I thought YouTube Kids was supposed to be safe but my 5yo is somehow finding videos that are honestly pretty inappropriate. There's stuff about weird pranks and clickbait thumbnails designed to freak kids out. I've got content filters on but it still slips through. Thinking about just deleting it altogether and using Netflix instead. Has anyone found a better alternative that actually works?
The YouTube Kids algorithm is honestly worse than regular YouTube sometimes. With two kids I've given up on it and just stick to Disney Plus or similar. Way more limited but at least I can actually relax knowing it's safe.
This is exactly why we ditched the auto-play feature and started being really selective about what we allow. You might need to dig into the parental controls more than YouTube advertises - there's actually more you can lock down than most people realize.
Same battle here. The algorithm is weird with what it considers 'kid safe' sometimes. Have you tried using the restricted mode or looking at alternative apps? Some dads swear by the curated options over the wild west of YouTube.
Yeah, YouTube Kids has some serious blind spots. We switched to a whitelist approach where I manually approve channels instead of relying on their filter. Takes more time but way more control over what gets through.
This is scary stuff. I've had my oldest on YouTube Kids and I thought the same thing until I actually sat down and watched through the history. There are definitely inappropriate videos slipping through. Might be time to look at other options or just do way more monitoring.
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YouTube Kids is such a trap. My 5 year old did the exact same thing. The algorithm somehow keeps suggesting weirder and weirder stuff. I ended up just disabling the app entirely and sticking to Netflix kids or actual physical DVDs. Not ideal but at least I know what he's watching.