Just thought I would share.. while I’m sure almost everyone here is aware YouTube is poison.. a family member got my daughter a kids tablet that is mainly math and reading games, and just other games you can play.. however kids YouTube is an app on this device.. so I clicked on it to see what it had on there.
For the kids YouTube age 9-12 setting, the very first video was explaining genders… the first damn vidoe.
If you look at the ages 5-8 setting it didn’t populate on the main page, but if you searched the word “gender” about 75% of the videos were gender reveal parties, but you better believe the other 25% were explaining genders, the genders of different cultures, names and genders don’t always match..
Anyways, I was disgusted.. and while I assume most here would automatically shut down any form of YouTube, the “kids YouTube” is just another indoctrination tool. This crap should be illegal.
Your kids will be fine! We are winning the information war. People who believe any of this shit are idiots and kids see that.
Eapescially if they have good parenting. Sounds like you have that covered.
By the way, the scooby doo lesbian thing has ruined my favorite cartoon as a kid. It is everywhere!
You are correct. Still infuriating knowing you have to double check everything for kids.
As a father myself, I can tell you it never ends. All these devices and apps and social media options. My son was all in on YT Kids, and has since "graduated" to regular YT. Keep doing what you're doing and monitor the h=ll out of what your daughter is watching/seeing. So much is subliminal too. And it gets worse (more prolific) as they age (my son is almost 12)
One other reco I have from my experience. Don't EVER give the kid headphones with such a tablet device. As annoying as it is sometimes to hear their "show" in the background, at least you can hear the content and step in when necessary. You/Parent/Guardian lose all connection once headphones are on and WHO KNOWS what they're hearing. Same for video game consoles, phones, etc etc.
The "woke" push in TV, movies, commercials and You-Tube has the opposite effect on my kids.
They have gotten increasingly disgusted by it... and just turn it OFF. My daughters won't even buy certain products because of the "woke" agenda of those companies. They tell their friends... and believe me, kids and young adults do talk. Those companies think they are communicating... but they are really losing.
If you've never seen it, I'd recommend the show "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated" (2010). It's updated in just the right ways and by just the right amount to keep it feeling fresh, but preserves the spirit of the original.
As for the terrible new show "Velma", it has become the lowest-rated animated series of all time on IMDb, and even leftists are criticizing it for being so bad. It's not going to be able to damage the legacy of Scooby-Doo, because it's not going to be remembered enough to do so (except maybe as an odd curiosity).
Don't even get me started on Picard ...
Have a bunch of lib Trekkie friends. Even THEY don't watch this garbage and couldn't get past 2 episodes -- well one of them made a whole season but even he was basically just hate watching past episode 3/4ish.
This dogshit REEEEEKS but as you said -- it'll eventually decompose and nobody will remember it. ndb
There are conservative apps programs for kids like Minno and Yippie. We looked into one of these and the cost was around $40 per year.
We currenlty have youtube kids but we have to lock it down with custom parental controls. Even with the controls in place, you really have to keep a good eye on what they watch.
It's a shame that it has come down to this. However, it is good that people are waking up and beginning to research what is being fed to our youth through the interwebs.
Disturbing days we live in
You should proactively teach it not to show that content. If you use the feature to tell it you are not interested in that content it will stop showing it. On the TV app I just hold down the select button and it brings up the options such as "Save", "Go to Channel" and one option is "Not Interested".
Once you have done this a bunch of times it will stop showing that type of content.
Some of the kid shows that aren’t suggestive or woke have other problems such as materialism. Some kid shows on YouTube are pushing unrealistic rich lifestyles and are advertising products in the show. The useful aspect to books and shows aimed toward children is that the is a moral to the story—a lesson learned that is clearly explained. Content producers on YouTube are incentivized to maximize monetary earnings through views and product pushing. They are not incentivized to teach good values and morals.
Trans people: we are just helping children find their true self!
Me: if their true self is anything like you, id prefer you didn’t help them at all.
Agreed! Freedom of speech needs to be eliminated on YouTube for the sake of the children.
YouTube hasn’t had freedom of speech in quite some time, you jabroni
This guy seems to be a recent bot and mods have been erasing its comments.
How am I a bot?