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Cocomelon is designed to be addictive (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Wawe@lemmy.world to c/parenting@lemmy.world

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I though that Cocomelon videos are just dumb videos to keep children distracted, but I didn't know that they are purposefully designed to keep children hooked. What's your stance on their videos?

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[–] virku@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My twins were hooked on it for a while. Made us parents absolutely insane. The kids learned a lot of simple English words though, so it wasn't completely for nothing.

[–] Leolam84@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Agreed. The toddlers I taught loved to watch cocomelon, but not addicted too much. They just followed the characters to act and play. They learned some words and also learned to get along with others nicely.