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Not my boys - this is my niece who I look after three days a week, but my sister and I are equally stumped. She's 10 and has announced she wants to be a YouTuber. She wants to start a channel now, filming slime videos and "day in my life" stuff.
My instinct is absolutely not, but I don't want to crush her creativity either. Has anyone found a middle ground?
We let our son make videos but they are only ever shared with family in a private group. He does editing, adds music, thumbnails, all of it. He's learnt a load of skills and his grandparents are a very enthusiastic audience. No public channel until he's much older.
Same approach here. Frame it as "you're learning to be a filmmaker" rather than "being a YouTuber". The skill is the creating, not the followers.
Please no public stuff with her face and her house in it. I say this having seen what the comments sections can be like on kids' videos. Absolutely not worth it.
@moonlitmama agreed, that was my real fear. The private family audience idea is great though.
my 11yo did stop motion lego videos and never showed his face, just his hands and the models. it was surprisingly good. there are summer courses for this in london too, we did one in Hammersmith
I'd also say just let the ambition be. At 10 I wanted to be a pop star and a vet at the same time. She'll want five other things by Year 8.
Someone asked me about the course - it was a week long in the summer, about ten kids, they each made a two minute animated film and there was a screening for parents on the Friday. My son still talks about it. Look at the community arts centres, a few do them in the holidays.
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