Short answer
Switch Discord off in your child's Blocking tab in Sheepdog Filter: the app, website and console voice chat stop connecting. If you allow it, use Discord's Family Center and set direct messages and friend requests to friends only.
Block Discord with Sheepdog Filter
- Open your dashboard and choose your child (or Home Wi‑Fi for every device in the house).
- Go to the Blocking tab and open Chat and messaging.
- Switch Discord off. It stops loading in the app and the browser within a minute, on every device set up for that child.
Want it only at certain times? Leave it on and add a schedule (for example school nights), or use Homework mode to pause it until a time you pick. Want to make an exception? Tap Allow for a bit and choose 30 minutes, an hour or the rest of the day; it switches back by itself.
The big Social media switch covers Discord too, so if social media is off for your child, Discord already is.
If you allow Discord
- Family Center: Discord's parent tool shows which servers your teen joins and who they message (not the messages).
- Privacy & Safety: set Direct messages and friend requests to friends only, and keep Sensitive media filtering on.
- Server choice: big public servers are where most trouble starts. Small servers with real-life friends are much safer.
Why parents worry
Discord's age requirement is 13, but it's easy for anyone to join large public servers and message members. That's the risk to manage, not voice chat with friends.
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