Your kids want to make Minecraft YouTube videos – but should you let them?

Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington. But in 2016, what if the stage is YouTube, and your daughter (or son) is demanding to be put on it, playing Minecraft? That's the dilemma facing a growing number of parents, whose children aren't just watching YouTube Minecraft channels like The Diamond Minecart, Stampy and CaptainSparklez – they want to follow in their blocky footsteps. "I want to make Minecraft videos and I want you to put them on YouTube," was how my eight-year-old son put it recently. "I've been practising talking while I play, and I'm nearly as good as Stampy now."