Parental controls have been a major focus in January 2026, and YouTube is the latest platform to step in with new safety-focused updates. With YouTube Shorts evolving into a core product, kids are ...

YouTube is expanding its existing set of parental controls with a new feature that would allow a parent to link their account to their teen’s account in order to gain insight into the teen’s activity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. YouTube is introducing new parental controls on youth accounts that it says could limit how long kinds spend scrolling. The latest ...

YouTube said it is rolling out a major update to its parental control tools that will allow parents to restrict or completely disable access to the platform’s Shorts feed for teenage users, as ...

YouTube has rolled out a new set of parental controls that give families greater control over how teens use the platform. The updates allow parents to limit or fully disable Shorts for supervised teen ...

YouTube has announced expanded parental controls for tweens and teens. The upcoming feature is aimed at those who've perhaps outgrown the confines of YouTube Kids. YouTube will open a public beta for ...

You can set YouTube parental controls to make sure your child only watches appropriate videos. On a web browser, you can enable YouTube Restricted Mode, which hides ...

YouTube has introduced parental controls that let parents set daily limits on Shorts viewing for teens, including the ability to block them entirely. The update adds custom bedtime and break reminders ...