Hi mommas of toddlers, I have a girl that just turned 3 & I’m going crazy with YouTube kids & need some advice, I noticed her behavior had started to become very annoying & bad, for example, when she cries she will literally say “wahhh wahhh wahhh” like a baby. She also does this thing where she says “I’m hungry annoyly continuously. “Mommy I’m hungry” fast & repetitive. She will literally cry for everything because of these videos she watches especially if she doesn’t get her way, sorry I just need to rant if anyone else’s toddler is the same way and if so, what kind of videos do you allow them to watch other than youtube kids is there anything that I can download?
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We watch bluey paw patrol and miss Rachel, it’s mostly just playing in the background while we clean up toys or are doing other activities
I would took you tube from her!!
Kids dont need television. To entertain them. Try engaging them in other activities. Teach them simple drawing tasks, make it a game where they have to copy small marks you make and when the picture is done have them color it.
Teach them to play by themselves. Help them use their imagination with sound effects and voices for characters. Pretty soon they will be playing in their own little world. They won’t need constant supervision in this. Maybe a first to get them going, but and now and then just for company. They get lonely too.
Teach them to cook and bake. How to Crack and egg and mix things up. Their motor skills will develop as well as their thinking skills.
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I took you tube away from my 3 year old. She has been super whiny and telling us no constantly and demanding. My daughter just started all this maybe 2 weeks ago and she turned 3 in march. I’m done with this child’s behavior she used to be so sweet and seldom told us no. 
Find something else for her to watch. It will be an adjustment. Give her okay things instead of a TV diet.
The Hulk was our problem. Our son was older and we explained he could not do what he saw. Banned it for a while then tried again.
I have an almost 5yr old boy who is the exact same way and I’m working on ways to change it but haven’t found anything concrete yet to share. One thing I did find was taking away YouTube Kids and switched back to Netflix or Disney+. My son’s attitude is slowly changing but still a lot of work to do. We are getting ready to see a behavioural therapist to help out
If YouTube is the problem, it’s an easy fix.
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Definitely take away the electronics until she stops that and ignore her until she stops whining or asks correctly. Of course you have to teach her the right way to express herself and how to ask you for something.
Take the screen time away and play with her
We only do pbs kids. I watch it with my 2 year old too and it’s stuff from when I was a kid.
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Take away the videos and get her some books.
We do a video game and videos detox. It’s hard for a day or two, but it gets better. Hang in there mama. Unfortunately our babies are growing up in the electronics Era
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SPANKINGS very simple and effective. Teach her young
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Best thing I ever did was not allow my kids to sit on YouTube. Or any electronic for that matter.
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Gigi here . I only allow my 2 year old grand thirty minutes of tv a day . She can watch Miss Rachel on my phone on occasion and that’s it . Your child is picking up habits from the videos so omit them . She is too young to be so stimulated by the videos . Give her puzzles , art work and plenty of time to use her imagination. Read books to her ! This is the much better option
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Take away the TV and iPad and all other electronics give her toys and coloring book, go to playground, playgroups, etc.
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Take away screen time all together
Take away YouTube Kids. I did it with my daughter. She threw a fit for a couple days but then her behavior got way better. I gave her a second chance and when her bad behavior came back, she lost her privilege again. I did this three times and after the third time of taking it away, I took it away permanently.
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Buy her some toys and encourage play dates
I limited the time on her tablet & also monitor what she watches. Those videos play a huge role in development of your child’s personality especially if it’s an only child. I know it’s a whole other job for us to do but it’s worth it.
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Keep her off YouTube kids. Put on PBS kids for her. Shows like Sesame Street and Daniel Tiger model kind, polite behaviors for little ones to emulate.
I deleted YouTube from my phone and she has no access at all. She can watch Amazon prime shows, but more than anything we do puzzles, art, and lots of pretend play. Outside time as much as possible.
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Take away the iPad and you tube. Play games and work on basic letters numbers and shapes
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I blocked Youtube entirely and put the fault on “the internet” so it wasn’t mine, when YouTube was getting too much of a problem.
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I took YouTube away from my daughter it creates unrealistic expectations of what life is. My daughters behavior improved after I stopped her from watching YouTube.
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No more YouTube. Netflix, Disney etc only. Time to get off the tablet and get her mind actually stimulated.
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Take all the technology away completely.
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No more YouTubers for awhile! Mine finally were allowed to watch stuff like kid city and they suddenly started acting up and almost regressing. The tv/computer was the only new variable.
Taking it away did/has made a noticeable difference too.
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Honestly my 3 year old had issues like behavior wise too. Took the phone away weeks ago no major behavior issues since. The videos that caused major issues was the diana and roma kids and baby videos and no matter how much I blocked those channels there was more she found to watch we just let her watch TV now or music on the TV when she isn’t busy playing
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Renée Fornelli any thoughts?
My son was acting like this & I did an experiment where I took his tablet away for a week & his behavior was extremely different! No more tablet for him unless it’s strictly educational & on road trips only. My suggestion is take away the tablet & only use it when necessary & have her play with toys.
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We did one week of YouTube kids and stopped. I didn’t like the behavior either. She will be upset for a bit but you’re in charge of what she watches.
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How about you decrease or take away her screen time completely. Bet you if you take YouTube away completely it will change a few things about her behavior.
Also she’s 3 what do you expect a well thought out and typed essay on what’s bothering her and her goals and desires?
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Cut off you tube kids and only have educational downloads on iPad . Your 3 year old will be better off and so will you.
Lol ur the parent. Take that shiz away.
I would say tell her that’s not how we talk your a big girl and also make sure ur giving her enough attention, she might try to mimick being a baby because we’re normally softer on them. Have her do activities like coloring or drawing and make it a rule that she can watch her videos if she doesn’t act like them. I still correct my 7 year old abt baby talking, she rarely does it tho.
How about take away the technology!!! 
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I took YouTube away from my daughter and it made a huge difference in her behavior. She’s only allowed to watch movies/shows on things like Netflix. And I took away barbie shows as well. They’re so materialistic and the way they talk to each other on there is awful.
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Don’t let her watch YouTube 
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I let my daughter watch paw patrol or Disney movies only. I wish I had the channel that Bluey comes on but sadly I don’t. The only issue I have with my daughter is she’ll get into almost anything if you have your back turned. She’ll be 4 in January. She will sometimes watch what I watch or watch me play video games but it’s rare. She mainly wants to be on her own.
You are the parent and you are the one who controls what she is watching in your presence at this age. You need to modify her behavior by no longer allowing her to watch YouTube videos and communicate to her what is acceptable and not acceptable behavior.
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A 3 year old should now have access to YouTube
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Sounds like she’s learning this from online. Time to go off line for everyone.
Play with her. Grab the old school candy land, snakes and ladders, coloring books, etc.
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We took away EVERYTHING and downloaded yippee. Its helping dramatically. YouTube was a horror show. The things we found on ‘toddler shows’ was more than enough reason but the attitude from her watching was far too much. Nope. No more.
The day she brought us the phone in tears and the ‘toddler show’ depicted a character killing themselves and the sexual acts- nope. That was when we started really watching and we caught so much nasty in YouTube kids
I watched what the grandkids were watching on YouTube and I wanted to cry myself. It’s teaching them how to do this. How to get their way. I wanted to mash the TV with a sledgehammer.
Here’s a list of shows that I found work well for my toddler:
Daniel tiger (teaches how to manage emotions)
Bluey
Paw patrol
Franklin the Turtle
Little bear
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Do away with electronics… Give her a coloring book. Crayons… blank paper … keep her busy with other things… Plan and simple… It will be hard in the beginning but it will pay off!!!
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Here’s an idea, take away the videos completely and let her be a three year old kid. These tablets and iPads have become babysitters. I am not criticizing just stating a fact. She needs to watch educational shows and good cartoons. You are the parent therefore you are the boss. If her behavior is affected this much already just imagine what it will be in a few more months.
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Let her watch Super Why. NOT You Tube
I think you know the answer. Take it away.
Take away YouTube. Geez😂
You’ve answered your own question, take the tv away
Stop letting her watch it. Problem solved. Other kids shows are available
I took the tablets and certain shows right away. That behavior will not be tolerated and it corrected immediately. I can’t deal with unnecessary crying and whining especially having 2 so close in age.
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My kids watch a lot of pbs kids it’s much more appropriate in my opinion
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I take away YouTube when my kid is acting unhinged lol. I tell him why as well. I like to play card games and board games instead! He also enjoys helping clean the house so instead of being on a screen while I’m cleaning I’ll make him help me and he enjoys it.
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Not sure if you have a Roku tv but they have free apps for kids. Before I had Wi-Fi I bought my daughter DVDs so I could control exactly what she’s watching. I don’t like her being on YouTube to much either but she also doesn’t watch that weird of videos like most kids I see doing. (I go thru her history on her phone to check) try nick jr is great or baby first is another thing my toddler still likes to watch
Take it away. It’s so bad. They become adults who sit on You Tube and TikTok all day at work 
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PBS kids is free and has great age appropriate shows
This is normal, she’s just resting her waters
If something if causing your child to behave badly, take it away from them straight away… It’s that simple… If they don’t like it then oh well, you’re teaching them to work through disappointments.
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She’s 3…. 2 and 3 year olds are annoying. For example my 2 year old throws her foods, spits food out of her mouth, climbs everything, randomly screams. None of this was learned from YouTube kids. Kids that age are just tough and annoying. Try time out and take away things that are problems and ignore the “I’m hungry”. She probably knows it bothers you and is trying to get a response because she’s little. If she wants something and you say no empathize and validate her feeling but don’t accommodate. Say “I know your angry/upset. I get upset when I can’t have something I want too” or something like that and then ignore the tears. The first few times will be hard but if you stick with it, the amount of time she cries will lessen. Hang in there. All of us with small toddlers are in the same place 
No more you tube!! No more screens. She’s in too deep.
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This is most 3 year olds lol but if you feel it’s YouTube take it away and try PBS kids or Noggin more educational.
It’s not because of videos. They generally do things like this, anyway.
Your child is way too young for utube. Take it away! She might fuss for a few days but she will eventually forget about it.
So you should have taken away the videos as soon as you noticed her copying them.
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I had to take youtube kids away from my oldest 2 when they were younger. Their behavior got better. They have it back now and don’t act up but they did when they were 4/5.
Seriously? Turn the dam screens off! Play with her, include her in what you’re doing. And stay off your screens too…
This is the exact reason that my kids dad does not let the kids watch chip and potato!
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That’s why I only let them watch videos on man TV in living room I noticed behaviours with my oldest and noticed what he was watching and said nope so if a video I don’t approve of I can say change it right now he’s into aumsum and educational videos also bluey and also my 4 year old same thing
My 7 year old gets very limited you tube time - at age 3 both my kids had cocomelon songs on Netflix or Disney shows - but still limited. I try to keep them active with events and going outside as well as coloring painting etc. I would limit the time on you tube and TV in general and do time outs/take things away with bad behavior. It will be hard at first and she will probably react poorly to the new boundaries but stand your ground and keep it up and after a few weeks she will know the routine or the rules. I have a very strong willed 7 yr old, and better listener in my 4.5 yr old, and a new baby on the way so I’ve been really tested about behaviors lately and I notice you just can’t give in- you have to be firm with your punishment and let them know what will happen if they misbehave. When ny 4.5 yr old whines I just respond “I can’t understand you, you’re whining why don’t you ask me again and I’ll answer once you ask me nice?” And I’ll repeat it until she doesn’t whine then respond. My kids are a little older so might be trickier with age 3 but I still think limiting and staying firm in what you expect from her will help alot!!! Good luck to you!
Uh who’s the boss here.Apparently your child is.Put your grown up pants on and parent this child.Youtube is not a requirement for raising kids
This was happening to my almost 3 yr old… I started limiting thr shows to just a few episodes per day (learning only types like number blocks, story bots color blocks), using artist roll paper & crayons hung up on a wall that’s got a wipe cleanable surface, interactive toys ans lots of reading to her etc… her attitude improved a ton. As for the hungry constantly that’s normal around the age they’re going through a growth spurt small frequent snacks between main meals.
Prayers for your daughter. Amene
Give her books, forget utube.
I had to take YouTube away from my kids for that reason it’s horrible. Entertain her different ways play with her toys with her plays games with her let her do crafts
Why not just cut out the videos and get books? You’re supposed to be the grownup. There will be some meltdowns but she will eventually adjust. Many many generations of children have been raised without videos, and have developed interests and skills that don’t involve sitting indoors looking at videos.
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How bout you take away YouTube and actually PARENT YOUR CHILD?
spend time with her instead letting the ipad babysit her 
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So we had a similar situation with my eldest son. His attitude popped off and I warned him I was done and if it continued it was gone. We originally got “grounded” from his ipad for 3 days for not listening/ attitude. I didn’t see a behavior improvement until he completely forgot about his ipad. We went over a month without it. He got screen time while he sat with me at work for maybe an hour to hour and a half depending on the day and it was on my phone, so I controlled everything. He now has his ipad but I control a lot on it. He mainly watches Disney jr, some kids YouTube but it’s mainly blippi or construction equipment, and he has a game where he learns to spell words and write letters, and he has music that’s completely it. I shut everything else down
You sure it’s YouTube? Then take it away. But often times it’s a combo of things and she probably is wanting attention.
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Um with that I would take youtube kids away and. Not worry about downloading anything else I have noticed the same with alot of kids when they watch it their attitude and behavior sucks take it away and they act better at 3 they need trips to the park time outside with you tv or tablet should be for down time like maybe a cartoon for them to fall asleep to but at that young age they need more hands on activities their brains are like a sponge thus is when they soak up everything they see get her to color or draw or if you do any kind of baking or cooking have her help supervised of course just other things to keep her busy
Play with her in real life ? 3 yr old dont need a tablet for anything. Shes addicted…
Use the Roku free channels for cartoons… it has decent selections!!!
My daughter has always been allowed screen time. When she was about 3 I noticed certain things like you’re saying so I watched the videos with her and that’s how they act on purpose for views. She was no longer allowed to watch videos like that. She could still watch her shows and some kid content creators but none of the kids that act like that on purpose.
Take away the you tube. Ignore the behavior.
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Little Einsteins. Entertaining and educational.
My kid was not allowed on YouTube till she was 12.
Whining. Running to your office trying to get on your chair. Sitting by the garage door just whining
When a parent uses YouTube as a built in babysitter, this is the behavior you can expect. There is no substitute for parental guidance and discipline. Turn it off permanently and find other avenues of learning.
take it away from her. Toddlers lived for millenniums before iPad, YouTube, cell phones.
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I don’t have one that young anymore but I never let them watch YouTube or YouTube kids. They have tablets and if they want to watch something it’s on a kids profile of Netflix or Disney or whatever streaming service you have. YouTube is only on our house tvs and we only watch actual music videos on those.
Maybe she just wants attention. The internet & screens are not healthy for children. Put the phone & tablet down and start doing normal activities with your child.
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ditch the YouTube and give her something educational to do. or maybe a coloring book and crayons. A book perhaps? you’re the parent get off of social media
Stop letting her watch them?
Stop you tube, stop videos, stop TV period and spend more time doing things with her.
Stop the videos and punish her when she acts that way
I don’t let my children watch YouTube kids. There’s some shows like Bluey and Paw Patrol that I let my toddler watch occasionally and some of the Disney movies.