6 year old discovered YouTube and won't stop watching
My son used to be fine with limited screen time but then somehow found YouTube kids and now he just wants to watch people playing video games for hours. I set up the parental controls but he's figured out how to get around them somehow? He's not even playing the games himself just watching other people. When I tell him to stop he throws a fit. Is this normal at 6 or should I be more worried? My wife thinks I'm overreacting but I feel like we've lost control.
YouTube Kids is a trap man. The algorithm pulls them in hard. We finally just took the screen away for a while and reset expectations. Took about a week before he stopped asking but it worked.
I had this problem with my 7 year old. What worked for us was deleting the app from his profile and only allowing YouTube through supervised access once or twice a week. It sucks to be the bad guy but it works.