too much tv bad?

Yes. TOO MUCH tv is a bad thing. As long as it's not too much,it's okay. As long as the tv isn't the baby sitter. It's fine. 10-15 minutes a day at this age really is plenty. And honestly I'd be surprised if she has the attention span for more.

*ABCMouse.com and KET(or whatever your public educational station is there) that you can watch and interact with her is even better than just watching youtube by herself though. It becomes a teaching instance or lesson instead of just food tube watching.

Youtube no way ...There are so many wonderful video's for little ones Baby Eistein, Disney has a couple tooo. These are inexpensive and the visuals are Amazing .....Colors Music Shapes ......Dump youtube and T.V. Another thing Children love when you read to them.........

Turn the electronics OFF. There is no need for a child that age to be learning anything from Youtube, or any other form of electronic entertainment. If you want her to learn something teach it to her. She does not need an electronic babysitter showing her all there is in life to learn.

Its okay for her to be exposed to that but try not to teach her everything online.

No not at all. Okay, I'm 17. I just want to let you know because you being a parent may want to be caseous with a teenager advice. I know that some kids learn better when someone is describing it or they are more of a visual and I find seeing and watching and hearing on videos more helpful with me in algebra. My teacher makes vids to help us with homework. I think it's a good thing

There are two issues here. One is that parents often use TV and media as babysitters. Kids learn by interacting with their caregivers, so if you just put on the show and then walk away, she's getting less interactive learning time. Talk her through what she's seeing on the screen, and then go outside and point to the various colours in the real world. Show her that red isn't just a bright colour on the screen, but also the colour of apples, stop signs, bricks on houses, the nailpolish on the cashier's finger tips, etc. That way, you're providing the interactivity she needs for her brain to grow.

The other issue is that screens can affect growing eyes and brains. It can affect their sleep patterns (especially if they are given a lot of screen time just before bed). It also makes them just sit still and passively, when they should be running around and touching everything (again, learning through interacting). Screen time isn't recommended for kids under 2 at all. However, if you're doing it in moderation (5 minutes here or there), it's not necessarily a bad thing, especially since she's learning from it.

I'd just limit how much screen time she gets and make an effort to make it interactive. Remember, kids learn things in their own time. If she doesn't know her colours now, it doesn't mean she won't know them by the time she's going to school. Focus more on teaching her correct social behaviour and how to be a good person. The rest will come with time.

Good luck!

Most sources recommend no tv (and that includes videos on a computer) for under-2's.

While a few minutes a day probably aren't a big deal, I wouldn't make a point of it.

(Surely there are many books that teach colors -- and you can also talk about them. 22 monthers aren't expected to know all their colors anyway. Very likely if she did 'get it' after watching a video it was simply that she'd reached that developmental stage -- it had nothing to do with anything magic about a video rather than a book or a block.)