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Q: What can I do if my child has deleted her YouTube watch history on her iPad mini?

iPad Mini, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Jan 16, 2015 8:13 PM

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Q: What can I do if my child has deleted her YouTube watch history on her iPad mini?

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Jan 16, 2015 8:16 PM in response to Leyzer_18
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    Jan 16, 2015 8:16 PM in response to Leyzer_18

    You can tell her it's much less traumatic than when she breaks up with her first boyfriend. Nothing you can do in either case. She will have to make a new one. (Watch list, that is.)

  • by Leyzer_18,

    Leyzer_18 Leyzer_18 Jan 16, 2015 8:29 PM in response to Kappy
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    Jan 16, 2015 8:29 PM in response to Kappy

    Hello Kappy -

     

    Let me clarify.  My daughter does not know that I know that she has deleted her YouTube watch history.  She deleted it, because she did not want her dad (me) or her mom to know which videos she had watched.  She is aware that I monitor her account.  She is being sneaky.  I don't want her watching inappropriate stuff.

     

    Maybe that will help focus the conversation.

     

    Thanks!

  • by Kappy,Helpful

    Kappy Kappy Jan 16, 2015 8:50 PM in response to Leyzer_18
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    Jan 16, 2015 8:50 PM in response to Leyzer_18

    Yes, she is sneaky. Maybe that would stop if she knew you were keeping an eye on what she was watching. I don't really know if you can prevent her access to the browser's history file. Restrictions controls is not very robust from what I can tell. And, she will probably learn how to crack your controls from her geeky friends. But there is a lot to be said for the effective "or else" mode of control. As much as I hate to say it kids her age are getting cleverer by the day and watching some of the most inappropriate stuff.

     

    I sympathize with your situation. I'm thankful when my daughter was that age there were no cell phones and iPads. I don't know how your generation can stand it. I read stories about what can happen to youngsters who do stuff they shouldn't. Makes me want to smack 'em. But kids like to stretch the limits, and the older they get the more they like to stretch. Maybe just the threat of you checking her stuff every day will keep her honest. But you have to have an effective penalty. With our daughter we used to remove her telephone. It was worse than death. And, when she crossed the line we kept our word and penalized her appropriately. Today she's a mother and a lawyer. She turned out pretty well. But between 12 and 25 she was a handful.

     

    I wish I had a solution for you, but I don't. Maybe someone else around here does.

  • by Leyzer_18,

    Leyzer_18 Leyzer_18 Jan 16, 2015 8:58 PM in response to Kappy
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    Jan 16, 2015 8:58 PM in response to Kappy

    Thanks, Kappy.  Now I know that we're on the same page.  I appreciate your perspective . . . and knowing that your daughter turned out all right, despite having been "a handful."

     

    And so, we muddle ahead.

     

    If anyone else has some practical advice, I'm definitely open to hearing it.

     

    My kid went ahead and deleted the YouTube app, on which she was signed in (under a sub-account of my Google account).  Whew!  It's exhausting.