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Survey: Number of kids watching online videos soars

October 30, 2019 By My SD Moms

By MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer

The number of young Americans watching online videos every day has more than doubled, according to survey findings released Tuesday. They’re glued to them for nearly an hour a day, twice as long as they were four years ago.

And often, the survey found, they’re seeing the videos on services such as YouTube that are supposedly off limits to children younger than age 13.

FILE – In this Wednesday, April 25, 2018, file photo, the YouTube app and YouTube Kids app are displayed on a smartphone in New York. A new survey confirms what a lot of parents already know: Teens and tweens are consuming a lot of online video, often on services such as YouTube. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

“It really is the air they breathe,” said Michael Robb, senior director of research for Common Sense Media , the nonprofit organization that issued the report. The group tracks young people’s tech habits and offers guidance for parents.

The survey of American youth included the responses of 1,677 young people, ages 8 to 18. Among other things, it found that 56% of 8- to 12-year-olds and 69% of 13- to 18-year-olds watch online videos every day. In 2015, the last time the survey was conducted, those figures were 24% and 34%, respectively. The margin of error was plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.

Overall screen time hasn’t changed much in those four years, the survey found. The average tween, ages 8 to 12 for the purposes of this survey, spent four hours and 44 minutes with entertainment media on digital devices each day. For teens, it was seven hours and 22 minutes. That did not include the time using devices for homework, reading books or listening to music.

But the findings on video-watching indicate just how quickly this generation is shifting from traditional television to streaming services, often viewed on smartphones, tablets and laptops. Among the teens surveyed, only a third said they enjoyed watching traditional television programming “a lot,” compared with 45% four years ago. Half of tweens said the same, compared with 61% in the last survey.

YouTube was their overwhelming first choice for online videos, even among the tweens who were surveyed — three-quarters of whom say they use the site despite age restrictions. Only 23% in that age group said they watch YouTube Kids, a separate service aimed at them and even younger children. And of those, most still said they preferred regular YouTube.

“It puts a lot of pressure on a parent to figure out what they can reasonably filter,” Robb said.

When presented with the findings, YouTube said that, in the coming months, it will share details on ways the company is rethinking its approach to kids and families.

For now, Farshad Shadloo, a spokesperson for YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, reiterated the company’s terms of use on age: “YouTube is not a site for people under 13.” Among other things, the company also cited its restriction filters and YouTube Kids.

Even so, many children with online access are adept at getting access to regular YouTube or other streaming content — partly because their parents are overwhelmed, said Sarah Domoff, an assistant professor of clinical psychology at Central Michigan University who studies tech’s impact on youth and families.

Those parents could certainly be doing more to track screen time, she said. But, as she sees it, filters on services such as YouTube also aren’t adequate.

“It’s really hard to block out certain things unless you’re really standing over your child,” Domoff said. That’s especially hard to do when devices are portable.

Some are skeptical about how much YouTube will really change a service that easily leads its users, young and old alike, down a “rabbit hole” of video content, much of it created by everyday people.

“If your model is built on maintaining attention, it’s really hard to do something,” said Robb, of Common Sense Media.

His advice to families: “Protect homework time, family time, dinner time and bed time. Have device-free times or zones.”

Domoff added, “There needs to be a game plan.”


Martha Irvine, an AP national writer and visual journalist, can be reached at mirvine@ap.org or at http://twitter.com/irvineap.

Filed Under: Child Safety, Lifestyle, News, Videos, Youngsters

Moms tries to break record of fastest 10k with a stroller

January 25, 2019 By My SD Moms

A 10K with a stroller- it may just be a new Guinness World Record.

30-year-old Rachel Bowling ran the LowCountry Habitat for Humanity Resolution race in South Carolina to try to be the fastest woman for this race while pushing a double stroller.

Check out the video and story below!

Filed Under: From The Web, Health & Nutrition, Lifestyle, News, Videos Tagged With: exercise, news, video

Terrifying Video Shows Child Danger When Dresser Drawers Topple

April 4, 2018 By My SD Moms

This video will scare any parent.

A young boy in Thailand is playing in a living room area when the chest of drawers he is playing with topples toward him while another child looks on.

We’re very happy to report that the child doesn’t appear to be injured as he seems to scramble out of the way just in time, only to be caught by the edge of the furniture before making it away to safety.

Hearing the noise from upstairs, we assume that it’s mom who comes running to his aid.

This is a good lessen for parents to secure top-heavy furniture, TVs and appliances and to keep tempting things off high shelves.

For more ideas and tips to protect youngsters, visit the US Gov site AnchorIt.

Share this story so other parents know the dangers!

Filed Under: Child Safety, Education, From The Web, Tips, Toddlers/Pre-Schoolers, Videos Tagged With: behavior, child care, common problems, communication, parenting, safety, video

Family Vacation Ruined When Pregnant Mom Is Kicked Off Disney Cruise

April 3, 2018 By My SD Moms

Emily Jackson is a vlogger from St. Louis and she and her family of ten were all set for a fun Disney Cruise vacation.  That’s when it all went wrong.

Jackson is pregnant with her third child and it seems she was just a week past the Cruise line’s pregnancy policy cutoff.  She and her family had flown from St. Louis to Miami and were ready to board the cruise.  It wasn’t so much that they were prevented from boarding – it was the way they were treated – being met by armed security guards.

While waiting in the terminal, she and the family’s belongings were sniffed by a canine unit while guards armed with AR-15 rifles stood by to watch over the proceedings.

While the rest of her family would have been allowed to board, they naturally decided to forego their Disney Cruise vacation.  Instead of being allowed to wait in the terminal while their luggage was offloaded, they were forced to wait outside in the heat.

Overall, not a very “magical” experience.

Being a vlogger, Jackson kept her camera rolling and recording most of the disappointing moments, as you’ll see below.

Yes, they got their cruise fare refunded, but so far no compensation for the misery and trouble they were put through.

Filed Under: From The Web, Videos, Youngsters Tagged With: common problems, family, kids, pregnancy, video

Turn Your Baby’s Clothes Into Keepsake ‘Memory Bears’ (Video)

March 13, 2018 By My SD Moms

Okay this is really cool! You know how you like to keep your kids baby clothes for sentimental reasons but you never know what to do with them? You struggle to find a place to store them so you still have access to them but they inevitably end up in a box in the garage which completely defeats the purpose of saving them in the first place.

Good news has arrived. Thanks to artists and crafty moms, people are now turning old baby clothes into teddy bears called Memory Bears and they are a huge hit! If your not a fan of bears or your child likes a different kind of animal, it doesn’t have to be a bear…you can try any animal you like!

Check out this how to video!

To read more about Memory Bears go to simplemost.com.

Filed Under: Newborn & Baby, News, Planning & Pregnancy, Tips, Videos, Youngsters Tagged With: accessories, kids, parenting, traditions

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