Parental controls at the grandparents' house

Your house is filtered. Then the kids go to Grandma's for the weekend, where the Wi‑Fi password is on the fridge and nothing is blocked.

Updated November 12, 2026·2 min read

Short answer

Kids' own phones and tablets set up with Sheepdog Filter stay filtered at the grandparents' house already. To cover the whole house, including a shared iPad or the TV, make a free account for the grandparents and change one setting on their router. It also blocks scam and fake-login sites, which protects the grandparents too.

First, what's already covered

If you set Sheepdog Filter up on your kids' own devices (not just your home router), their rules follow them everywhere: your home, Grandma's house, a friend's house and mobile data. Nothing else to do for those devices. See how to set it up on each device.

Covering the whole house

The family iPad, the TV and the old laptop in the den aren't your kids' devices, so they need the grandparents' Wi‑Fi to be filtered.

  1. With the grandparents, create a free account in their name (or yours, with their email for alerts).
  2. While you're at their house, tap Set up next to Home Wi‑Fi and paste the DNS address into their router. Our home Wi‑Fi guide covers every popular router, including the boxes from internet companies.
  3. Turn IPv6 off and save. Done in about ten minutes.

A bonus for grandparents: scam protection

The same filter blocks known scam, phishing and fake-login sites, which are aimed squarely at older adults. It's on by default, so their own phone and computer are safer on that Wi‑Fi too. More in protecting older parents from online scams.

Keep it simple for them

Grandparents never need to open the dashboard. If a site they need is ever blocked, they can call you, and you can allow it from your phone if you share the login, or they can tap the "Ask" link on the blocked page.

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Questions parents ask

Can I manage the grandparents' Wi‑Fi from my own account?

The simplest way is a separate free account for their house. Share the login with them, or keep it yourself.

Will it slow down their internet or break their TV apps?

No. Streaming, video calls and email work normally. Only harmful categories are blocked.

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