A guide for families
How to review content for your child
Start with your child and your family's priorities, then look at the content's themes and context. An age rating or an AI summary can help you find questions to ask. Your own review and knowledge of your child shape the final choice.
1. Start with your family's priorities
Write down what you want to encourage and what you want to look at more closely. That might include kindness, curiosity, family values, language, violence, or mature themes. A short list makes it easier to explain why a title does or does not fit.
2. Consider the child, alongside the age rating
An age rating is a useful starting point. It cannot tell you how your particular child will respond to a frightening scene, a difficult topic, or a conflict between characters. Bring their interests, past reactions, and your knowledge of them into the review.
3. Read the context behind the labels
Look beyond a label such as mild violence. Ask what happens, how often it happens, and how the story presents it. A brief disagreement resolved through kindness tells a different story from a repeated pattern of cruelty. Review positive themes as well as concerns.
4. Check the parts that matter for the format
A book, a film, an online video, and a game ask for different kinds of review. Use the questions below to choose where to look. For a series or channel, review the specific episode or video your child will encounter; one item does not describe the whole collection.
5. Use AI to find questions, then check the details
An AI-powered content review can organize themes and give you a starting point. It can also miss details or interpret them differently. If a particular scene or theme will decide your choice, check the source material or another reliable description rather than relying on a summary alone.
6. Make a choice you can explain
You might decide to share the content, explore it together, revisit it later, or choose something else. Connect that choice to the priorities you started with. A clear reason is more useful than treating a score or a label as a decision on its own.
7. Leave room for a conversation afterwards
Content review does not end when you press play or open a book. Ask what your child noticed, what felt confusing, and what they thought about the characters' choices. Their response can give you useful context for the next content decision.
Questions for movies, books, shows, videos, and games
Movies and TV shows
What happens in intense scenes? How are language, conflict, and mature topics handled? For a show, does the review cover the episode you plan to share?
Books
What themes run through the story? How are difficult subjects explained? Does the review refer to the edition and story your child will actually read?
YouTube videos
What does this specific video show or say? Who made it? What advertising, links, or surrounding recommendations might your child encounter?
Games
What will the player do? Alongside the story and themes, are there chat, multiplayer interactions, purchases, or user-created content to check separately?
A quick checklist before you share
- I know which title, edition, episode, or video we are reviewing.
- I have considered my child's interests and reactions alongside any age rating.
- I understand the context behind the themes that matter to our family.
- I have checked any detail that is important to our decision.
- I can explain our choice and invite a conversation afterwards.
Where KidSight fits
KidSight uses AI to help parents and educators review books, movies, TV shows, YouTube content, and games through their values and guidelines. It provides context for your judgment. It does not block content, monitor a child's devices, or guarantee suitability.
Use the web application today. Dedicated iOS and Android apps are coming soon; no release date has been announced.
Questions about the service? info@kidsight.app