Set the room up before anyone small arrives
A loose dove and excited grandchildren can share a room happily, but the room has to be made safe first. Close and latch windows and exterior doors, switch off ceiling fans, cover mirrors or large glass the dove might fly into, and shut other pets out entirely, however gentle they usually are. Decide where the children will sit, ideally on cushions on the floor or a low sofa, because a dove who flies up lands on heads and raised hands, which startles everyone. Keep the session space small enough that one supervising adult can reach any point in a couple of steps.
The rules the children actually follow
Give grandchildren three rules they can remember: sit still, speak softly, and let the dove come to you. No chasing, no grabbing, no picking the bird up, and no waving arms when it flies, because a startled flush is when doves hit windows and children get scratched in the scramble. Hands stay in laps or flat on the floor, palm up with a few seeds, which many doves will eventually step onto or peck beside. An adult's job is narrating calmly and enforcing gently, moving a child who cannot settle to a watching seat rather than letting the excitement build around the bird.
Let the dove run the meeting
Doves are gentle but easily overwhelmed, and the bird should set the distance throughout. Open the cage or aviary door and let the dove come out in its own time; if it stays in, the visit becomes watching and talking about the bird, which is a perfectly good session. Watch the dove's body language: relaxed cooing, preening, and slow walking are green lights, while crouching, repeated alarm flights, and panting mean the session ends and the bird goes home to quiet. Short meetings of fifteen to twenty minutes suit both sides, and finishing while the dove is still calm teaches children that the bird's comfort ends the fun, not an incident.
Hygiene and the small print
Wash hands with soap before handling anything the dove will touch and always afterwards, and keep toddlers' fingers away from faces during the visit, since very young children explore with their mouths. No kissing the bird, no sharing snacks directly from a child's plate, and any dropped food the dove investigates gets removed rather than eaten by either party. Children with scratches or broken skin should watch rather than hold seed in the hand. These habits are simple, but they need one adult owning them rather than three adults assuming someone else has it covered.
Making the rules stick across visits
Grandchildren visit different houses and meet different rules, so the dove's rules work best written down and agreed between the adults in advance, including which adult supervises and who can call the session off. A short debrief after a good visit, praising what the children did right, builds the habit faster than corrections during it. KinsLe Family Sharing is a natural home for those agreed rules because your dove's profile and care information can be shared with the family members who help look after it, so grandparents, parents, and supervising adults all run the visit the same way.