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what they can see and how long they can see it can be
tough. Family Link makes it much easier to keep tabs
on your kids’ Android habits. With an easy interface
and cross-platform integration with the iPhone, Family
Link gives parents full control over their kids’ Android
phones, letting them hide apps, set time limits, and
manage the content they watch, all from their own
phone. Now, if it would just put our kids to sleep.Miss: YouTube Kids content
YouTube is a great place to discover new content
just be following the recommended links. And just
like us, kids love to spend hours falling down a video
wormhole, too. But sometimes the algorithm gets
it wrong, and Google’s lack of attention delivered
questionable content to kids. Lots of it. Google is
taking steps to make it right by increasing staff and
pulling thousands of objectionable videos from the
site, but it took far too long for it to address theYouTube kids
filters out
adult content
for younger
viewers... or
at least it’s
supposed to