My Experience with some Kids' learning videos

Now that schools in the UAE are closed as one of the precautionary measures against coronavirus
, I guess this is the best time to be careful what you allow your children to watch.

I read a post by Mike Bamiloye a few days ago on Instagram check it out HERE and I decided to also share my experience.

Firstly, when I heard stories of parents being uncomfortable with the videos their children watch on YouTube, it made me more intentional about listening to the songs I play for my son. He loves watching kids music videos these days and it’s also the perfect way to get him distracted when I need to do other things however, there was a particular song about the alphabet that got me concerned. 

(Disclaimer: this is what I wasn’t comfortable with and I’m sharing my experience). 

Back to the story, the song goes like this A is for Apple...... W is for witch 🥺 I wasn’t comfortable with that at all so I changed the song. Some days later, the song that was being played was ‘he’s got the whole world in his hands’ which is a great song but I started hearing ‘she’s got the fishes in the sea, we’ve got this and that’. Who is she? Who are we? The one I know is God’s got the whole world in His hands.

This isn't to say I haven't listened to wonderful kids' songs, there are wonderful songs that teach colors, shapes, bible verses and positivity in a fun way.

Anyway, I haven’t seen or heard any weirder songs and I don’t wish to. I just feel as parents, we should be aware of what our children listen to.