How can I share only a specific playlist with another family device?

I purchased an iPod Touch for my Dad for Christmas.  I am trying to share only a selected playlist with the new device without synching everything that I have on my iPhone and iPad to his device.  I have turned on home sharing but can't figure out how to limit the automatic sync that kicks off when I plug the new iPod into my PC.  Any suggestions?

Hello roaminggnome
Unfortunately the support is down at the moment, I will have a better look later. I did go though the Apple support previously, however I found nothing that worked.
The first thread I came across was “Home Sharing” however no mater what I did, it did not appear in the iTunes sharing list (I did go though the “Show Sharing Networks” support as well)
Secondly, I saw “Using A Single Library With Multiple Accounts On The Same PC” (Something like that) but all this did was let us share the same music location, if I was to rip extra music, it will not show in there library
Matt

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