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It's not the kid in the video, it's not his parents. It's the parents of other kids and those kids that make this a surreal phenomenon. There's a lot of YouTub
by astrodust 9y ago
It's not the kid in the video, it's not his parents. It's the parents of other kids and those kids that make this a surreal phenomenon.
There's a lot of YouTube junk out there that's seductive and, for some groups, infinitely watchable. Sadly that's where the gold is these days.
- andai 9y agoThe looong tail.
- jhiska 9y agoI have some friends who are parents. They sometimes loan their (very young) kid a tablet to keep him distracted while they're busy. It keeps him from causing problems for himself. The kid goes to Youtube and only watches vacuum-cleaning videos. For hours. He also believes every TV is (or should ideally be) touchscreen interactable. He likes boping the people on the news. He thinks they're puppets. He's a healthy, normal kid. What I'm trying to express is that we don't know how normal kids react to Youtube and its effect on them. It can be surprising.
- astrodust 9y agoYou can let them watch mundane videos for hours and be all "eh, well" or you can intervene and try and steer their attention towards more productive things. It seems like kids have fewer and fewer toys these days and more and more gadgets. Maybe that's part of the problem.