Kagi for Kids
198 points by ryanjamurphy 3 months ago | 166 comments- Roritharr 3 months agoWhat Kagi or anyone could work on, is an actually working version of YouTube Kids.
I literally Pi-Hole Blocked all of YouTube after my son started reading the Bible after a Minecraft Influencer started preaching throughout most of his videos to the point my son became a bit too much interested in the topic.
Not that I'm a rabid atheist or would deny my child such a thing, but if THAT can enter my 8yr olds brain via his short allowed time where he can browse by himself, i'm worried what else is coming his way through it.
I'd love to give him access to valuable videos between rules I describe by natural language and can test myself, but nothing like this exists.
- MostlyStable 3 months agoI had a lot of frustrations with the Youtube Kids app until I realized that if, when setting it up, rather than choosing the appropriate age range, you picked the "custom" (or whatever it was, it was annoyingly hidden all the way to the right, so you can't even see it at first), you are able to white list channels and videos, rather than just blacklist. Why this feature is hidden behind a different age selector rather than being part of any of the age settings I do not understand, but it's a lot better, and it could prevent the issue you describe, although admittedly it does require more work on the parents part to find and approve appropriate content. This is easier for younger kids at least.
- theshrike79 3 months agoNow only if they added parental controls for the standard Youtube app to block Shorts completely.
My kids aren't allowed to use TikTok and now Google decided to shove it in Youtube - and make it impossible to block.
- philips 3 months agoI wrote a blog post about that if it helps others. It is a real game changer: https://abparenting.substack.com/p/effective-youtube-kids
- aNapierkowski 3 months agowait is this real? this is a thing ive been wanting, some channels that are fine are not in ytkids and some of the stuff in ytkids is just junk if we could curate a whitelist that would be perfect
- MostlyStable 3 months agoI think you can only whitelist channels that are approved kids channels, not from the full youtube library, but it does allow you to avoid the ocean of crap and pick just the good stuff.
- philips 3 months agoYes, it is real, but a bit tricky to setup with caveats: https://abparenting.substack.com/p/effective-youtube-kids
- bluGill 3 months agoPerfect only if you have a small list that is allowed...
- MostlyStable 3 months ago
- voisin 3 months agoIs there a list somewhere to start a whitelist from?
- theshrike79 3 months ago
- skydhash 3 months agoWhy not curate a video repository? I think novelty is actually overrated and even harmful for kid. Deeper exploration on familiar subject may be beneficial as that would let his/her imagination to take on the job of inventing new things.
- kridsdale1 3 months agoI did this. I set up a plex server in my home that connects to a NAS which has the full runs of every PBS style kids show that I could find and found good reviews of. Along with classic movies.
Just trying to recreate the media conditions of my youth, with modern content as well as long as it’s “pure”.
I’m also putting me-vetted YouTube content like Kurzgesagt on it.
- Minor49er 3 months agoYou might want to vet your video collection more closely. Kurzgesagt got into hot water a few years ago after it came out that they were being sponsored by large corporations to push messaging that used those sponsors' publications as primary sources. They're not as unpartial and objective as they lead people to believe
- loughnane 3 months agoI’m in the same boat. Curated is the only way to go.
- voisin 3 months agoAnother great resource for vetting content for kids by age is Common Sense Media.
- Minor49er 3 months ago
- bombcar 3 months agoJellyfin + ytdlp + playlists = pretty good, in general. and avoids ads; the ads are worse than almost anything else you can find.
- murphm8 3 months agoNo need for manual ytdlp! I use TubeArchivist[1] to download channels and then share them with kid's account on Plex. I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet. Great self-hosted solution.
- reaperman 3 months agoIf it’s just the ads that are the issue, paying for YouTube premium would be a similar cost solution, and funnel some money to good creators.
Towards a better Jellyfin solution, I wonder if adding Whisper and an LLM model could transcribe the YT videos and flag any which contains themes that go against parents values.
- philips 3 months agoDo you have any automation on ytdlp and Jellyfin?
I built this with Jellyfin and Home Assistant for my kids: https://github.com/philips/homeassistant-nfc-chromecast
- murphm8 3 months ago
- mvieira38 3 months agoThis seems like a cool idea. Maybe using something like a Peertube instance to join like-minded parents would end up working out for scaling
- kridsdale1 3 months ago
- jmathai 3 months agoI found that most of the content on YouTube kids existed as a means to advertise products. I don't necessarily care to understand the economics of it because it just doesn't provide enough value to bother.
What I do understand is that I don't want my kids being tricked into watching ads because something about watching adults open toys is entertaining.
- newsclues 3 months agoKids have many people they can ask for gifts from.
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- mvieira38 3 months agoMay I ask how are you dealing with the hole Youtube left in his life? I grew up on the internet, but seeing the effects it had on me and the world I don't want the same for my kids. The problem is I don't even know what to do in my own free time if not browsing Youtube or playing games, imagine a kid.
- skydhash 3 months agoMy advice would be hobbies. Learning and practicing stuff can take a lot of your free time if you’re passionate about it, meaning you give it your full attention.
- mvieira38 3 months agoMaybe I'm weird, but hobbies just feel like work anyways, except maybe reading. Learning Japanese just doesn't have the same feedback loop as grinding Dota or something... Alas, how would I tackle this issue with a kid? Maybe just throw a bunch of activities at him and see what sticks as a hobby?
- mvieira38 3 months ago
- theshrike79 3 months agoPBS and whatever equivalent there is in your country.
There is a metric ton of professionally made non-commercial content for kids.
- skydhash 3 months ago
- jkkramer 3 months agoAs a fellow parent and hater of YouTube Kids, I've thought about building a replacement.
What holds me back is knowing that -- if this was an iPad app, for example -- I'd be at the mercy of both Google AND Apple. It's a minefield of sensitive topics:
- Kids & privacy
- Content moderation
- Intellectual property
- Third-party UGC
Way too risky.
- petepete 3 months agoThis is why iPlayer is worth its weight in gold in the UK.
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- calvinmorrison 3 months agoChurch-goer son-of-a-pastor die-hard-reformed christian here in agreement...
sorry there are too many whackos out there. I'd feel more comfortable with my kids learning from Catholic Priests than some random youtuber. In fact, my kids are probably going to go to catholic school.
The reason why we have denominations in part is to maintain the education of the clergy and keep dogma, or theology, in check.
(even if we disagree at times, at least most of the organized christian church can agree on the basic creeds - something that youtube seems hell bent on for clicks is getting you into nontrinitarian and whacky stuff!)
- smusamashah 3 months agoFor my 3yo, I have setup YouTube kids but with only approved content. He gets to see only selected channels or videos. YouTube with search enabled for kids isn't as walled as one might expect.
- stankot 3 months agoI stumbled on this some time ago and saved it for when my kid grows up enough. It is a collection of a few thousands kid friendly videos. I think their curation is pretty good, but check it out for yourself.
- pyuser583 3 months agoWhat did these videos say? I'd like to let the leaders of our church know, so they can add it to the sermons.
- thijson 3 months agoMy son watches this YouTuber, it's Eystreem. My guess is that he uses the Bible as a prop to add drama to his videos. Another video he was marketing Prime energy drinks. Maybe I should download a whole bunch of 80's TV shows line A-team or Macyver, and only have that available to watch
- phobotics 3 months agoI think DudePerfect have an app that is essentially this. Heavily curated kid friendly content. It might only be paid though.
- jordanmorgan10 3 months agoYup - our kids use it and it’s the only “YouTube” kinda thing that’s worked for our family.
- mattmanser 3 months agoI had a look, and it seemed to be just their content? I thought the GP meant an app with a range of content.
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- curiousgal 3 months agoShocking at this may seem, it is your job as a parent to protect your kid and not expect a platform to do it for you. It's not that hard to limit kids' screen time and control the content. A simple yt-dlp cron job with Jellyfin would work fine.
- philips 3 months agoWhat is wrong with YouTube Kids? I think it works fairly well and use it in my own home: https://abparenting.substack.com/p/effective-youtube-kids
- ninkendo 3 months agoTo add to this, YouTube Kids is an entirely different beast altogether depending on if it’s on a touch screen your kid can control, vs on a TV where you have the remote.
I feel a lot of people talk terribly about YouTube Kids because they’re imagining you just hand them a tablet with the app, let them pick what they want to watch, and walk away. And then the kid finds some super suspect videos and gets brainwashed or something.
But here I am letting my 2 and 4 year olds watch Miss Rachel and Super Simple Songs and Big Block Singsong and the occasional Elmo’s World on the TV, while I’m in the room, and people on this forum would call me a monster for doing this… it’s really wild.
- BOOSTERHIDROGEN 3 months agoThis is not a new development; HN has been discussing this issue since it became apparent that the content did not meet the expected standards. The situation changed when Google made an effort to implement a whitelist channel feature.
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- cyanydeez 3 months agothats not a real filterable example
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- d3752934 3 months agoI'm going to go out on a limb and say that isn't going to be happening for this particular individual.
- Carrok 3 months agoIf you think an 8 year old should read the bible, it makes me think you haven't actually read the whole thing. Some pretty atrocious stuff in there.
- Aeolun 3 months agoI mean, if you are reading it together you can skip over those parts? Or explain them in context? Better yet, get a bible more suited for children. The real thing is so dry I feel it'd be nearly impossible for children to take any interest.
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- dang 3 months ago"Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents."
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
- tombert 3 months agoThere are parts of the Bible where a prostitute is mutilated, butchered, and shipped to her rapists [1], parts where a woman fantasizes about men with donkey dicks and horse cum [2], parts where a father is seduced by and impregnates his daughters [3], children being murdered for making fun of a bald guy [4], and many, many more things that I don't think would be appropriate for a small child.
It's fine if you believe this stuff, and maybe these are layered with beautiful metaphors and it's beautiful when you know the subtext, but I don't think it would be appropriate to read a lot of this to a young child. Maybe you don't agree, but I think it can hardly be surprising that people wouldn't want their kids to read it until they are at least a little older.
[1] Judges 19
[2] Ezekiel 23:20
[3] Genesis 19:30–38
[4] 2 Kings 2:23–25.
- Aeolun 3 months agoIf they're old enough to be able to read it, I'm inclined to believe they're old enough to figure out that the 0.01% of weird shit that happens in it is not representative of the whole. Kids aren't stupid.
Also, it seems an outlier amongst outliers that your child manages to read through the whole of a version of the bible that actually includes those sections, and does it without you noticing and/or explaining that not everything in there should be taken literally.
- TrnsltLife 3 months agoIt's not beautiful, it shows humankind's failures and depravity. Besides Jesus, every major hero in the Bible is shown with major flaws. From Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Elijah, to St. Peter and St Paul, "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God".
It's reasonable to supervise what parts of the Bible your kids read at a given and. Sunday schools and kids' Bible story books are usually curated and not teaching those particular parts to kids.
(By today's standards, Lot was date raped, not seduced. Not that that makes it a better story for an 8 year old.)
- carlosjobim 3 months agoA lot of the Bible is tales of what incredibly evil people do, not an endorsement of those actions. A lot of the tales is also sins and mistakes normal people make, because they aren't saints. You need to have a certain level of maturity to be able to read and understand the Bible and other ancient books. If you don't have that, it's like believing that the TV news is endorsing serial killers, wars, and natural disasters, because they are reporting on them. You can find the truth of human evil told repeatedly in the Bible, it's not a fairy tale, so you should forget about that perspective.
The Bible is absolutely not suitable for children, except for choice parts. Those people who thought it was a good idea to teach the Bible to small children did a great disservice to those people and to religion. It's a hard core book for adolescents and above.
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- daemoens 3 months agoRead the rest of his comment
> Not that I'm a rabid atheist or would deny my child such a thing, but if THAT can enter my 8yr olds brain via his short allowed time where he can browse by himself, i'm worried what else is coming his way through it.
- dingnuts 3 months agoit's completely unsurprising that a child raised with no spiritual grounding would be interested in a book that teaches how to live and attempts to answer the questions that rationalists and atheists have nothing satisfying to say about.
How does one live a good life? Every religion tries to answer that question. Has the GP sufficiently replaced religion with something else to help their child answer that question?
One life is too short and too permanent to figure it out from trial and error so we have an instinct for myth to help guide us. That's why religion evolved.
You can help your child navigate that problem and separate doctrine from the helpful parts, or try to shelter them from scary ideas. Good luck with the latter strategy, especially if you want them to have a relationship with you as adults.
- dingnuts 3 months ago
- themaninthedark 3 months agoIt was not that the kid was reading the bible that scared the parent but that they took a sudden deep(obsessive?) interest in something after only being exposed to it on Youtube.
I have kids and I too would be concerned if they suddenly took interest in a topic. Not that long ago two twelve year old girls murdered their friend because "Slenderman".
Religious topics can lead to radicalization and/or cults.
- tombert 3 months agoPurely in the interest of pedantry: I think it was attempted murder, I think the girl lived: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man_stabbing
Not that it changes your point at all, which I think I completely agree with.
- graemep 3 months agoAn interest in something that has ha a huge and pervasive influence. Even if you are an atheist who would never reed it, if you are from a historicist Christian culture it has shaped your worldview.This is very well argued in Dominion by Tom Holland.
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- totallynothoney 3 months agoWell, one might quite reasonably think a Minecraft youtuber isn't the best person to teach their child about the Bible, even if someone is Christian. Even considering that, how appropriate a religious text totally depends on the parents. I think GP would be questioned less if it was Qur'an quotes on Minecraft videos and he subsequently blocked Youtube.
- bombcar 3 months agoMinecraft Bible is modernism!
Classical traditionalists, of course, use LEGO Bible.
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- cwkoss 3 months agoNo single book has incited more violence throughout history
- tombert 3 months agoI've gone back and forth dozens of times about how much religion is responsible for the awful stuff in history vs. just a bunch of selfish and/or very stupid people using it to justify what they wanted to do anyway.
It's easy to say "Deuteronomy says to murder all non believers!" and then point to an example of a Christian killing a Muslim (or something) and assume that that was their motivation, and maybe it was, but also maybe it was just a homicidal maniac who gravitated to this book specifically because they could use it to justify what they were going to do anyway.
It's really tough to say, and I'm not going to pretend I know the answer.
Suicide bombers (e.g. the 9/11 terrorists) might be an example in your favor though. You're probably not driving airplanes into buildings if you don't really believe in what you're doing.
I don't know. As I said, I've gone back and forth.
- themaninthedark 3 months agoI don't know, there are books by an Austrian and a German both of which have sparked a large number of deaths.
More to the point though; when the violence is occurring the author's work is used as a justification. If not their work, someone else's would do.
- tombert 3 months ago
- V__ 3 months agoHave you read the bible? Lots of stories are absolutely not child appropriate.
- Retr0id 3 months agoThe bible has some rather child-unfriendly content, in parts.
- Modified3019 3 months agoWe live in times where the bible is considered a serious yardstick for morality, rather than the fucked up Bronze Age mythology that it is.
Considering it’s god is a raging and abusive narcissist[0], and how often the religion is used as a tool to justify hatred, physical and psychological abuse, I would be just as concerned at someone actively trying to proselytize. Religion is entirely unnecessary for a moral upbringing.
I would likewise be just as concerned if 4chan’s /pol/ started to target my kids with their propaganda. There’s a strong difference between intellectual good faith exploration of politics and world events, and harmful radical indoctrination intent on controlling their actions and reactions.
As another poster said, at best it’s a good opportunity to sit down with your kids, and show them the tricks and traps being used against them, but they are too inexperienced to be let alone to be preyed upon with impunity.
[0] A wonderful resource outlining the parallels, which helped me escape from the abuse I grew up with: https://www.youtube.com/@TheraminTrees/videos
- eru 3 months ago> Considering it’s god is a raging and abusive narcissist[...]
At times. It's actually not coherent enough to have a single 'god'. The guy gets different characterisation in different parts.
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- eru 3 months agoWhy not? Would you let your kids read just about any cult material?
- Capricorn2481 3 months agoYes such a shame we can't scare children with violent ghost stories anymore so they don't become gay.
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- viraptor 3 months ago> to ensure children are not exposed to harmful content.
Strong claim. I like the idea, but wish they were more realistic about what they can provide. If you ever get a Reddit result you're likely one click away from harmful content.
That said, I like the lenses applied in this case. It may be the best we can get today in terms of search filtering.
- prawn 3 months agoOr they head to Wikipedia, search for "fish" and end up on the Albert Fish page.
I think aiming for better rather than perfect is the best option, as you said. As long as it's framed in this way, and not as an ideal option to let your impressionable child loose on the internet.
- al_borland 3 months agoKagi lets you block results for various sites you don’t like, if sites like Reddit are of concern.
- viraptor 3 months agoI get it, but that wasn't the point. There's lots of sites which will have your result and harmful content right next to each other. Reddit is known for being a collection of very unrelated subreddits, but you won't know every site like that. Kagi writes "ensures", but they can't really ensure anything here. They'll have the best guess of the first click being safe and even that is often problematic (what kind of safe?, for what age?).
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- jmathai 3 months agoKagi seems like a cool company - I'm not a customer yet. I'd like there to be technology companies I can trust - perhaps like Kagi.
I have been really happy with NextDNS though. My kids, not so much. But hey ... that's parenting.
- drcongo 3 months agoKagi and NextDNS are the two subscriptions I have that I couldn't live without, you should give Kagi a go.
- dustincoates 3 months agoI've moved from NextDNS to ControlD. NextDNS seems like it's been abandoned--good luck getting any level of support--and I've been really happy with the feature set of ControlD.
- jmathai 3 months agoAny features or capabilities in particular from ControlD that you find most useful?
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- ryoshu 3 months agoI read this as "Kaggle for Kids" which also seems like a lovely idea.
- airstrike 3 months agoSeconded
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- dcchambers 3 months agoDisclaimer: I am a happy paid Kagi subscriber and absolutely am an advocate of their product. I really hope the company makes it work financially because we NEED something like it.
I have two young kids of my own (4, almost 2) and have so far been able to avoid the issues of letting them free roam on the net, but it's obviously something that's coming. This was not something I ever paid attention to in my youth but now as a parent the open internet completely terrifies me. And I say that as a core millennial that basically grew up with the internet.
The current status quo of "kids friendly" content (eg YouTube Kids) is mostly awful. I would still never let my young kids browse something like that without supervision.
I am appreciative that Kagi knows this is an issue and is investing into the area.
- pants2 3 months agoFeels like in my youth the biggest risk was stumbling on some freaky gore/porn that scarred you, but somehow that doesn't seem as bad as the risk of getting hooked on dopamine-optimized brainrot, alt-right propaganda, or micro transaction focused games.
- Snacklive 3 months agoThis. I was a kid with too much free time and exposed to the internet with some but not enough supervision.
I stumbled with some f up stuff that i still remember to this day. But somehow I'm grateful that it wasn't the current brainrot
- joshstrange 3 months agoI couldn't agree more, this pretty much describes me in my youth. I am legitimately terrified of what would have happened to me had I had access to some/certain alt-right influencers, I know for a fact that a younger me would have easily fallen into that mess. I get why it's appealing (at least to a certain person in a certain headspace).
I'm so glad the worst I feel like I ran into were freaky gore/porn.
- dcchambers 3 months agoYep, that's exactly my fear. The brain rot zombification of our society. How do I stop my kids from getting suckered into an endless scrolling doom loop?
- Aeolun 3 months ago> How do I stop my kids from getting suckered into an endless scrolling doom loop?
I think the first and best way to ensure this is to not do it yourself.
- dharmab 3 months agoPretty much every parent I know does not allow their preteens and younger unsupervised tablet/phone use because the internet is so bad for them at that age. Typically they allow a curated set of content during specific times, and devices are physically removed from the children's environment afterward.
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- philips 3 months agoI love Kagi and I think the basic ideas here are a step in the right direction. I would really like to see the curation be social so I can share and collaborate with friends and my kids school. As it is I help my kid use an EOL Chromebook to find Origami designs but it is always side-by-side and I have tight NextDNS controls to keep weird weird ads away from my kids.
On this topic I have been drafting and collecting thoughts on internet and digital media curation the last few nights. Here is what I have so far:
Thesis: The role of children's teachers and caretakers in curating an environment for children to learn and grow is more important than ever with the overwhelming variety of books, videos, shows, etc all of varying quality and alignment with caretaker and child interests. However, curation in the digital age is also more difficult than ever. The web is a collection of walled gardens which give parents limited and inconsistent controls over what the child will see once inside the walled garden. And, adding controls on-top of a walled garden is impossible or only possible by very computer savvy users (e.g. YouTube frontends).
What are ways care takers can practically and easily curate today?
Examples
- YouTube Kids: https://abparenting.substack.com/p/effective-youtube-kids
- Jellyfin or Calibre for ebooks
- Open WebUI with a custom system prompt for kids
Counter Examples
- Netflix, Disney, Amazon, etc: difficult to non-existent curation controls - all or nothing
- Kindle Kids: there are controls but for Library books the process is 12+ clicks between the Libby and Kindle app: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/can-you-share-kindl...
"Our young students are just beginning to develop their powers of discernment. By curating a good library collection, we can help them learn to weigh the merits of a few authoritative works on a subject rather than plowing through hundreds of internet sources of uneven quality. And while a computer search is undeniably efficient, we firmly believe that browsing a shelf of books is more rewarding and more educational. It deepens students' understanding of organizational principles, brings them unexpected discoveries, and rewards patient exploration rather than offering instant gratification"
- ilrwbwrkhv 3 months agoOk this is excellent. If I can trust Kagi for kids, I would pay through the nose for this.
The internet is wildly useful but it's just filled with so much trash and thanks to google going horribly terribly south, search doesn't work anymore.
Which means kids are no longer able to actually have the joy of surfing the web and finding very interesting things to read.
So the main question that I have is, is there a guarantee that bad sites will not show up here?
- ziddoap 3 months ago>So the main question that I have is, is there a guarantee that bad sites will not show up here?
Given that everyone has different definitions of "bad" and that someone malicious can put bad stuff on "good" sites, no.
- doublerabbit 3 months ago> Given that everyone has different definitions of "bad" and that someone malicious can put bad stuff on "good" sites, no.
Kagi allowing you to assign what is good and bad makes your argument void.
> So the main question that I have is, is there a guarantee that bad sites will not show up here?
You shouldn't rely on the company alone. While it may be what Kagi is aiming for but they can only do so much.
If you're concerned for your kids you too should always double check if the content is good/bad regularly.
- ziddoap 3 months ago>"That's what Kagi is aiming for but they can only do so much."
Not sure why my argument is void, but you restating my exact point with different words is valid?
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- yzydserd 3 months ago> Family Plan … We strive to provide a search engine that prioritizes the well-being of your loved ones, particularly the most vulnerable ones like children, by offering an ad-free and safe browsing experience. We offer two different group plans based on your specific needs.
I read it a few times and saw only one plan. What’s the second one? If it’s the Team plan, that seems like poor copy.
(Kagi Ultimate subscriber here)
- saintfire 3 months agoDuo, perhaps?
I'm not exactly certain but under the family tab there are two options: Duo and Family
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- an_aparallel 3 months agoLol...i see why kids are shunning "online"... The internet was exciting as a kid (for me) back in the nineties specifically because it was the wild west: unique takes, mp3s, software torrents, private p2p chats with strangers around the world, porn, and most importantly...something my parents had no clue about.
In 2025, id definately prefer kicking dirt as a kid.
- decimalenough 3 months agoAs a parent of kids in 2025, there are approximately zero kids out there who share your view.
However, they're all subscribed to SkibidiDirtKickerz on Tiktok, YouTube and Snapchat. Don't forget to smash that like button!
- an_aparallel 3 months agoIm very aware of the commercialisation of the internet. Sadly its something (tablets) given to children as a high tech dummy, more than it is a wierd and wonderful playground.
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- skyyler 3 months agoIs it easy to disable the Quick Answer "feature"?
- jdknezek 3 months agoThe first image in this section shows it is a switch at the bottom of the Parental Controls settings: https://staticmedia.kagi.com/family/parental.png
- falcor84 3 months agoI couldn't find that either. But did find myself laughing at the "always check this with an adult" disclaimer on the quick answers. It's nice to imagine an alternate world where being an adult is sufficient for proper critical thinking.
- Kuinox 3 months agoIt show up when you put a "?" at the end of your query.
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- kylehotchkiss 3 months agoWow, it’s be really great to block both CNN and Fox from parents searches. Maybe Facebook and TikTok too.
- koakuma-chan 3 months agoAs a person of the age of majority, I would always choose the poop avatar over something as basic as ball or duck.
- jasonpeacock 3 months ago> Story behind the Poop Avatar
I love it
- password4321 3 months agoAmazon Kids+ is a competitive option for a closed, moderated ecosystem for younger age groups.
- mvieira38 3 months agoLmao the longest section of this is about the Poop Avatar
- Minor49er 3 months agoSpeaks volumes about how they see their clientele
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- facile3232 3 months agoContent for kids strikes me as something you'd curate around an experience and value system you sell to parents. I can't imagine anything else would work very well.
Granted, this doesn't mean we shouldn't try to build filters. I'm just rather pessimistic about a hands-off experience with such software.
- jmathai 3 months agoI think curation is the key. I sort of trust Disney to curate content for my kids. I definitely do not trust Youtube to do it.
I don't want my kids to be able to "discover" content. Why is that always the feature? Rhetorical question....I know the answer, engagement and stickiness. I just don't like the answer.
- aitchnyu 3 months agoWhen I was a kid on 56k myself, the consensus was that their internet usage was monitored by adult eyes. Did curated libraries or content filtering step up to the mark?
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