Hello,
As a young lad growing up in the wilds of Yorkshire we spent a lot of time playing in the woods, this is long before the internet.
Now as a parent the world has changed and the struggle between online and offline life has become real and very apparent. My son recently reached the age of 10 and like most other kids his age would gladly spend all of his time sitting in front of his computer either playing Minecraft (in my opinion far from the worst computer games) or watching You Tube videos of other people playing games. I can understand the importance of this for a child as this is what they talk about with each other in the school playground. Here in Belgium there is no school on Wednesday afternoons and this time was usually spent at home, he on his computer and me pottering around. I found myself becoming increasingly frustrated by this situation and decided to do something about it.
We had been on a few expeditions together during the school holidays, hiking and camping, after the usual complaints about the weight of this rucksack for the first hour he really enjoyed the experience. For me it was fantastic to be able to share my love of the outdoors and spend some quality time with my fast developing little man. The next obvious step (to me) was to combine his love of You Tube with that of mine for the outdoors on these otherwise wasted Wednesday afternoons. Here began our Bushcraft Not Minecraft channel.
We have the luxury of living close to some pristine woodland with a fine mix of trees, plants and wetland. Now our Wednesday afternoons are spent here making videos of basic bushcraft and camping skills, observing the fauna and flora and generally being outdoors regardless of the weather. His self confidence grows hand in hand with his self reliance as has his playground status by being a 'Youtuber'.
You can check out the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgYV4kVOfkPxnhFG1r5Ki1A
I glean lots of great tips and information from forums and websites such as this one and enjoy hearing of the experiences of others who share my love of all things outdoors. I would particularly appreciate any suggestions for subjects to cover in our videos.
Warm greetings from sunny (today at least) Belgium.
Phil
As a young lad growing up in the wilds of Yorkshire we spent a lot of time playing in the woods, this is long before the internet.
Now as a parent the world has changed and the struggle between online and offline life has become real and very apparent. My son recently reached the age of 10 and like most other kids his age would gladly spend all of his time sitting in front of his computer either playing Minecraft (in my opinion far from the worst computer games) or watching You Tube videos of other people playing games. I can understand the importance of this for a child as this is what they talk about with each other in the school playground. Here in Belgium there is no school on Wednesday afternoons and this time was usually spent at home, he on his computer and me pottering around. I found myself becoming increasingly frustrated by this situation and decided to do something about it.
We had been on a few expeditions together during the school holidays, hiking and camping, after the usual complaints about the weight of this rucksack for the first hour he really enjoyed the experience. For me it was fantastic to be able to share my love of the outdoors and spend some quality time with my fast developing little man. The next obvious step (to me) was to combine his love of You Tube with that of mine for the outdoors on these otherwise wasted Wednesday afternoons. Here began our Bushcraft Not Minecraft channel.
We have the luxury of living close to some pristine woodland with a fine mix of trees, plants and wetland. Now our Wednesday afternoons are spent here making videos of basic bushcraft and camping skills, observing the fauna and flora and generally being outdoors regardless of the weather. His self confidence grows hand in hand with his self reliance as has his playground status by being a 'Youtuber'.
You can check out the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgYV4kVOfkPxnhFG1r5Ki1A
I glean lots of great tips and information from forums and websites such as this one and enjoy hearing of the experiences of others who share my love of all things outdoors. I would particularly appreciate any suggestions for subjects to cover in our videos.
Warm greetings from sunny (today at least) Belgium.
Phil
