Parents are spending thousands on YouTube camps that teach kids how to be famous

guest · May 25, 2019

Parents are spending thousands on YouTube camps that teach kids how to be famous
May 24, 2019
https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/youtube-camps/

Various YouTube summer camps have begun launching across the nation, designed to turn regular elementary and middle-school-aged children into bonfire internet sensations.

Per a recent report from the Wall Street Journal, parents are spending nearly $1,000 dollars a week for their children to learn how to create branded social media-related content. Though YouTube is not affiliated with or in any communication with any summer program, such camps are on the rise, and parents with means have made them a thing.

Level Up takes an educational approach toward the platform to attract kids who “want to learn how to create an awesome YouTube channel,” and promises that the class will give students the “skills to create engaging videos.”

Despite the rise in programs, many parents interviewed in the Wall Street Journal dismissed the idea of being a “YouTube star,” believing it as nothing more than a hobby for their young children.
Rossi disagrees, believing that being a YouTuber is a viable career path for the next generation.
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Update 7:50am CT, May 25: “STAR Camps are generally lower priced and offer much more hands-on experience than other similar day camps,” Alexander Rossi, senior department director of STAR, wrote the Daily Dot in a statement. “We hope that kids will not only walk away with skills, but also the confidence to forge their own distinct path in the digital space, and a sense of how to interact with it responsibly.”
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