I mean, yea?

We watch sesame street and spiderman and friends on youtube

Miss Rachel has content for under two year olds. But that's supposed to be watched together with a parent (or some other guardian).

It’s phrased like the child has the control here

Correct headline: 62% of parents let/make their 2 and under children watch YouTube

It's kind of amazing how captivating it is for our toddler just looking at family photos on a screen, and it adds weight to my theory that light-emitting colour screens themselves have a baseline addictive quality.

We showed our kid a 5-8 minute cartoon in the morning and in the evening at under 2. It was the only way to brush her teeth. Was I proud of it? No. Was it educational? No. Is it the best way to brush teeth? No. Did she have the shiniest teeth on the block? Absolutely yes.

I prefer the little harm of letting her watch The Little Mole on Youtube twice a day at 18 months old over having cavities or using force to brush her teeth. For months and months we tried every other method there is and eventually gave up and tried the TV.

I let my kid watch sensory videos when she was a baby. The when she was older I let her sometimes watch educational stuff. It doesn’t mean she was watching AI slop or let her choose what to watch.