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>We had to ban YouTube, and doing so was possibly the single best boundary we've set as parents Sounds horrible. My young teens have been on youtube for like 6
by eatsyourtacos 2y ago
>We had to ban YouTube, and doing so was possibly the single best boundary we've set as parents
Sounds horrible. My young teens have been on youtube for like 6+ years. They can watch hour long videos no problem. So what if they are trash sometimes? They are into it, paying attention and it's their entertainment. But then they also end up watching and learning so many different things they aren't going to see anywhere else. Or randomly come across chess videos then start watching those etc.
My kids have more screen time than 99% of kids I know, yet they are super well behaved, have many interests, do well in school, etc. I couldn't ask for better kids.
>If we hadn't we'd probably have never spoken to our kids again.
Sounds like a You problem. Not a YouTube problem.
- tstrimple 2y agoI’m in a similar situation. Haven’t found a need to lock down things like YouTube or even TikTok. My kids aren’t endlessly scrolling. They are playing games with friends or reading or practicing sports / music. My middlest daughter recently took up pottery and previously knitting because of content she watched on TikTok. My youngest is constantly asking to do home chemistry stuff she learned watching such content. We had to cut her off from the home made slime, but not the content that got her interested enough to want to try it herself. My children are more well rounded due to these services. Far from the mindless doom scrollers everyone else claims these apps turn kids into.