Individual video approvals matter when you do not want to open up a whole channel. Maybe one learning video is perfect, while the rest of the uploads are not. Maybe you want to allow exactly one episode, song, or tutorial. That is when video-level control matters.
What is possible
YouTube Kids can approve individual videos, but it does not feel like a real library
YouTube Kids includes a mode where parents approve content themselves. In that mode, videos, channels, or collections can be selected deliberately. That is better than a fully open feed, but the workflow is not very visible and is not designed for maintaining a curated video list over time.
For many families, that is the sticking point: the feature exists, but it feels more like a setting buried in the parent area than an everyday tool. If you regularly add videos, remove them, or separate them by child profile, it quickly becomes hard to manage.
Why it matters
One good video does not make the whole channel suitable
YouTube channels are rarely completely consistent. Helpful explainers, craft ideas, or children's songs can sit next to uploads that are too hectic, too commercial, or simply not right for your child.
That is why individual video approval is useful: you do not have to choose between allowing everything and blocking everything. You can approve the exact video you checked without bringing the whole channel along with it.
The question is not whether YouTube is good or bad. The better question is: which exact videos belong in your child's library?
Comparison
YouTube Kids hides approval. Tubsy builds the app around it.
YouTube Kids
Individual approvals are possible, but they depend on a special parent mode. For ongoing curation, several profiles, and regular changes, the process can feel heavy.
Tubsy
You search for videos, playlists, or channels and add them directly to a child profile's whitelist. Everything else stays invisible.
Examples
When individual videos are better than whole channels
One specific learning video
You want to allow this math explanation or science experiment, not automatically every video from the channel.
One song or episode
A single music video or calm episode is fine, but the suggested next videos should stay out.
A tutorial for a project
Your child can watch a craft, drawing, or coding tutorial without drifting into related recommendations afterwards.