YouTube kids recommendations are weird sometimes

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5h ago1 min read

I let my 4 year old watch YouTube Kids for maybe 20 minutes while I cook dinner. Most of it is fine but randomly it recommends some pretty strange content. Anyone else notice this? I stay in the room with him mostly but it's annoying having to skip stuff. Thinking about just going back to Netflix where I have more control.

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TTylerNew Dadjust now

YouTube Kids algorithm is definitely weird sometimes. I've caught some stuff that shouldn't be on there marked as kids content. Just keep spot checking what he's watching. Twenty minutes is fine, the algorithm learns fast.

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VVincent L.New Dadjust now

I don't trust YouTube Kids completely so I always have a second screen I can monitor while I'm cooking. Takes one second to glance over and make sure nothing weird is on. Some of the recommendations are definitely questionable.

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