Parents See Stopping Inappropriate Video Content Their Job, Not YouTube's, Poll Says

Among parents whose children watch YouTube videos, 62 percent say their kids have seen inappropriate content, and 81 percent see preventing of that kind of viewing as their job vs. 10 percent who think it's YouTube's responsibility, said Common Sense/SurveyMonkey survey results Thursday. Forty-seven percent of parents believe their children are addicted to mobile devices, vs. 32 percent of parents who say that about themselves. Sixty-eight percent of parents are somewhat to extremely concerned mobile device usage is negatively affecting the mental health of their children. YouTube didn't comment. The online poll of 4,201 adults, including 1,024 with children under 18 years old, was conducted Jan. 25-29.