Stop the YouTube Shorts Scroll: Time Limits for Teen Accounts

Protect your family with our 1-minute free parent quiz Join our next weekly live parent events: Episode Summary: Short videos feel harmless because each clip is quick. But that’s exactly why time can slip away, especially at night. In this episode, we talk about how parents can use YouTube’s settings for supervised teen accounts to add helpful guardrails around Shorts, plus how to set a simple family expectation that reduces pushback. If your teen has ever planned to watch one thing and ended up scrolling for much longer, this will give you a clear starting point. For the full parent walkthrough, visit SmartSocial.com. Become a Smart Social VIP (Very Informed Parents) Member: District Leaders: Schedule a free phone consultation to get ideas on how to protect your students in your community Download the free Smart Social app: Learn about the top 190+ popular teen apps: View the top parental control software: The SmartSocial.com Podcast helps parents and educators to keep their kids safe on social media, so they can Shine Online™

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Stop the YouTube Shorts Scroll: Time Limits for Teen Accounts is an episode from Smart Social Podcast: Keeping students safe so they can Shine Online by Josh Ochs.

This episode is 00:02:48 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2026.

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