{"id":748774,"date":"2024-11-05T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T19:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/?p=748774"},"modified":"2024-11-05T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T19:50:19","slug":"mom-issues-warning-about-disturbing-youtube-kids-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mom-issues-warning-about-disturbing-youtube-kids-content","title":{"rendered":"Mom Issues Warning About Disturbing YouTube Kids Content After Young Son Tells Her &#8216;Die Happy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/cell-phone-made-me-better-mom\">Smartphones<\/a>, tablets, and TVs give kids nearly unlimited <a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mom-lets-her-kids-use-screens-up-to-ten-hours-day\">access to the world.<\/a> Parents do their best to monitor their kids&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/tiktok-dad-shows-what-happens-when-give-kids-books-instead-phones\">digital consumption,<\/a> but it&#8217;s not always easy. Even the most careful moms and dads find their children watching things they&#8217;d rather them never see. One TikTok mom shared a warning after her son told her something scary he&#8217;d picked up from YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kristin Knighton, who posts as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kristinknighton\">@kristinknighton,<\/a> explained in a now-viral video that her son, Troy, began behaving oddly. At first, she didn&#8217;t think much of it, but when she prodded, Knighton found out her son had been influenced by something on YouTube. A video apparently told him his mother needed to &#8220;die happy.&#8221; The interaction spooked Knighton, who shared her experience to warn other parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More from CafeMom:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/another-mom-told-me-to-take-away-my-kids-ipad-on-plane\">Another Mom Told Me To Take Away My Kid\u2019s iPad on a Plane Because Her Child Was Jealous<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smartphones, tablets, and TVs give kids nearly unlimited access to the world. Parents do their best to monitor their kids&#8217; digital consumption, but it&#8217;s not always easy. Even the most careful moms and dads find their children watching things they&#8217;d rather them never see. 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