Why Doesn't 'Google Kids' Exist?

theodp writes "Slate's Michael Agger wishes there was a website his 6-year-old son could visit on his own to watch amateur Star Wars Lego movies and other stuff he's curious about. 'But I don't leave him alone on YouTube,' he laments, 'because I never know if some strange-ass video will appear in the 'Related Videos' section.' Agger suggests that Google should create Google Kids, a search engine that filters the Web for children. 'Think back to when you were a kid and your parents dropped you off at the library,' explains Agger. 'In the children's section, the only "inappropriate" stuff to be found was Judy Blume's Forever, which someone's older sister had usually already checked out anyway. Similarly, Google Kids would be a sort of children's section of the Web, focused on providing high-quality results based on age.'"

Comments

Come on

[debilo]

Google kids? Why don't you have a seat over there.

Re:Supervise your own kid

[Anonymous Coward]

You stupid, childless ignorant fuck. Let me tell you how I spent my day yesterday. My wife takes care of our newborn full-time (i.e., sleep deprived, breast-feeds like 14 hours a day). We have a 3-year old as well, and when I'm home I am essentially a single parent of the toddler. Up at 6:30am. We watch PBS Kids for about an hour while I try to wake up with a cup of coffee. Then from about 7:30am to 11:30am I am playing with Play-Doh, trucks, and an assortment of other toys. Then prepare lunch. Around 1:30pm he takes a 1-hour nap if we are lucky. Up at 2:30pm or so. We take the stroller to the neighborhood park. When I'm lucky I can sit on a bench, maybe browse the web on my phone, while he tools around the playground. But more often than not, he cries for my attention so I give it to him. Get home around 4:30pm. I'm fucking exhausted. I sit him down in front of my laptop to play PBS online for an hour or so. Make dinner. More play. Bath time. Book time. 1-hour going-to-bed routine. Etc etc. I'm 34 fucking years old and don't have the energy of an 18-year old.

I hope you enjoy your old age without a family, you stupid fuck.

Cultural differences

[Teun]

Although there's a market for such a 'walled garden' it'll be hard to implement.

Billy Bob wants his son to get an early grasp on the difference between an AK-47 and a M-16 while a parent from Amsterdam might consider instructions on how to grow weed very insightful.
At the same time Fatimah hopes to teach her girl on how to become a martyr, or even worse, Gertrud and Wilhelm want their kids to be comfortable with FKK (Freikörperkultur).

You get my drift.

Re:Why aren't parents actually being parents?

[SuricouRaven]

I was raised slightly repressed. No porn. Didn't figure out what 'oral sex' meant until I was sixteen.
Now? I'm a furry. How do you think I turned out?