Here's my comment. I think you guys are amazing parents raising your daughter properly away from the woke crowd of the city. And from what I see in this video socializing with your daughter looks like your daughter is very smart and way more social than most children today. Good on you my friend I hope you guys have more children.
You are amazing parents. For much of my childhood, I was raised in isolation and still feel social defecits 40 years later. You have been so honest and objective in considering this issue and persisted to resolve it and create the best childhood for your daughter. I wish all parents were so selfless❤
For a number of years I had just one child, my son. Then in 2014 I unexpectedly became pregnant with a daughter. My son went from being an only child to now having two sisters! I couldn’t imagine life without the three. Though it is challenging, they’re never ever lonely now.
Good on you man, i like the way you structure your channels, concise and explanatory no emotional reactions like what the commentators were prying to get from you, be smarter than your opponent! My wife and I left Toronto and moved North for the same reason, ironically everyone that laughed at us and had jealous comments, ended up moving here as well 😂
It was through your sister's channel that I was led by the all-knowing TH-cam algorithm to your channel. I love both of your channels. The two of you are very unique and must have had a wonderful set of parents!
In my area i see so many overwhelmed parents an children. The children are put in so many outside activities they seem exhausted as the parents who believe this is best for all. We only have our young ones for a blink of an eye an i believe the time we spend with them as family is priceless. I applaud you an your wifes love for Lily
Retired nurse here of 45 years in the Medical profession. 74 now and worked til 70. You are doing just fine and your daughter is doing just fine. Yes Sir - it is a blessing that your sister and family moved close by. It wil give you all quality time together and much more often. Don't sweat it - everything is going much better than the city kids are getting - stress, frustration along with way too much stimulation from all the noise and fast pace thry experience all making for a resless experience - something your daughter is not experiencing - a good thing. I do enjoy watchung your vids AND every once in a whikr - this old dog leans something - and that is a goof thing.
It's true that she doesn't have opportunities to socialize with children her own age. However, she will develop a much deeper bond with her parents than most children. You will be better able to instill positive values in her without the influence of unruly, misbehaved neighborhood children. Interacting with adults is important too. She will need to know how to speak to adults her whole life. Cousins are awesome! That's great Lilly will get to visit her cousins often now. I think you are great parents.
@cabininthewoods517 , I did grow up fairly isolated myself except for school. There was only one other family within walking distance with children. It was a half mile away and they were not there all the time .
I'm an online friend (and fan!) of Katherine's, but I've been enjoying your videos since she shared your channel. I'm in SW Ontario on Lake Erie, my son attends a forest school a few days a week. I wonder if there are any on Manitoulin? We have struggled with socialization in our own way, that has totally turned things around for us (no cousins or friends/family with kids to speak of). Another great option for others to consider. Love what youre doing on this channel, and with Katherine's!
Thanks for the comment and kind words! I haven’t heard of any forest schools around here, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist…I’ll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion, and glad you’re enjoying both our channels 🙂
Some people will find offense in anything. Your daughter will be more balanced and happier than most of your critics kids will ever be. She'll love and know nature. Blessings to you all! Kevin - Australia. 😁
I think it’s a wonderful life for a child but I think you should have given her a sibling or two and not being an only child.but that’s just my opinion.its kinda sad to me.
The negative commenter knows nothing of the area in which you live so they don’t have any idea how lucky your daughter is to live in such a beautiful and peaceful area. My husband grew up further west of you. When he was growing up there were 52 children living in the community. There was a school. A one room schoolhouse with one teacher. She taught each grade row by row. The school has been closed since the late 1970’s because there were not enough children to support a school. Does this person comprehend how long a child will spend in a school bus each day. In all types of weather. We were actually talking about this the other day. We noticed that when we are there in the summer that most of the few children we see at social gatherings don’t live on Island. They are visiting their family camps or grandparents. They go home off Island and by September we don’t see anymore children. My husband spent quite a few winters living in a logging camp where his Mom was a cook. His school lessons were brought into the bush by his sister once a week. This did not effect his social abilities or his intelligence. He has a higher level of social intelligence than most people I’ve met and most certainly higher than people that live in the city. The city does something to you mentally and it’s not positive. I’m so glad my husband grew up there because it made him into the man I love.
I think I must have ADHD'd my way through some of the video - could have sworn it started off saying that comment got you thinking & caused you to make some changes but then it ends with you saying they were wrong. Seems like if they triggered the process with that comment, perhaps they _were_ right in a way but by bringing it to your attn you were able to find solutions & as such they'd be incorrect if they left such a comment today...? Idk, _ifffff_ that's indeed how it went (and my autistic/adhd brain didn't just unintentionally fill in info, as it occasionally does) perhaps a "thanks for bringing this up, our kid is happier for it" would have been better? To be very clear, as there's no tone via text: this is _not_ me being critical, judgemental, etc. I've only just found your channel today - have only watched a few videos so I know next to nothing about you, your family, your videos, etc. I'm simply sharing the thoughts that went through my head as I watched the video and am leaving the comment in large part for the engagement, as I've heard from so many YTers that doing so is important & helpful.
Here's my comment. I think you guys are amazing parents raising your daughter properly away from the woke crowd of the city. And from what I see in this video socializing with your daughter looks like your daughter is very smart and way more social than most children today. Good on you my friend I hope you guys have more children.
What a nice comment! Thanks so much 🙂
You are amazing parents. For much of my childhood, I was raised in isolation and still feel social defecits 40 years later. You have been so honest and objective in considering this issue and persisted to resolve it and create the best childhood for your daughter. I wish all parents were so selfless❤
Thank you very much for these kind words! Very encouraging 😊
For a number of years I had just one child, my son. Then in 2014 I unexpectedly became pregnant with a daughter. My son went from being an only child to now having two sisters! I couldn’t imagine life without the three. Though it is challenging, they’re never ever lonely now.
Good on you man, i like the way you structure your channels, concise and explanatory no emotional reactions like what the commentators were prying to get from you, be smarter than your opponent! My wife and I left Toronto and moved North for the same reason, ironically everyone that laughed at us and had jealous comments, ended up moving here as well 😂
It was through your sister's channel that I was led by the all-knowing TH-cam algorithm to your channel. I love both of your channels. The two of you are very unique and must have had a wonderful set of parents!
Thank you, I really appreciate that! I’m sure my sister agrees that we both owe much of where we are to our parents 🙂
In my area i see so many overwhelmed parents an children. The children are put in so many outside activities they seem exhausted as the parents who believe this is best for all. We only have our young ones for a blink of an eye an i believe the time we spend with them as family is priceless. I applaud you an your wifes love for Lily
I agree, and thank you for your kind words!
Retired nurse here of 45 years in the Medical profession. 74 now and worked til 70. You are doing just fine and your daughter is doing just fine. Yes Sir - it is a blessing that your sister and family moved close by. It wil give you all quality time together and much more often. Don't sweat it - everything is going much better than the city kids are getting - stress, frustration along with way too much stimulation from all the noise and fast pace thry experience all making for a resless experience - something your daughter is not experiencing - a good thing. I do enjoy watchung your vids AND every once in a whikr - this old dog leans something - and that is a goof thing.
Thank you for these encouraging words! 🙂
It's true that she doesn't have opportunities to socialize with children her own age. However, she will develop a much deeper bond with her parents than most children. You will be better able to instill positive values in her without the influence of unruly, misbehaved neighborhood children.
Interacting with adults is important too. She will need to know how to speak to adults her whole life.
Cousins are awesome! That's great Lilly will get to visit her cousins often now.
I think you are great parents.
Very good points my friend, and I thank you for your kind words 🙂
@cabininthewoods517 ,
I did grow up fairly isolated myself except for school. There was only one other family within walking distance with children. It was a half mile away and they were not there all the time .
I'm an online friend (and fan!) of Katherine's, but I've been enjoying your videos since she shared your channel. I'm in SW Ontario on Lake Erie, my son attends a forest school a few days a week. I wonder if there are any on Manitoulin? We have struggled with socialization in our own way, that has totally turned things around for us (no cousins or friends/family with kids to speak of). Another great option for others to consider. Love what youre doing on this channel, and with Katherine's!
Thanks for the comment and kind words! I haven’t heard of any forest schools around here, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist…I’ll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion, and glad you’re enjoying both our channels 🙂
Excellent!!
Some people will find offense in anything. Your daughter will be more balanced and happier than most of your critics kids will ever be. She'll love and know nature. Blessings to you all! Kevin - Australia. 😁
I really appreciate this, thank you! 😊
Have one more child :). And I m the one who has asked bluntly 1000s of people what were they thinking to have more than 1 forget more than 2.
I think it’s a wonderful life for a child but I think you should have given her a sibling or two and not being an only child.but that’s just my opinion.its kinda sad to me.
The negative commenter knows nothing of the area in which you live so they don’t have any idea how lucky your daughter is to live in such a beautiful and peaceful area.
My husband grew up further west of you. When he was growing up there were 52 children living in the community. There was a school. A one room schoolhouse with one teacher. She taught each grade row by row.
The school has been closed since the late 1970’s because there were not enough children to support a school.
Does this person comprehend how long a child will spend in a school bus each day. In all types of weather.
We were actually talking about this the other day. We noticed that when we are there in the summer that most of the few children we see at social gatherings don’t live on Island. They are visiting their family camps or grandparents. They go home off Island and by September we don’t see anymore children.
My husband spent quite a few winters living in a logging camp where his Mom was a cook. His school lessons were brought into the bush by his sister once a week.
This did not effect his social abilities or his intelligence. He has a higher level of social intelligence than most people I’ve met and most certainly higher than people that live in the city.
The city does something to you mentally and it’s not positive.
I’m so glad my husband grew up there because it made him into the man I love.
I really enjoyed reading your comment, thanks so much for sharing! I couldn’t agree more 🙂
I think I must have ADHD'd my way through some of the video - could have sworn it started off saying that comment got you thinking & caused you to make some changes but then it ends with you saying they were wrong. Seems like if they triggered the process with that comment, perhaps they _were_ right in a way but by bringing it to your attn you were able to find solutions & as such they'd be incorrect if they left such a comment today...? Idk, _ifffff_ that's indeed how it went (and my autistic/adhd brain didn't just unintentionally fill in info, as it occasionally does) perhaps a "thanks for bringing this up, our kid is happier for it" would have been better?
To be very clear, as there's no tone via text: this is _not_ me being critical, judgemental, etc. I've only just found your channel today - have only watched a few videos so I know next to nothing about you, your family, your videos, etc. I'm simply sharing the thoughts that went through my head as I watched the video and am leaving the comment in large part for the engagement, as I've heard from so many YTers that doing so is important & helpful.