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I salute you for taking this approach. At least I know your kids are going to grow up well-rounded.
by GlacierFox 2y ago
I salute you for taking this approach. At least I know your kids are going to grow up well-rounded.
- qwertytyyuu 2y agoNot quite “well rounded” as they’ll miss a lot of cultural context from YouTube that all the others watch.
- someothherguyy 2y agoI think many people conflate popular and accessible media with essential culture.
- johnfn 2y agoMany people, when they say 'culture' in the context of kids, mean something that kids can discuss around a lunch table. If OP's kids don't watch youtube, they won't have this particular aspect of culture as an inroad to make friends.
- someothherguyy 2y agoLike other humans, kids don't have universally aligned interest in media. Also, "missing out" can be good in many cases, depending on the content of said media.
- johnfn 2y agoSure, but if YouTube makes up say 20% of culture, that's 20% of conversations they cannot participate in. I'd love to read any source that says that "missing out" on making friends is actually a good thing.
- rcbdev 2y agoAbsolute nonsense. Even a few months difference in when children get sucked into the YouTube vortex means they have totally different understandings of creators, their content and the contemporary dramatics. YouTube content, thanks to its short-lived nature, has become essentially useless as a shared 'cultural context' unless one is plugged in 24/7.
- GlacierFox 2y agoCultural context with YouTube as the primary source? Are you smoking something? Give me some if so.