The goal is to form deep and long lasting relationships between you and your viewers. To accomplish this, rather than making one long video, break your video into segments. This will potentially boost your ratings which will give you an advantage of extending your friend list, moving higher in the search engines and expanding your media network.
It will also provide a better chance of making the relationship with your audience a closer one.
In order to compete with other shows, you need to set your goal to become the best
kids web show of choice for individual group of viewers.
To accomplish this, try to leverage cultural behavior with an audience mindset.
Treat yourself as a celebrity that audiences will want to know more about and eventually come back to watch other episodes of you on your channel.
Tip:
Be supportive on YouTube by leaving your comments on other videos.
This will show others your good side.
It will potentially help attract more viewers and appeal to the interest of a group of viewers in a specific area which you are focusing on.