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3 Family-Oriented Youtube Channels That AREN’T Cringy

Creators that feature their families without it feeling icky or exploitative.

Half Pint Jules
4 min readNov 7, 2022

YouTube has become a place that you can fully rely on for entertainment over mega productions and subscription-based viewing platforms.

It’s free to use and has more content in more categories than you can ever possibly get through.

I’ve used YouTube as my primary source of entertainment for several years now and one thing that will immediately turn me off a channel (and unsubscribe) is when I feel like they are exploiting their kids/family for views.

Most creators cannot find a good line between showcasing their kids without them becoming the prime focus.

It’s true that it can be incredibly harmful for children to be over-exposed on the internet and for that reason, I am very particular about which family-based YT channels I support.

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Family-based vs. family-oriented

In my opinion, there is a difference between channels that primarily base their content on and around their children and channels with a primary focus that broadly appeals to adult audiences, but…

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Half Pint Jules
Half Pint Jules

Written by Half Pint Jules

Serial small businesser, total geek for industry talk, strung out most of the time but really, just a SAHWM with a need to talk about it.

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