Sherbros I need help getting my 10 year old into watching documentaries

[BluntForceTrama]

This might be a short one but some of you dads might be sympathetic to this.

Id like my kid to start watching informative stuff that might light a bulb in his head instead of all these crappy video game shows on YT.

Do some of you guys know of maybe introductory documentaries that might be good for a kid? He likes war stuff but I kinda want to stay away from that for now, especially gory ones (I did let him watch Saving Private Ryan so he's been shook before). Nature docs haven't quite taken him the way I would've thought, The Blue Planet/Attenboroughs and such.

There have to be these panacea type docs out there that are able to keep a young kids attention so Im hoping to hear about em here.

TY

 

[Stoic1]

Starve him of electronics for three days. Go cold turkey digital blackout. He'll watch anything you put in front of him at that point.

Personally I like the Animal Planet stuff.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

What is your son into? There's probably a documentary about it. The key would be to mask it as wanting to watch "movies" about things he likes, but you're really planting the seed for the tree you wish to grow.

My own seed was planted when I was about his age, and my dad took me to an IMAX theater (a real one) and we saw a space doc narrated by Leonard Nimoy. If that kind of thing is available to you, might be something cool you guys can go do while also trying to help him find interest in docs.

 

[Spam On Rye]

If they have a cellphone and social media you have to ween em off of the dopamine addictions then introduce books and then film and documentaries come easily. Not an easy task no matter how ya go about it. Good luck man.

 

[Osculater]

As a kid I used to like watching like historical, nature, science, and war documentaries

 

[Flower2dPeople]

That's all what my son watched growing up. Even went as far as listening to Sabaton. Now he just hates commies.

 

[BluntForceTrama]

That’s all very helpful input, gents especially the weening off electronics. Thats totally spot on about the dopamine

But if anyone knows of panacea all time killer docs especially one made recently that’d be killer to know about

He’s into the 49errs. I tried to take him fishing a couple times bc that’s a passion of mine but it didn’t really take. I’d really like him to watch something about coding since I think he might be great in computer science possibly but that whole space is pretty dry. Like all other kids his age keeping their attention is difficult sometimes

This whole thing was a shot in the dark but thanks for this and in advance Just wondering if some might know of awesome docs by name.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

This is the first documentary I thought of.

Best WWII documentary imo.



Apocalypse: World War II | EP 2 (Crushing Defeat)


Apocalypse: World War II | EP 3 (Shock)


Apocalypse: World War II | EP 4 (The World Ablaze)


Apocalypse: World War II | EP 5 (The Noose)


Apocalypse: World War II | EP 6 (Inferno)

 

[Adamant]

This might be a short one but some of you dads might be sympathetic to this.

Id like my kid to start watching informative stuff that might light a bulb in his head instead of all these crappy video game shows on YT.

Do some of you guys know of maybe introductory documentaries that might be good for a kid? He likes war stuff but I kinda want to stay away from that for now, especially gory ones (I did let him watch Saving Private Ryan so he's been shook before). Nature docs haven't quite taken him the way I would've thought, The Blue Planet/Attenboroughs and such.

There have to be these panacea type docs out there that are able to keep a young kids attention so Im hoping to hear about em here.

TY

Start with something light and interesting. Like docs about Disneyland/world, and how candy is made. Unwrapped with Mark Summers is great.

 

[Pittie Petey]

 

[lsa]

aren't you the guy that always post big foot videos and claim this is it?

 

[GSP_37]

I think Paramount+ has Air Warriors the documentary series on fighter jets, stealth bomber, etc.

I liked the Nat Geo ones on building the Tokyo Skytree, other big structures.

 

[Osculater]

 

[Grassshoppa]

The Why Files?

 

[Legumes]

How It's Made. These might be ideal because they're relatively short episodes(think most fit in a 30 minute time slot on tv, so they're probably about 21 mins run time start to finish without commercials/ads). There's also 32 seasons worth and there has to be a ton of stuff on there being made that he can relate to at least using in everyday or related to his hobbies.

edit: It looks like 24 seasons are available free via Tubi if you don't have access to them somewhere else. A lot of clips from the show are on youtube as well(and suggestions will have similar videos from other shows or one-offs from youtube content creators)

Just one example from those youtube suggestions after searching How It's Made that may interest a kid.

 

[Contempt]

That's all what my son watched growing up. Even went as far as listening to Sabaton. Now he just hates commies.

Now that's some good quality parenting. We should ALL hate commies... AND listen to Sabaton.

 

[Contempt]

TS, you should absolutely show him documentaries about the Roman empire.

 

[BluntForceTrama]

aren't you the guy that always post big foot videos and claim this is it?

He ain’t ready for that type of alpha yet

 

[Osculater]

He ain’t ready for that type of alpha yet

Baby steps, bro

 

[NoSmilez]

Just do stuff outside and read with them. My sister is actually doing a great job with her kids. She has a ten year old that doesn't have a phone or ipad. I was surprised when one of them was like I can't have this candy.