Helping a struggling disabled child grow -
Thank you @ashtv for inspiring this post AND inspiring parental support.
Here's the post that has encouraged a big change for my Daughter: https://steemit.com/unschooling/@ashtv/he-s-a-natural-presenter-a-5-year-old
Parenting a child with invisible disabilities
Having a high needs child is far more difficult than I'd have imagined. Of course, I'm not daft to the struggles that a family hurdles when caring for a visibly disabled person but invisible do disabilities contrast.
I'm not saying that my child is worse off or even better off than a paraplegic- I'm saying that I had no idea that a seemingly healthy little person would be so life-changing.
As an observer who loves research and problem solving, I know my child well. Knowing a person and understanding their struggles isn't a magic potion to comprehension. Not a day goes by that I have to remind myself that an invisible disability is frequently undermined, even by loving, intelligent, insightful parents. Even by me.
Changes = potential
With changes in society it is often easy to be blind to the potential in what maybe considered useless, harmful, or a fad. YouTube, in my option, is basically filed with mindless junk. YouTube is the junk drawer of the video industry. Kids love it!
My Daughter has watched many hours of other people playing and commentating a video game that she's never played. I find the videos VERY annoying and pointless; no quality; no value; please... no more!!
The big craze I hear among the little humans is "I'm on YouTube", "we should make a video and post it on YouTube" etc etc. My girl LOVES to art with clay and is fascinated by claymation. In some forgotten distant past I had suggested that we learn and create how-to claymation videos for children. She loved the idea- she'd already been asking me to help her produce video content to upload.
We since created ZERO clips.
Education through modern technology
During my steem and discord wanderings today I am happy to have tripped over @ashtv's blog post. The post tells a story of a shy boy who morphs into an excited, inspired creature while producing YouTube videos! In an instant I reflected on the skills that he was learning and obstacles being overcome.
In school, we nervously engage in public speaking as an important learning activity. And... then you have YouTube; public speaking, presentation, preparation, script writing, editing, production, self critique and reflection, etc. Not only would creating online videos be educational but it far surpasses that which a two minute speech in grade five would offer.
THE GOAL
- Create a financial production plan to purchase material for video
- Source possible donations of hardware and inventive frugal options
- Set my Daughter up with a YouTuber creator account
- Watch my beautiful little creature grow! 🌻
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This is fantastic! So great you have discovered some value in YouTube.
We don’t mind it (as parents) - yes there is plenty of rubbish, but hidden under the surface are some gems that’s the kids really love, for whatever reason.
I found it took my boy a while to discover things he likes - and now he has, there’s no chance he’s give any of that other garbage another look. Which was valuable for me to understand - that he was just effectively exploring and window shopping!
You’re absolutely right about what skills making a video like this can enhance - all those things like presentation, building ideas, speaking your mind, multi-taking and being self aware (to some degree).
I’m so pleased you’ve found an avenue in this and do let me know if there’s anything you would choose to share :)
Thank you @ashtv, I appreciate this.
I feel that as I age, I've began to show symptoms by way of adversity 😂
I think this will be an exciting adventure for both my daughter and I. 🌻
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I had major hang ups and alarms bells going off when the kids wanted to start a YT channel and this is like 7 years ago.
And the amount of videos they consume on YT.... yes the gaming too.
Long story short.. they have taught me stuff along the way and I am not so hard on them anymore. The youngest is enjoying most because the older ones paved the way ...hehe
I think this idea of wanting to be a YT star has given them some sort of confidence because they are emulating their favourites right....
Having said that, I do check in to make sure they are not caught up with any sort of cult or weird stuff
But if it is fun.... hey I grew up with Tom and Jerry abusing each other, and I wouldn't even hurt a fly....ok, a fly yes...but you know what I mean.
By the way, all you need is a phone to record
There are tonnes of free video editors online
Give it a go first and get a feel for it without overthinking it
All the best :D
Thank you.
You make a very valid point regarding violence in older cartoons. We often forget about the overall progress that society has made.
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We can learn a lot from your experience to deal with this modern dilemma
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I don't know if I told you that my mom raised me and 3 siblings. Now, we may not have been disabled, depending on the definition of disabled. Some of us may have struggled with autism, Asbergers, etc. We were homeschooled for a while. Yeah, clay is a wonderful thing.