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We took away Youtube Kids access after a few days. It's filled with so much very low quality "spam" content. E.g. random indians with thick accents singing to r

by zo1 5y ago

We took away Youtube Kids access after a few days. It's filled with so much very low quality "spam" content. E.g. random indians with thick accents singing to random recordings of them playing with toys and 5k iterations of that for every single kids song imaginable. And that's even excluding the potential of them finding content along the lines of "Elsa Gate". Youtube-dl is your friend. Download (or pirate) quality content for them to consume offline. Disney streaming is also a no-go these days, not going to touch that with a 10-foot pole.

lynguist 5y ago
I found that she likes watching Blippi and that there are specially produced Blippi episodes on Amazon Kids, but I couldn’t find those videos anywhere to download nor could I subscribe to Amazon Kids! (It’s not available in my country!) There is a Blippi stage musical on YouTube she watched already more than five or six times. I also see that it actually helps her language acquisition.
- zo1 5y ago
  My young kids also watch(ed) plenty of Blippi. He has some episodes on Netflix too (different actor though) if you want to try that out. But it sounds like your best bet is to use a VPN and search "Blippi" on Youtube for videos to download. Amazon Kids, you could probably allow a file/music app that can play specific files. Overall definitely a big gap in the market.
nunodonato 5y ago
Glad I'm not alone on that. I tried youtube kids before showing it to my daughter and I was shocked at the kind of content it was selecting. I was hoping for interesting videos, more like a video version of a kids wikipedia or something, with an educational purpose. But everything is about dumb jokes, toys, songs, and consumerism in general. At least for english speaking kids there are a few other good resources available
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codebolt 5y ago
Agreed on YT Kids, it's a lot of garbage with very little educational value. But what's wrong with Disney streaming? My 3 yo is allowed to play with a tablet for a few hours per week, locked so he can only access Netflix, Disney and a few games.
bena 5y ago
Something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKp2gikIkD8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKp2gikIkD8

by zo1 5y ago

lynguist 5y ago

I found that she likes watching Blippi and that there are specially produced Blippi episodes on Amazon Kids, but I couldn’t find those videos anywhere to download nor could I subscribe to Amazon Kids! (It’s not available in my country!) There is a Blippi stage musical on YouTube she watched already more than five or six times. I also see that it actually helps her language acquisition.

zo1 5y ago
My young kids also watch(ed) plenty of Blippi. He has some episodes on Netflix too (different actor though) if you want to try that out. But it sounds like your best bet is to use a VPN and search "Blippi" on Youtube for videos to download. Amazon Kids, you could probably allow a file/music app that can play specific files. Overall definitely a big gap in the market.

nunodonato 5y ago

Glad I'm not alone on that. I tried youtube kids before showing it to my daughter and I was shocked at the kind of content it was selecting. I was hoping for interesting videos, more like a video version of a kids wikipedia or something, with an educational purpose. But everything is about dumb jokes, toys, songs, and consumerism in general. At least for english speaking kids there are a few other good resources available

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codebolt 5y ago

Agreed on YT Kids, it's a lot of garbage with very little educational value. But what's wrong with Disney streaming? My 3 yo is allowed to play with a tablet for a few hours per week, locked so he can only access Netflix, Disney and a few games.

bena 5y ago

Something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKp2gikIkD8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKp2gikIkD8