Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by nineplay on Thursday October 15, 2020 @02:13PM
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I will happily concede that your three year old is a more advanced thinker than mine is.
As for violent content, with YouTube specifically it is easy to watch it without being forewarned. I don't know if you are aware of Elsagate but the whole goal is to get kids to watch horribly disturbing content without warning.
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by nendroid on Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:57PM
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6 year old.
At 3, he just had a playstation.
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by nineplay on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:14PM
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When he was 3, were you protecting him from the reality of the real world?
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by nendroid on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:23PM
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A baby can crawl in random directions. Of course I'll protect him from crawling off a ledge. But when he has the capacity to understand and judge I coddle as little as possible and expose as much possible. 5-6 is around the right time.
At 3 I don't let him run across the street. At 5 I tell him to look both ways and I tell him what happens to someone who doesn't, then I let him play outside.
My job as a parent is to help him understand. Not to build a bubble.
As for violent content I would tell my kid to just watch out for that and that the content is unpleasant. It's his choice whether he wants to see it. Usually at that age adult content or violent content is uninteresting or unpleasant so kids tend to avoid it anyway.