YouTube Kids: a parent’s guide to content and controls
Choose YouTube Kids settings with confidence: age bands, approved videos, advertising, repeat viewing and practical ways to make watching a family activity.
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Clear filtersChoose YouTube Kids settings with confidence: age bands, approved videos, advertising, repeat viewing and practical ways to make watching a family activity.
A parent guide to the original Gruffalo picture book, with preschool reading advice, monster worries and ways to turn its clever mouse into creative play.
Make Mario Kart 8 Deluxe work for younger racers with driving assists, local family play, fair competition and clear boundaries around online play.
Choose Mario Kart World modes and assists for your child, with clear guidance on Switch 2 GameChat, camera privacy, competitive pressure and costs.
A parent guide to Inside Out 2, with age guidance, anxiety and puberty themes, reassuring family values, scary moments and useful conversation ideas.
Moana 2 for families: age guidance, ocean and monster scares, separation, cultural storytelling, teamwork and ideas for talking with children afterwards.
Paddington 2 for parents: age guidance, prison and separation themes, the underwater rescue, kindness, community and practical tips for younger viewers.
The original Frozen explained for parents: age suitability, wolves and snow-monster scares, bereavement, sisterly care, romance and conversations about trust.
Bluey for parents of preschoolers: imaginative play, patience and family connection, copying behaviour, thoughtful episode choices and easy off-screen ideas.
A practical Peppa Pig guide: preschool age suitability, friendship and family themes, body-based teasing, merchandise requests and kinder everyday language.
PAW Patrol for preschool families: age guidance, rescue peril, teamwork and community values, toy requests and ways to turn the stories into helpful play.
Gabby’s Dollhouse for parents: preschool age guidance, creative play and learning from mistakes, gentle peril, unboxing appeal and sensible toy boundaries.
A guide to Pokémon: Indigo League for parents: fantasy battles, friendship and sportsmanship, collecting pressure and how TV differs from cards and games.
A parent guide to the 2012 Room on the Broom TV short: dragon peril, a pretend mud monster, kind friendships and a practical preschool viewing plan.