Ready to hand down your Amazon Fire tablet or gift an Amazon Fire Kids tablet to your little one? Make sure to review these free Amazon Kids settings and parental controls first.

How to Set Up Amazon Kids

Before you give your child an Amazon Fire Kids tablet, set up Amazon Kids from the Parent Dashboard by creating a child profile.

1. Visit the Parent Dashboard at parents.amazon.com.

2. Select New+ or Add / Create a Child profile.

3. Enter your child’s name > Add Child.

4. To add an additional child profile, select the + (Plus) icon > Add Profile / Add a Child.

Manage an Amazon Kids Profile

Once you’ve created at least one child profile, you can manage the content your child can access, screen time limits, and purchase permissions, among other settings from the Parent Dashboard.

Here’s a look at some of the settings that could be most helpful:

• Set up screen time limits: Open your child’s profile on the Parent Dashboard and select Set Up Screen Time > toggle on Daily Time Limits. Create a designated schedule according to content type—and including controlling daily allowed screen time totals.
• Prioritize educational content: From Daily Time Limits select Learn First > Add to designate the learning-first content you’d like to emphasize before everything else.
• Set age filters: Go to Settings > Adjust Age Filter and Theme to show only age-appropriate content to your child.
• Control store access: You can allow your child browsing access to the app store from Settings > Additional Content > Store. Though kids can browse with this setting on, they can only make download and purchase requests; you’ll be notified of these requests so you can have the final say.
• Manage communication methods: To determine whether and with whom your child can contact via the Fire Tablet, visit Fire Tablet Settings > Manage Communications.

You can also access these other controls directly from your child’s Fire Tablet by opening the Grownups menu > Settings at the top-right corner of the device:

• Web browsing history
• Camera and gallery access
• Bluetooth connectivity
• Volume limits
• Profile switching permissions

Turn on Parental Controls on an Amazon Fire Tablet

Another option is to turn on parental controls to add safeguards to an Amazon Fire tablet you already own.

1. Swipe down on your Fire Tablet to open Quick Settings > Settings.

2. Tap Profile & Parental Controls.

3. Go to Restrict access to current profile.

4. Toggle this setting to On.

5. Create and enter a Parental Control password.

6. Confirm the password and select Finish.

Fire Tablet Parental Controls to Know

Once you’ve activated Parent Controls on your Fire tablet, you have the option to designate permissions for various apps, content, and communication settings, including:

• Wi-Fi connectivity
• Location services
• Camera use
• Web browser access
• Email
• Prime Video playback
• Content types, such as books or music
• Amazon Store or Amazon Shop purchasing