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Quick question: does anyone use YouTube Kids?
Tony G.Regular
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Considering it for my 4yo. Does it actually filter the weird stuff or is it just YouTube with extra steps?
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I use it but I think of it more as "curated YouTube" than a total fix. The weird stuff is less common but def still there. I end up building a custom watchlist for my kids (PBS Kids shows, actual educational stuff) and just ignoring the trending section entirely
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lol "extra steps" is the perfect way to describe it. It's like they're trying to make YouTube parental-controls-adjacent without actually committing to real filtering
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It's better than regular YouTube but it's absolutely not foolproof. My 5yo somehow found a video of someone opening mystery boxes that was clearly designed to trigger the algorithm into recommended videos. Just... be in the room when they're watching is honestly the real answer
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YouTube Kids still lets some weird stuff through if you're not careful with the settings. The algorithm is still pushing content that's technically "kid-friendly" but weirdly intense. I'd recommend manually curating a watchlist rather than letting the "auto-generated" recommendations run