It's hard for even a parent to find the right stuff for a child... because it is really up to the child in terms of what they find engaging. A lot of PBS kids content is good but not all youtube is bad.
The surprise egg thing is a thing almost a cultural thing and it does pass. Kids watch those videos up to about age 5. You find these eggs in Target and Walmart now too so you end up with a junk drawer of fidgets. All the kids end up trading fidgets for awhile as well. Lots of tears but they learn to negotiate. If you are lucky you might skip Pokemon.
They then move on to watching Minecraft and Roblox videos. I let my kids facetime and play roblox with their friends at the same time.
The surprise egg thing is a thing almost a cultural thing and it does pass. Kids watch those videos up to about age 5. You find these eggs in Target and Walmart now too so you end up with a junk drawer of fidgets. All the kids end up trading fidgets for awhile as well. Lots of tears but they learn to negotiate. If you are lucky you might skip Pokemon.
They then move on to watching Minecraft and Roblox videos. I let my kids facetime and play roblox with their friends at the same time.