My problem with YT Kids is that the business model of YouTube is inherently incompatible with children and law. Here in Sweden advertising targeted at children is banned[1]. YouTube Kids is more or less all product placement, influencer "reviews" and sponsored content. Why would a child need thousands of videos? I would curate and download a library of videos.

[1] https://theculturetrip.com/europe/sweden/articles/sweden-ban...

Is it just me to see a bigger problem here - what the fuck is wrong with people to let their tiny innocent offspring just watch some fucking dumb TV?

Is this the best they can do as parents? I mean, we all know just dumb sitting on couch and passively consuming whatever goes in TV ain't healthy mentally (and physically), and they ingrain this approach in their kids since very young age?

Parenting ain't easy, never was and probably never will be, but damn invest some proper human time in it, don't just offload raising of your kids to some stupid website which lives off ads. This is best invested time of your life.

I have a 2-week newborn, and damn he ain't getting close to TV/phone/tablets till much much later, and even that in limited manner.

Well I was exactly like you with our new born.

After 1 she also got increasingly harder to feed. She would throw away the spoon with her hand and not open her mouth. Just a massive rebel in general. We were really stressed out. She was starting to fall off the growth curve. Pediatrician was concerned too.

Then while eating we once showed her ABC kinds wheels on bus go round and round rhyme video, not sure what clicked in her brain. It was a night/day difference. No rebel , eats well.

So we kinda use it as the last resort and feel a bit guilty.

Before you’re a parent you kinda have these conceived notions of how you will parent that are all based on a self-centered view. Which i say in the sense of the word, they are views on how you are going to parent because you think _____ (a you-you combo). Then you have a kid and the reality hits — this is a young person with their own ideas. You have ways that you want to parent that are going to conflict with what they want, so you have to navigate and negotiate.

You used something they wanted as a carrot stick (couldn’t not) to get mutually beneficial behavior, you’re still gonna feel guilt but this seems well done to me.

Sounds like the people behind the bootleg Peppa Pig videos are still going then :( https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/17/peppa-pig...

> A friends 1 year old was watching YT unsupervised

Parenting is not something you can automate

Number 1 issue here is parents allowing a 1 year old to watch online content instead of interacting with the world and playing with them.

Full stop.

Thanks for your judgement.

You're welcome.

I'd rather judge and shame bad parents now than have to deal with their poorly behaved offspring later in society.

I guessing that judging and shaming a corporation's contribution to "poorly behaved offspring" is right out though

Or just play PBS kids, which has apps on multiple platforms, good quality, and totally free.

Right now my kids are small. I think PBS kids should be enough for them. When they want to find something else to watch, I know they just had too much screen time and they need to do something else other than watching TV.