while it's at home. Fire tablets don't offer Android's Private DNS setting.
Step 1: Use an Amazon Kids profile
- On the tablet, open Settings › Profiles & Family Library and tap Add a child profile.
- Choose the age range. Amazon picks age-appropriate content, and you choose which apps and books appear.
- Manage it later from the Amazon Parent Dashboard website.
For very young children, a Kids profile on its own is a good, closed garden.
Step 2: Filter at your router
Older kids often get the regular (adult) profile so they can use more apps. Fire OS doesn't have Android's Private DNS setting, so the reliable way to filter it is your home Wi‑Fi router. One setting there covers the tablet and every other device at home. Pick your router:
Step 3: Keep the tablet at home overnight
Because the filter lives on your router, the tablet is only filtered on your Wi‑Fi. Most Fire tablets are Wi‑Fi only, so this covers them almost everywhere they go. Set a bedtime in Sheepdog Filter and the router turns the internet off for the tablet at night.
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Start freeQuestions parents ask
Does Amazon Kids block websites?
In a Kids profile, web browsing is limited to content Amazon has approved, or sites you add. In an adult profile, the Silk browser is open, so router filtering matters.
Why can't I use Private DNS on a Fire tablet?
Amazon's Fire OS leaves the Private DNS option out of its settings. Your home router is the simplest alternative.