The Parent Tap

Top 10 Parenting Podcast. Real conversations on tech safety, screentime & family life. Fighting a wrongful termination by @TeamYouTube

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Hi everyone. If you've noticed The Parent Tap has been quiet, here's why.

On August 14, 2026, YouTube removed The Parent Tap and told us it violated their Circumvention policy. We appealed within hours. Four hours later, YouTube denied it — emblematic of what we believe is an automated, surface-level review.

I want to be fully transparent, because I'd rather be honest than win an argument: The Parent Tap is a small, independent parenting-media channel — the kind of thing this platform was built for.

In my years on YouTube, I have never received a strike or a ban. The other channels on my account remain live and untouched.

The Circumvention policy targets people who create new channels after a termination to dodge a ban. That's not our situation. The termination notice itself says this penalty should apply to "all of your existing channels" — yet none of our other channels were affected.

I'm not asking for special treatment — I'm asking for a human re-review. When the line-scanner gets it wrong, the appeal process is single, opaque, and irreversible for small creators. Public pressure shouldn't be required to get a fair shake — but here we are.

If this resonates: share this post, and if you're comfortable, politely let YouTube know you'd like The Parent Tap reviewed. Just visibility — nothing aggressive.

— Ryan McDonough, Host, The Parent Tap ·
https://t.co/Mt7LjrJ6Jl @TeamYouTube @YouTubeLiaison @YouTube

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@CGBBURNER James Jones lol

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4 to go!!!

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Need 15 more signatures on my wrongful YouTube termination. Please help. Us small creators need to stand together https://t.co/OuzDiGT6C8

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@MajorNelson16 @NHLtoArizona @EMAW_AZ What are you thinking?

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@worldhockeyrpt Yotes easy

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@JoeyKnish22 The Bradley Beal of the NFL

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@IshanMalikpsip @srwfenix @TeamYouTube Me too. What did they say in DM? I only got bot reply

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@three_pet3 he's so unlikeable

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@Priyank69400346 @TeamYouTube I got it too.

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@yunothealien @YouTube @YouTubeCreators

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Horseshit. I have never had a terminated account on @youtube @YouTubeCreators Hope you like the press run that's about to happen

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@Walgreens Is it

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@TheAthletic Welcome back @ArizonaCoyotes

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@barstoolsports No wonder with that strike zone

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@Lillyin_London Killers supporting killers not surprised

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@Anthony245L I’m going to the media in hopes of getting enough exposure to get a human review.

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@mollysdiaryt @TeamYouTube Me too! Such bs

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@JonnyBlox Congrats bro

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@airline_food I wouldn’t pay $100 for that but then again not my team

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@oelma__ Nothing you got me

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@MoMelaninMoPrbz Shouldn’t have to