Casinos use similar tactics.
Why do we let kids use this again?
Why do we let kids use this again?
I don't, no matter how much they ask. The most I've acquiesced to is a small amount of YouTube time per day. It gets harder the older they get. My daughter can now just use her school laptop (while at school, at least) to watch as much YouTube as she can find time for. I'm not real happy about it, but part of raising kids is learning to accept the steady transfer of their autonomy over to them. I just keep gently harping on how low quality this kind of content is, what the motivations behind it are, etc.
It's about curating this yourself for your child (as opposed to giving them unrestricted access), and then slowly giving them control and hope they have good taste :)
Same reason we eat junk food. Its easy!