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gm-conspiracy on Oct 17, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: ChuChu TV is responsible for widely-viewed toddler...

Not sure why this is downvoted.

I understand it is one of the easiest pacification mechanisms for parents at the moment, but there is a cost.

Don't defer your parental responsibilities to Google's algorithms,designed to increase engagement, not "learning".

Does anybody read books to their children?

abalone on Oct 17, 2018 | [–]

Yes I read daily. I also feed my kids pizza and ice cream from time to time and let them stay up past 8 last night. THERE IS A COST TO NEGLECTING MY PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

sjg007 on Oct 17, 2018 | [–]

The best thing about YouTube and such is that you can use it as a reward activity. So effectively it's a behavior training tool.

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