Started letting my 7 year old watch educational YouTube videos about space. Now he's somehow been watching videos about grown men reviewing Hot Wheels for like an hour. How does this even happen? One minute it's NASA, next minute it's some guy with 2 million subscribers talking about toy cars. I don't understand the algorithm.
Dude, my kids do this constantly. I've learned to just set a timer and let them watch whatever keeps them occupied for 20 minutes while I make dinner. Could be worse than Hot Wheels reviews honestly.
Same thing happened here with my oldest. The recommendation rabbit hole is real, but honestly the Hot Wheels stuff got him interested in collecting and trading with other kids at school, so I'm not mad about it.
This is exactly why I'm still nervous about letting my 4-month-old anywhere near screens. How do you manage setting boundaries now that he's hooked?
Space content is at least cool though. Wait until he finds something completely random and becomes an expert on it.
Oh man, the YouTube algorithm is wild. Started with educational stuff for my daughter and suddenly she's deep diving into obscure nature documentaries at midnight.
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Ha, that's the YouTube algorithm in a nutshell. My 6 year old went from dinosaur videos to unboxing videos and I have no idea how that happened. At least Hot Wheels reviews are harmless - could be worse!