Comment by eibrahim

i agree on the sanitization aspect but it's the "misdirection" that i am worried about or the misalignment with our family values. Let's say the kid asks about sex or whatever hot topic out there, my values might (and probably are) be different than what chatgpt is giving them and i have no way of monitoring this. I mean i built something for them to use that is more age appropriate, we will see how that goes. I was just curious what other parents are doing.

to answer your question, no they are not allowed on youtube, tiktok or any social media. All games with chat are enable with only their friends which i have to approve. they have youtube kids but they don't like it, so they never use it.

The other problem is that most of their friends have access so they probably show them stuff on their devices :(. Some of their friends have ZERO limits and restrictions - not sure if it's ignorance on the parents part or they are ok with it.

I heard recently denmark banned social media for anyone under 15 (i think) which i believe is a great step and i wish we do it in the US.