(US-centric take) Everyone’s parenting journey is different. YouTube can play a part, or not. Maybe a doctor’s appointment comes up and you have to watch the ki

(US-centric take) Everyone’s parenting journey is different. YouTube can play a part, or not. Maybe a doctor’s appointment comes up and you have to watch the kids for a few hours. You can go through the toys and games you have and maybe all will go well for a few hours and things will be great. Or maybe things are running longer than your stamina and you need to put on Ms. Rachel and leave the room for a half hour and regain your sanity. Or you can pay a nanny to endlessly entertain your kids sans screens. Money isn’t an object for you and someone is willing to do the job for $20/hour and hopefully they never get sick or have care needs of their own. You can also live in the woods and homeschool your kids and teach them long division with acorns and berries while your husband hunts game. You, personally, yes you, unless you’ve actually studied this as your profession, have no relevant insight to the lives of parents writ large when the society we’ve built invests little in early childhood care needs. I literally know what’s best for my children based on the things I know about their lives. We’ll deploy YouTube as needed. We’ll use iPad on the potty if it helps with that process. We’ll do our best. Please, just, don’t make broad commentary on how to raise kids in 21st century America. It’s not helpful.