YouTube parent guides for history, channels, and content concerns.
Start with the decision in front of you. Learn how to review history, compare creators using sampled evidence, or find channels by age and interest.
Check a YouTube creatorWhat are you trying to figure out?
The library is organized by parent task so useful pages stay findable as it grows.
History, controls, recommendations, and conversations
Use these guides when the question is about the parent’s own account, export, settings, or family routine.
How to Check YouTube History and See What Your Child Watches
Use the official history paths, understand what the records miss, and review a viewing pattern without jumping to conclusions.
Open guide Google TakeoutHow to Export YouTube Watch History with Google Takeout
Create the right JSON history export, identify common file problems, and prepare it for a private parent review.
Open 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.
Open guide RecommendationsHow YouTube Watch History Shapes Recommendations
Understand the signals behind the feed and the practical controls adult parents can use to adjust it.
Open guide Viewing patternsWhat Is YouTube “Brainrot”? A Calm Guide for Parents
Separate the slang from an observable viewing pattern without turning a meme or format into a diagnosis.
Open 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.
Open guideCompare content concerns across creators
Each collection uses age-specific scores from sampled public videos and links to the evidence behind every creator assessment.
Which YouTubers Swear Less?
Search and filter creators by sampled language scores without assuming that any channel never swears.
Open guide Fear and disturbing contentWhich Creators Had More Scary or Disturbing Content?
Compare age-specific findings, then open the videos behind horror themes, distressing stories, or frightening imagery.
Open guide Commercial pressureWhich Creators Use More Ads and Sponsorships?
Review sponsorships, product promotion, purchase prompts, and other marketing signals found in sampled videos.
Open guide Risky behaviorWhich Samples Raised Risky-Behavior Concerns?
Browse substance references, dangerous conduct, illegal activity, and other findings that need parent context.
Open guideFind YouTube channels by interest and age
Start with a channel type, then use the age rubric and full creator guide before making a family decision.
Educational YouTube Channels for Kids
Compare age-specific ratings and sampled evidence across science, history, explanation, and learning channels.
Open guide Family entertainmentFamily-Friendly YouTube Channels
Compare family challenge, adventure, and parent-led channels without treating the label as a blanket endorsement.
Open guide GamingFamily-Friendly Gaming YouTubers
Filter gaming creators by age rubric and review language, intensity, mature topics, and the games behind each score.
Open guide All published assessmentsYouTube Creator Age Ratings
Search the complete creator directory, change the age rubric, and browse every published Screen Signals parent guide.
Open guideUseful evidence, without alarmism.
Screen Signals 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.