My brother did this. His kids are 14 and 15 now. They build amazing stuff! Cool cutting boards, bird houses. They even sell their stuff on etsy. They both love fishing so they make their own lures and sell them at bait shops.
The oldest said "I can't wait to get my own car so I can go fishing whenever I want".
DIY content creators (or, really apolitical content creators focused on teaching) are some of the best motivators. Definitely do both.
I went on a concrete YouTuber kick and found it cathartic, so I became interested in that.
Car cleaning and detailing? Cathartic, so now I realized I enjoy that.
Wood working and home improvement? See above.
It's not just those things; coding too.
Really, anything that you can use to nurture a skill is valuable and there are a lot of smaller YouTubers out there posting and talking about what they're doing and why they're doing it. Not necessary to cut off YouTube entirely, just try to steer them away from the actual propaganda
We quit netflix last year. Quit cable and over-the-air over 10 years ago. Never again will I watch programmed propaganda.
Set them a list of DIY YT videos to watch.
Better yet, get them interested in building stuff with their hands.
My brother did this. His kids are 14 and 15 now. They build amazing stuff! Cool cutting boards, bird houses. They even sell their stuff on etsy. They both love fishing so they make their own lures and sell them at bait shops.
The oldest said "I can't wait to get my own car so I can go fishing whenever I want".
DIY content creators (or, really apolitical content creators focused on teaching) are some of the best motivators. Definitely do both.
I went on a concrete YouTuber kick and found it cathartic, so I became interested in that.
Car cleaning and detailing? Cathartic, so now I realized I enjoy that.
Wood working and home improvement? See above.
It's not just those things; coding too.
Really, anything that you can use to nurture a skill is valuable and there are a lot of smaller YouTubers out there posting and talking about what they're doing and why they're doing it. Not necessary to cut off YouTube entirely, just try to steer them away from the actual propaganda