YouTube CEO Neil Mohan keeps his children away from YouTube and social media. He believes that unlimited screen time is dangerous for children. Therefore, they have created strict rules to control children’s media usage at home.
Nowadays, for many parents, taking back mobile phones from the hands of children is like winning a war. Children spend hours watching YouTube videos. But do you know that the people who created the popular platform YouTube, which is watched by the whole world, do not allow their own children to watch it openly?
YouTube head Neil Mohan told the secret of the house
Neil Mohan, the head of YouTube, which keeps children around the world engaged for hours, keeps his children away from YouTube and other social media screens. Neil Mohan, who was named Time magazine’s “CEO of the Year”, revealed that he follows strict rules regarding social media use at his home. He told that he and his wife Hema Mohan control the use of media platforms by their three children.
Unlimited freedom can be dangerous
YouTube CEO Neil Mohan believes that unlimited freedom can be dangerous for children. In a recent interview, he spoke openly about the “no-screen” formula of his home. Neil Mohan told about his personal life and parenting in an interview given to Time Magazine. He keeps a close eye on his children’s social media usage. Mohan, who became CEO in 2023 and was recently elected CEO of Time Magazine in 2025, said that he has implemented daily rules regarding screen time at his home.
He and his wife set clear limits on how much time their children spend on YouTube and other platforms. He and his wife Hema Mohan have three children – two sons and a daughter. House rules are more strict during weekdays. There are strict rules at home regarding giving screen time to children during working days. At the same time, a little more freedom is given on weekends. Neil Mohan also believes that perfection is not possible in parenting, but it is important to maintain balance.
“The best thing we can do is make it easier for parents to manage the platform for their kids that fits their family,” he said. He said that YouTube was the first platform to launch a separate app for children, and had launched the YouTube Kids app 10 years ago. By the way, this statement of YouTube Chief has come at a time when Australia has become the first country in the world to ban social media for children below 16 years of age.