[nineplay]

Totally agree, there's a gap there. I block youtube.com completely, only opening it up briefly when there's a school assignment to watch a video which I think is playing with fire.

I tried to create a youtube account with whatever checkbox they have that is "please only show safe content". I subscribed to kid's science channels. The garbage that came though was astonishing.

[throwaway3699]

Have you found any problems with them being left out of all the in-jokes and culture? I don't think kids culture (esp. for boys) really exists anywhere online outside of YouTube. That's part of why gaming is so popular on that site. I no longer watch TV because YouTube has way better stuff.

[toast0]

You can get in-jokes by second hand exposure. I understand a good amount of Simpsons jokes from tireless repetition by friends, even though I haven't watched the show much at all. (It was forbidden in my childhood home, and passe when I left)