To set up parental controls on YouTube Kids, log in with your Google account. You can create a personal passcode, which acts as a master key for accessing the app's settings, or you can use the random multiplication quiz each time you want to get in. The quiz presumably prevents kids from gaining access. The app allows profiles for up to eight kids, each with its own avatar and individual settings, including time limits and a personal passcode for each kid so they can't access each other's profile.
The main thing you'll need to decide is whether you want to allow your kid to search the app freely, or rely on the app's age-based content settings 4 and under, 5—7, and 8—12 , which serve videos generally appropriate for each age range.
Selecting "Approve content" yourself disables search and instead serves up video Collections, which are videos that have been verified as age appropriate. All of the profile settings are accessible through the lock icon on every screen, you can update them as often as you wish, and they apply immediately to the app and the website.
YouTube Kids doesn't offer content filters. To limit what your kids can view, you can use the parental controls to allow only content you've approved. Otherwise, the app aims to show videos based on the age range you've specified kids 4 and under see more early learning content while 8- to year-olds see more gaming videos, for example. If there's something you definitely don't want your kids to see, you'll have to block those videos when they come up.
In addition to the ads, the commercialism, and the potential to see inappropriate videos, we think it's better to wait until kids are slightly more mature or to view videos together with your younger children. You may have heard about or seen some videos that look like they're for kids but are clearly not.
These videos may use familiar characters from kids' TV shows, such as Caillou or Peppa Pig, or they may use cartoon graphics such as cars and trucks. The videos have seemingly kid-friendly titles and begin normally, but then become strange and even extremely disturbing.
Whoever creates these videos -- which have been termed YouTube Poop -- has figured out how to use tags the code that helps Google categorize content to fool the algorithm. Disturbing videos are more common on the main YouTube channel, and YouTube is aware of the problem and trying to remedy it with more human monitors.
In addition to parental controls, video collections, and turning off search, YouTube has made some policy changes to try to improve the app. The company announced that when videos are flagged on the main YouTube app, they will automatically be age-restricted and therefore blocked from the Kids app. It will also remove the financial incentive of producers of some of this strange content, by eliminating their ability to serve ads on the age-restricted content.
The addition of human monitors reviewing flagged content and proactively looking for disturbing content -- which Google instituted after concerns surfaced about disturbing videos making it through the algorithm -- should help a lot.
And the app's partnership with content providers such as PBS and Kidzbop further reduces risk. Still, it's important for parents to keep an eye on things and actively make use of the product's built-in controls to keep kids' experiences fun and safe. As with any media product that contains user-generated content, it's wise to supervise closely and watch together when you can. If you find a disturbing video, you can block it, which makes sure the video doesn't surface again.
You can also report it, which alerts YouTube of the offensive content so that their team can review and remove it if necessary. If your kids are scared by stuff they see, try these methods to comfort them. It might be the biggest, but YouTube isn't the only fish in the sea.
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