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Getting Started with Tubara

Welcome to Tubara! You're about to create a safe YouTube experience for your children that you control completely.

What Makes Tubara Different?

Unlike regular YouTube or YouTube Kids:

✅ You approve every channel - No algorithms deciding what your kids see

✅ No surprise content - Intelligent delays catch newly uploaded problems

✅ Complete privacy - No ads, no tracking, no data harvesting

✅ Screen time built-in - WHO-aligned guidelines with override options

Quick Setup (5 Minutes)

Step 1: Create Your Account

  1. Go to tubara.world

  2. Click "Get Started"

  3. Complete age verification. We do not collect any data. The 'onboarding' process just ensures that you are an adult.

  4. Create a strong password

  5. Verify your email

Email Verification

Check your spam folder if you don't see the verification email within 2 minutes.

Step 2: Create Your First Child Profile

  1. Click 'Parent'

  2. Enter your password (generated during 'onboarding) to enter the parent's 'Admin Dashboard'.

  3. Click "Kids" to enter "Child Profile Management"

  4. Click on "Add Child Profile"

  5. Enter your child's first name (only you will see this)

  6. Enter their Date Of Birth (enables us to comply with COPPA regulations)

  7. Select their age range:

  8. 3-5 years: Very simple, highly curated content
  9. 6-8 years: Elementary educational content
  10. 9-11 years: More complex educational topics

  11. 12-17 years: Age-appropriate GCSE/A-Level content

  12. Choose an avatar and color theme - let your child pick!

Next: Set daily screen time limits

  1. Click on 'Time'

  2. Select child

  3. Click on 'Settings'

  4. You can:

✅ Choose your weekday and weekend time limits

✅Add 'buffer' settings which allow children a short amount of extra time to finish watching the current video,

✅ Award a parent 'override' to allow more viewing time,

✅ Give extra time for good behaviour, and

✅ Even allow unused time roll over to the next day.

Step 3: Add Your First Channels

This is the most important step - you're building your child's safe library.

  1. Go to YouTube.com

  2. In YouTube, search for fun and educational channels of which you approve.

  3. Copy the channel URL, and make sure it looks like this:

    https://www.youtube.com/@DxxxxxSxxxxx

  4. In Tubara, open the Parent Dashboard.

  5. Click "Channels", then "Submit New Channel"

  6. Paste the URL into the "YouTube Channel URL or ID' window.

  7. Give your new channel a category, i.e. 'Art & Creativity', 'Music' etc., from the drop down list.

  8. Assign the age group - this is important if your children's ages cover a wide range. Suitable viewing for a 14 year old probably won't be suitable for a 5 year old!

  9. Paste the URL and click "Submit Channel for Review"

  10. Next, the channel will appear in either "Pending" or "Safety Delay".

    !WARNING! the effect of "The Safety Delay" :

  11. New channels will only appear to your children after a 48-hour safety delay. This protects them from newly uploaded inappropriate content, because it gives the channel a chance to take down hacked content before it can be viewed in your home.

  12. It is possible to override the safety delay if you trust the channel. You can 'blacklist' a channel to make sure it can't be submitted again, or 'unblacklist' a channel, so it can be introduced into a child's viewing list at a later date.

  13. Otherwise, the new channel appears in 'Pending', where you can finally approve it for viewing.

Channel Choice

Tubara will never suggest which channel (or channels) you should view, or curate lists of 'safe' channels. Tubara is intended to be a tool for parents to use, to ensure their own family values are reflected in their children's viewing.

Step 4: Let Your Child Start Watching

  1. Click "Return to Home".

  2. Your child can select their own profile.

  3. They can now browse approved channels and watch videos, add and remove channels and videos to and from their own 'Favourites' lists, and change both their theme and avatar.

What Happens Next?

  • Your child sees only approved channels - No surprises, no wandering off into the darker corners of YouTube to stumble across content you'd rather they didn't see.

  • You get weekly analytics - See what they're watching and learning

  • Screen time automatically enforced - With a visual reminder to avoid surprises, and with the ability for the parent to allow a small length of time more, to allow the child to finish watching the end of a video they're enjoying (anti melt-down feature)

  • Content stays safe - The delay system catches problems

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Welcome to peace of mind. Welcome to Tubara. 🛡️