At this point, I had to walk away – just a few feet, into the kitchen to get something for “cyber son #2”. I hear CD say “Hmmm, that’s weird” and the mouse click. Then I hear her say “Mommy, what’s this word?” I walk back over to the computer and gasp. The word she was pointing to is “orgasm”. WHAT THE WHAT?????

Maybe 45 seconds had gone by and we had gone from “bear falling asleep” to “bear” and “kitty” doing inappropriate things in the video. I kid you not! She had clicked on the second bear video and was bored in about 5 seconds and all the next videos contained a word she didn’t understand.

Now, I would like to say that none of these videos contained anything other than animals being scratched in that tickle spot which makes their leg move in that scratchy sort of way. The kitty video wasn’t even a cat! People were just hoping to get some hits by giving a stupid video a provocative name.

This is what happens on YouTube sometimes. If you have a child who enjoys YouTube, be aware that there are videos that you may not want your kids to even see the name of or you will be faced with explaining what an adult word is to a six year old.*

The lesson I learned is that I cannot walk away from the computer without logging out. In mere seconds a child can find inappropriate material. Be ever vigilant parents. Just knowing what can happen is half the battle!

Keep the little ones safe out there!

Tracy

*Which, by the way, I did not. I just told her it was a bad word and closed the window, turned to her and smiled and said “Okay, time to go out!”