12 year old and two friends want to start a YouTube channel reviewing Tolichowki street food

ochre_chai_969229 Jul 2026

He and two classmates have it all planned. Saturday evenings, one stall per week, a 'rating out of ten', a name and a logo already drawn in his notebook. They want faces on camera because 'nobody watches a hand holding a samosa'. I can see the appeal and I do like that it's something they made up themselves. I also see three 12 year olds in school house T-shirts, filmed on our street, in front of shops anyone can identify. My partner thinks I'm overthinking a phase. Did any of you let a child this age do something like this, and what were your conditions?

5 comments

cedar_violin_921429 Jul 2026
Our son asked last year. We said voice only, no face, no school logo, no street names. He agreed, made three videos, and lost interest in about three weeks. The conditions mattered more than the result.
- saffron_quilt_823229 Jul 2026
  Voice is identifiable too. And a street food stall is a location. Those conditions are softer than they sound.
linen_violin_169229 Jul 2026
Two of my students have channels. The school usually finds out only when something has gone wrong, a comment thread or a video someone didn't agree to. If you allow it, I'd ask to be a co-owner of the account, with the password, not just a subscriber.
- ochre_chai_969229 Jul 2026
  Co-owner with the password is a good condition. He'll hate it, which is how I know it's a good condition.
olive_chai_713729 Jul 2026
Our daughter's friend had a channel at that age. The videos were harmless; the comments were the problem. Whatever else you decide, turn comments off.
- linen_pebble_431129 Jul 2026
  Comments off is the most practical thing in this thread. Noting it for when my 10 year old gets the same idea, which I suspect is soon.
coral_sparrow_992429 Jul 2026
My younger one did one at 13 with his cousins. Four videos, thirty-one views, mostly us. Paati watched every single one twice. It ran out of steam before anything could go wrong 🙂
rose_notebook_187930 Jul 2026
Let them shoot, don't let them post. Watch it together on Sunday. Most of it won't survive the first viewing, and the ones that do, you decide on together.