Parents startled by 'dirty video' threatening their children 2
On the evening of March 10, when members of a forum for parents on social networks were buzzing about a video `asking for help from good students` by a famous YouTuber, Ms. Pham Lien (Co Nhue, Hanoi).
`I know that one day people will realize that this is ‘poison’ for children,` the woman said, adding that her nephew was once a victim of toxic videos like this.
Children are easily exposed to bad image content on social networks such as Facebook or Youtube.
In 4th grade, Quan – Lien’s nephew – was allowed to use the phone by his parents.
Another time, seeing Quan attentively looking at his phone with an interested look, Ms. Lien approached and asked, the boy excitedly said: `It’s so good, it’s even posted on YouTube` and recounted the content he had just watched.
After her nephew finished speaking, Ms. Lien’s throat was choked with bitterness.
Up to now, Mr. Nguyen Dong Phuong (Dong Da, Hanoi) is still not sure that the videos reproducing content, instructing children to commit suicide, murder… have been erased from his third daughter’s memory.
He has two children, the eldest is in 2nd grade, the youngest is 3 years old, both are still at the age where they like funny pictures so the father `has never restricted his children from watching cartoons`.
This is a cute pig with many funny situations and useful lessons.
In recent years, the number of heartbreaking incidents happening to children due to the influence of nonsense videos, harmful videos… has been increasing, but it seems that parents are still not really alert to this source of risk.
In November 2019, a 7-year-old boy in Nha Be district, Ho Chi Minh City was discovered by his family hanging with his own red scarf, his body turned purple, and he fainted.
Not as lucky as this boy, on November 26, 2020, an 8-year-old boy in Binh Minh commune, Trang Bom district, Dong Nai was discovered by his family dead in the bathroom with a hanging position close to him.
Some bad content from YouTube affects children’s actions.
According to education expert Vu Thu Huong (Hanoi), the number of video channels with nonsense, even offensive and harmful content has tended to explode in the past few years.
YouTube’s report said that in the third quarter of 2020 alone, this platform deleted a total of 7.8 million videos that violated community guidelines.
`Parents should regularly watch entertainment media with their children to help them avoid harmful information and as a way to be with them more,` Ms. Huong said.
In addition, platforms such as YouTube or other entertainment video channels also need to be strictly managed.
With Ms. Lien’s family, upon discovering Quan’s condition, a meeting was held.
As for Phuong’s family, since knowing that their child was psychologically affected by `dirty` YouTube, he did not leave the child alone, the night light was always turned on to avoid fear.
`This ban is like telling your child not to drink alcohol,` said the father of two.
In the age of technology, parents cannot completely ban their children’s exposure to entertainment content on the Internet, but they will be able to limit harmful videos that affect their children if they pay attention to the following.
– Use the children’s mode (app) of video platforms.
– Turn on restricted mode (Restricted Mode)
– Limit children’s use of headphones so that adults can easily monitor and control the content children are watching.
– Prepare appropriate channels for children and request that they only watch these channels.
– Watch with children.
