Are your kids obsessed with YouTube? It’s an easy digital babysitter to occupy your child’s attention and many are hooked on watching the seemingly endless number of videos that live on the site. But if you’re allowing your children to watch (or upload) YouTube videos unsupervised, they could be seeing some inappropriate – or downright dangerous – content.
While handing your kids a tablet might seem innocuous, it also means you’re removing yourself from the equation. By handing off a digital device with unlimited access to what the internet has to offer, you’re opening the floodgates to what your child can access.
A recent study reported that, “In the US, 25% of 3-year-olds go online daily, rising to about 50% by age 5 and nearly 70% by age 8.” So it should be no surprise that the Irish Mirror recently reported that children aged nine and ten admitted to filming their own
