# Parents: Regularly watch anything on YouTube with your tweens? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-regularly-watch-anything-on-youtube-with-your-tweens/995602 "2024-01-04T17:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-regularly-watch-anything-on-youtube-with-your-tweens/995602/1 "2024-01-04T17:28:30Z")
I have a couple of tweens (boy and girl) and they like YouTube. I can only handle so many cute cat videos and people falling into pools before I have to leave for the next room. Or alternatively I’ll pick something I like and that I think they might enjoy but often they’ll leave. Every once in awhile I’ll find a channel that’s interesting to me and them and it’s fun to watch together. I am always looking for more. To kick off any kind of discussion here’s what we’ve liked: [RobWords](https://www.youtube.com/@RobWords) [Weird Food History](https://www.youtube.com/@weirdhistoryfood) [TechZone](https://www.youtube.com/@tech___zone) [History Matters](https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryMatters) [FilmSpot Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/@filmspotofficial) [minutephysics](https://www.youtube.com/@MinutePhysics) [SciShow](https://www.youtube.com/@SciShow) and The Vlog Brothers other projects. [Atun-Shei](https://www.youtube.com/@AtunSheiFilms) [Mr. Chickadee](https://www.youtube.com/@MrChickadee) [Geography Now](https://www.youtube.com/@GeographyNow) [Patrick Zeinali](https://www.youtube.com/@patrickzeinali) [Thug Notes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IntI62LWSJA&list=PLghL9V9QTN0jTgA1qrhWrBCB_Ln4xlVlB) ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-regularly-watch-anything-on-youtube-with-your-tweens/995602/2 "2024-01-05T06:55:23Z")
My daughter (who’s far from being a tween, but still) enjoys [Rachel and Jun’s Adventures](https://youtube.com/@RachelandJunAdventures?feature=shared) , which admittedly has a lot of cat content, and a variety of how-to channels, including one by a farrier and [Bernadette Banner](https://youtube.com/@bernadettebanner?feature=shared) , who recreates Edwardian clothing and talks a lot about the culture of the time reflected in women’s clothing. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-regularly-watch-anything-on-youtube-with-your-tweens/995602/3 "2024-01-05T16:22:08Z")
My 12 year old is really interested in military stuff, so we’ll occasionally watch “[The Operations Room](https://www.youtube.com/@TheOperationsRoom)” on YouTube. It’s a channel of animated and narrated military operations/battles. Their narrator leaves a lot to be desired, but they do a fantastic job of laying out _why_ the battles took place when/where they did, and why they went down as they did, which is something that’s harder to see/understand seeing paper maps and paragraphs in a history book. Otherwise, my children are somewhat obsessed with Minecraft, and they love the [“Survive and Thrive” series by Paul Soares Jr.](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7326EF82122776A9), as he explains how/why you do various things at various stages of your Minecraft game, rather than just playing it in a hyperkinetic fashion and making staggeringly inane commentary like so many other YouTube gamers. Every now and then, we’ll watch some [Townsends](https://www.youtube.com/@townsends) if something from the Colonial period or 19th century comes up as a question. For example, they had to try and start fires in Cub Scouts without using matches or lighters- we saw how they actually did it with flint and steel on there. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-regularly-watch-anything-on-youtube-with-your-tweens/995602/4 "2024-01-06T16:53:08Z")
My niece’s oldest isn’t quite a teen yet but she has been sharing her appreciation for the [DADBOD VETERAN.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaPWF4qK7FU) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-regularly-watch-anything-on-youtube-with-your-tweens/995602/5 "2024-01-06T17:00:15Z")
Thanks guys, I will check these all out and the YT ‘also watch’ recommendations for those. Any more would be appreciated. I didn’t mean to create any kind of theme here, we’re open minded and just generally looking to laugh or learn about anything. Making quality content accessible is difficult which is why I asked the clever people here for the few that exist. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-regularly-watch-anything-on-youtube-with-your-tweens/995602/6 "2024-01-06T17:23:06Z")
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