Family link/google/youtube restrictions..

[03ozwhip]

So my 10(almost 11) year old has had a phone and restrictions for a year. I know he watches YouTube at home on the shaw box and at his friends place, so at this point I'm not too worried about what he is searching and I'm allowing him to have it on his phone.

When I set this thing up, I was under the assumption that I could just change the settings for this, but i cant get it to allow YouTube.

What is my next step? Uninstalling familylink or deleting his google account? I really dont want to do either...any suggestions?

[ExtraSlow]

He needs YouTube kids. The entire google ecosystem has a very restrictive view of what kids can see and do.

If you personally want control, you need to get him an adult google account, and then restrict him with other methods, like through your router time control settings, or something.

[03ozwhip]

Ya that's what I figured from the reading I was doing, but was hoping there might be another way .

[Tik-Tok]

He needs YouTube kids. The entire google ecosystem has a very restrictive view of what kids can see and do.



And 95% of it is thinly veiled adverting.

[ExtraSlow]

We are "full google" for our family, and it's a mess because of this child/adult differentiation.

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And 95% of it is thinly veiled adverting.
Well Youtube is an advertising platform first and foremost. That's true for Youtube Kids and the regular youtube as well.

[dirtsniffer]

If you have a Samsung you could use kids mode to release certain apps while still maintaining control

[03ozwhip]

If you have a Samsung you could use kids mode to release certain apps while still maintaining control

It's an S6, little old now, but I'll look into it. I didnt realize it had a dedicated kids mode.

[speedog]

Kids mode this, kids mode that, nanny state but just in a different form. I get it, the world is a big fucking scary place but at what point do you stop being controllers and start being parents? My wife and I are a different phase of our life than most beyond members and all we've seen is that controlled kids end up being a lot more messed up as they grow up than kids that were parented. Guidance, not control, was always our mantra. Yeah, there are exceptions to the rule but I'd rather be seen still as a parent my kids can come to for guidance as opposed to a parent to avoid because control.

[jwslam]

Kids mode this, kids mode that, nanny state but just in a different form. I get it, the world is a big fucking scary place but at what point do you stop being controllers and start being parents? My wife and I are a different phase of our life than most beyond members and all we've seen is that controlled kids end up being a lot more messed up as they grow up than kids that were parented. Guidance, not control, was always our mantra. Yeah, there are exceptions to the rule but I'd rather be seen still as a parent my kids can come to for guidance as opposed to a parent to avoid because control.
Pretty sure when you were growing up, you couldn't pick up your stone tablet and with one click watch a live stream suicide or one of these Peppa Pig vids... You couldn't read about "how to be in Incel" on the carvings in your cave. You didn't watch videos about how to slash and burn a dinosaur.

That's the difference. The nannying you got as a kid was due to technological limitations.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxx3SqpNVW4&list=PL1-cL4jx6HrmTtMartmGKLiw_8zJfcfpm&index=1

I agree that there are some special snowflakes raised due to everyone's sensitivity to everything though.

[Tik-Tok]

Kids mode this, kids mode that, nanny state but just in a different form. I get it, the world is a big fucking scary place but at what point do you stop being controllers and start being parents? My wife and I are a different phase of our life than most beyond members and all we've seen is that controlled kids end up being a lot more messed up as they grow up than kids that were parented. Guidance, not control, was always our mantra. Yeah, there are exceptions to the rule but I'd rather be seen still as a parent my kids can come to for guidance as opposed to a parent to avoid because control.

Spoken like someone who doesn't know exactly how fucked up the internet really is. But yeah, you could just not let your kids on the internet, but then they get behind in both social and educational situations because they aren't learning from it.