This is a public service video. We banned Kid's YouTube shortly after Amaya discovered it, many years ago. It baffled me. There were all these videos of kids trying different kinds of candy and acting out fan fiction of princess stories. It's a crazy place. There were people unwrapping toys and weird food challenges. It just wasn't anything we wanted her to watch. Just recently we've allowed her to watch regular YouTube, with parental restrictions activated, for the riddles and some educational animal videos. The other day she and her friend came running over to ask me what the word "rape meant." It was used in one of their "riddle" questions. So now YouTube is completely banned in our house unless there is active parental participation. There's no controlling what your kids can see, even if you're watching with them, but at least you can edit as quickly as possible. There's enough educational stuff out there to lull us into a false sense of security. We need to figure out how to create safe spaces online and accountability for the people who try to take advantage of a naive audience. The first step in fixing the problem is acknowledging that it exists. Then we can figure out how to take action to protect ourselves and our children.
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