On the actual Disney show Doc McStuffins, the ailments are all made up - “you’ve got sticky-icky-itis, you need a bath!” On faux McStuffins, people break legs. All of the audio seems like it's chopped up from random sources. Kids wet the bed and scream at their parents. Knock-off Peppa Pig is the stuff of nightmares.Īnd knock-off Doc McStuffins, which my daughter also accidentally browsed to just days ago, is scary too. The pigs are mysteriously forest green rather than pink. Peppa goes to the dentist, who has a giant needle and a lot of scary tools. Though the animation sort of looks like an actual episode of Peppa Pig, it’s poorly done, and the narrative quickly veers into upsetting territory. The video, titled “#Peppa #Pig #Dentist #Kids #Animation #Fantasy,” is completely horrifying. Because what is suggested is often very bad. But parents still need to watch over their kids, especially once the app begins to “suggest” other videos in the panel beneath whatever is being watched currently. It works pretty much exactly like you think: You search “Peppa Pig,” and whatever videos are titled or tagged with “Peppa Pig” come up. The YouTube Kids app, by its own admission, does filter the videos to try to ensure it’s kid friendly, but it does so in an automated fashion, meaning that things like faux Peppa Pig sneak in quite easily. Both Peppa Pig and Doc McStuffins have some form of an official YouTube channel, though they offer limited content. If you do, they are either abhorred as a nonstop cacophony, or revered as a few minutes’ respite so that you can get something done while your child is briefly entertained by some inoffensive “content.”Īlthough YouTube - and its child-friendly app, YouTube Kids, which has automated filters for content - is not the primary destination for Peppa and Doc consumption (full episodes are available on iTunes, Hulu, and Netflix) it’s the quickest, and sometimes easiest, way to watch if you’re just looking for a couple of minutes of the show.
If you don’t have a toddler, you’ve never heard of these shows. Another show my daughter likes, Doc McStuffins, is a Disney mega-vehicle about a 5- or 6-year-old girl, Doc, and her fantasy hospital land where she “treats” her stuffed animals for their minor ailments. Peppa Pig is an innocuous, incredibly popular British animated show for preschoolers about a pink pig, Peppa, and her family.
At first, she mostly stuck to middle school productions of Annie or Peppa Pig, and though I wasn’t always standing over her shoulder watching with her, I am always hyper-aware of what she’s doing, because YouTube is a hellworld.
A few months ago, around the time my kid turned 3, she started to watch - under supervision - videos on an iPad in the mornings while I got dressed.
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