⚠️ How To Make YouTube Safer For Your Kid in 4 Steps
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Hello Reader, Ever feel like restricting YouTube is like playing whack-a-mole —you keep locking devices down, but your kids still find a way through? One mom thought she had every device locked down…until she found her son watching racy bikini videos on their Echo Show. She didn’t realize it had a built-in browser. That’s the tricky part about YouTube: it shows up everywhere. And even YouTube Kids or Restricted Mode can’t fully protect your child from harmful or addictive videos. So what does work to end the whack-a-mole YouTube madness? THIS. A practical plan parents can actually follow, all clearly laid out, in our latest article 4 Practical Steps To Make YouTube Safer For Kids. You’ll learn:
YouTube doesn’t have to feel untameable like the wild west. With the right steps—and the right conversations—you can take back control.
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Hello Reader, Has this happened to you when your child goes to play at a friend’s house? They come home and tell you they had the best time ever—but it turns out “playtime” really meant hours on YouTube and video games, not the kind of play you had in mind. Or how about when a child comes to play at your house, and unexpectedly brings an iPad? One mom shared how this happened to her, and when she asked him to put it away during lunch, he said no because “his mom lets him.” When they drove to...