How Well do LLMs Assist Parents in Assessing Child Appropriateness of Videos?

Children’s entertainment has become increasingly digital, with much of it available on video-sharing platforms. Although traditional media such as movies and TV are manually curated for appropriateness, the sheer quantity of videos being uploaded online makes this approach impractical. Current automated techniques fail to capture the diversity in parental supervision caused by varying parental preferences, culture, and other factors, while also lacking the transparency and explainability necessary to build parental trust. This study seeks to evaluate LLM’s ability to assess the appropriateness of videos for children under the age of 7 in an explainable manner and its overall alignment with parental values. Our study shows that while LLMs are less effective at determining appropriateness themselves, they can provide beneficial descriptions of the videos and effectively aid in the parental decision-making process.