Understand the feed before you try to change it.
Practical, carefully sourced guidance for adult parents and legal guardians navigating YouTube history, recommendations, controls, and conversations.
Start my child’s Screen ReportSix guides. One clearer picture.
Each guide answers a distinct parent question and links to the official controls or source material behind the answer.
How to See What Your Child Watches on YouTube
The official history paths, what they reveal, what they miss, and a calmer way to review the pattern.
Read the guide Google TakeoutHow to Export YouTube Watch History with Google Takeout
A parent-focused walkthrough for creating the right JSON history export without sharing a Google password.
Read the guide Parent controlsYouTube Kids vs. Supervised YouTube: A Parent’s Guide
Compare content choices, history controls, Shorts limits, and the situations each experience is designed to support.
Read the guide RecommendationsHow YouTube Watch History Shapes Recommendations
Understand the signals behind the feed and the practical controls adult parents can use to adjust it.
Read the guide Viewing patternsWhat Is YouTube “Brainrot”? A Calm Guide for Parents
Separate the slang from the observable viewing pattern—without turning a meme or format into a diagnosis.
Read the guide ConversationHow to Talk About YouTube Without Starting a Fight
Use evidence, curiosity, and your child’s real interests to open a useful conversation instead of a confrontation.
Read the guideUseful evidence, without alarmism.
ScreenSignals writes for the adult parent or legal guardian. A child may be the subject of a parent-controlled report, but a child is never the account holder, purchaser, site operator, or intended reader.
We distinguish official platform facts from interpretation, link to primary sources, and avoid presenting slang, a single video, or an automated score as a medical or developmental diagnosis.