Is there an easy way to block YouTube for just one child?

[Kermit power]

Evening all,

We're having something of an issue with our middle offspring and some of the stuff he watches on YouTube, so I want to be able to ban him for a period of time if he watches any of the stuff he shouldn't be watching until he gets the message.

Problem is, I don't want to remove his access to the web completely, and I also don't want to block YouTube at a household level, as it's a pain in the arse for me and my wife, and unfair on his siblings.

I can block access on his phone with parental control software, but is there an easy way to block access on the laptop just for his login?

[Kermit power]

For those saying "block him from the Internet completely", you're missing the point.

There's plenty of perfectly constructive stuff he does on there which I'm perfectly happy for him to do. It's only YouTube that is the problem.

As an analogy, I want to withhold pudding for a week if he won't eat his vegetables, but people are suggesting I withhold all food for a week!

[Kermit power]

davepoth said:

andy_s said:

What can he find on YouTube that he can't find worse of elsewhere anyway?

Block all internet unless he respects your instructions (like grown ups do at work...) and speak to him about why those instructions are important/should be respected.

Either st or get off the pot.

Agree with this. It's only Youtube because that's an easy website to get to. Blocking just that one will make him wander off the path, where he may stumble into more...niche websites.

Stop him from using the internet (by removing devices) for anything apart from schoolwork, and supervise him when he's doing that.

The problem with YouTube is that it has lots of perfectly acceptable content but also lots that isn't.

I've got parental controls software already in place that will prevent him from going to swearyfkmonster.com or whatever, so that's easy, and equally there are plenty of sites on the web with nothing I'm worried about him accessing, which is also easy.

With YouTube, though, I can't set it up to allow him to watch, for example, mountain bike technique tips, but not let him watch supposedly grown men recording endless diatribes of shouty swearing whilst playing violent video games.

The whole problem is around YouTube, which is why I specifically want to use YouTube as the sanction to control it.