ryan toy tv show is additctive for my kid

[Anonymous]

My kid loves to watch ryan toy tv show on youtube, and he rather watches these over other micky mouse/paw patrol/super heroes cartoon or movies. He is 4. I think Ryan's exaggerated facial emotion & the ways they play all those toys get him. He only has screen time on weekend, and he picks that almost 90% of the time. Should I block them on youtube, and force him to pick other shows instead? If there are no cons for him watching these, then I will let him be then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid loves to watch ryan toy tv show on youtube, and he rather watches these over other micky mouse/paw patrol/super heroes cartoon or movies. He is 4. I think Ryan's exaggerated facial emotion & the ways they play all those toys get him. He only has screen time on weekend, and he picks that almost 90% of the time. Should I block them on youtube, and force him to pick other shows instead? If there are no cons for him watching these, then I will let him be then.

all kids are addicted to Ryan and his annoying family at that age. My 6-year-old still likes it, but she rotates him out from time to time. The thing I didn't like about him was 1- hearing his mother's voice was like nails on a chalkboard, and 2 - They were teaching my kid to ask for things at "Walmart or Walmart.com. You can also find it on Amazon".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid loves to watch ryan toy tv show on youtube, and he rather watches these over other micky mouse/paw patrol/super heroes cartoon or movies. He is 4. I think Ryan's exaggerated facial emotion & the ways they play all those toys get him. He only has screen time on weekend, and he picks that almost 90% of the time. Should I block them on youtube, and force him to pick other shows instead? If there are no cons for him watching these, then I will let him be then.

all kids are addicted to Ryan and his annoying family at that age. My 6-year-old still likes it, but she rotates him out from time to time. The thing I didn't like about him was 1- hearing his mother's voice was like nails on a chalkboard, and 2 - They were teaching my kid to ask for things at "Walmart or Walmart.com. You can also find it on Amazon".

+1 My five year old started asking to go to Walmart all the time after just seeing a few Ryan Youtube videos. When I told him there wasn't a Walmart near us, he wanted to drive to Grandma's house because we've stopped at the Walmart in her town before.

[Anonymous]

Why are you against Ryan? Most kids enjoy this. It's not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

I find the family annoying and distasteful. I actually like the Ryan videos when he first started and wasn’t unboxing or selling junk. They were good. But the constant selling junk gets me and so I made him stop watching. Wendy and Emma are good

[Anonymous]

I don't let my 4 year old watch Ryan or any of the unboxing toy videos. Her friend started watching them and became obsessed with L.O.L. dolls and the nagging "I want I want" increased exponentially. Once you've started, it might be hard to stop, but with a 4 year old you should be able to block it and pretend it's broken/not working. I'm not saying you need to stick with educational videos exclusively, but I don't think "my kid likes it" is a reason to show it unless YOU like it too.

[Anonymous]

My 7yo DD just started to phase out if it. Its harmless as long as you don't give in to buying all the toys

[Anonymous]

I told my kid he could ask Santa for the toys; seems to satisfy him even though it is well after the holidays! I think they just need an outlet for all that "I want".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid loves to watch ryan toy tv show on youtube, and he rather watches these over other micky mouse/paw patrol/super heroes cartoon or movies. He is 4. I think Ryan's exaggerated facial emotion & the ways they play all those toys get him. He only has screen time on weekend, and he picks that almost 90% of the time. Should I block them on youtube, and force him to pick other shows instead? If there are no cons for him watching these, then I will let him be then.

all kids are addicted to Ryan and his annoying family at that age. My 6-year-old still likes it, but she rotates him out from time to time. The thing I didn't like about him was 1- hearing his mother's voice was like nails on a chalkboard, and 2 - They were teaching my kid to ask for things at "Walmart or Walmart.com. You can also find it on Amazon".

Yes, the mother's voice is the worst! And my DD also started telling me where I could buy the toys. We had to talk to her about how the family gets paid to promote products. It doesn't mean all the products are great or that they are always being realistic. Example conversation: "No, DD, Ryan's dad didn't really need to learn how to brush his teeth. He knows how. He got paid to act like that by a toothpaste company named Colgate. They want you to buy their toothpaste." Never too early to start media literacy!

DD started watching him years ago when he had just made millionaire status. I remember reading an interview with the mom who said they only filmed for a couple hours on the weekend and they would stop when he was no longer interested. Well, now with the entire family getting paid to be in the videos, the toy line, the ads, the endless sponsored content...I no longer believe her.

[Anonymous]

My dd was past the age of interest for Ryan, but watched one of the older unboxing shows and was similarly interested in shopping for whatever the latest "surprise" toy was. For us, that only eased up when we stopped letting her watch that stuff. Consumer literacy helped, especially when she was a little older, but those shows make those products very tempting!