Hulu is a perfectly fine streaming platform that becomes a parenting problem when you don't set it up correctly. The reality: it's been rated the least safe streaming service by multiple parent safety orgs, not because the content is uniquely bad, but because the default experience dumps mature content recommendations on anyone who opens the app.

If you create kids profiles, enable PIN protection, and maybe spring for the ad-free tier, Hulu can be a solid family entertainment option. But if you just hand your kid the iPad with your main profile logged in, they're three clicks away from content you definitely don't want them seeing.

The frustrating part? Hulu knows this and still makes parental controls opt-in rather than default. The good content is there—Bluey, great animation, solid originals—but you have to work for it. This isn't a set-it-and-forget-it situation.