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> He gets excited about something he sees in a game on youtube — Minecraft, Scrap Mechanic, Cities Skylines, Garry's Mod — then starts working on something similar himself

See, that seems good. My oldest is still a bit young for that, and usually ends up on the "people playing with toys" subset of YouTube, which is... a lot less stimulating.




>people playing with toys

I've got a 3 yr old. He loves these videos. Before he came along I didn't know they even existed. I find them disturbing. The overt consumerism is very off putting. We don't allow our son to watch these videos.


> Before he came along I didn't know they even existed.

There are entire worlds inside YouTube that I had no inkling of until I had kids! And I have no idea how they found them!


Agreed. These videos are horrible and kids (mine included) love them for some reason.




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