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5706906c06c | 8 years ago

Practically speaking, all of it. The prolonged effects of handing an iDevice are damaging to their psyche. Kids aren't in a position to exercise rational decisions on what is and isn't acceptable content. The Youtube for Kids content filtering isn't nearly as advanced as it should be, so parents end up spending an inconsiderable amount of time attempting to filter to no success. These videos, along with those "Daddy finger" songs, adults unwrapping toys and "Ryan's toy review" where the little brat gets all the toys and destroys them are mind-numbingly pointless and damaging (considering the lack of value). At some point, parents need to consider the unknown factors and the possibility of (incidental) trauma.

At least, that's the conclusion I've come to after watching my four-year-old consume some of the above. Counter to that, the reduction of screen time has turned her more empathetic toward her sibling, though I can only state that qualitatively.

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r00fus|8 years ago

I still don't see what actual harm is being done here.

I agree that screen/device time is generally bad, but this goes whether it happens to be YTKids, Netflix or games.

What specifically is "wrong with the internet"? I still don't see the issue here.

macrael|8 years ago

Did you watch the video where a series of marvel heroes were captured and buried up to their necks in sand? These videos are nightmare fuel for children.

blacksmith_tb|8 years ago

I think the author's implication is the 'wrongness' is the development of an ecosystem which encourages the creation of sadistic content marketed to children.