Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, offers advice to parents of children hoping to become an 'influencer'

(26 Dec 2025)
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New York - 04 December 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast, internet personality:
"I would encourage it because they are learning a little bit of entrepreneurism, and they're learning how to learn new skill sets, like filming, which will translate into editing, and then posting, and I wasn't the best communicator when I was younger, but through seeing myself on camera, I learned to be a better speaker, which obviously pays a lot of dividends throughout your life, and so I think it's, as long as it's in a safe way that the parent is aware of and involved in, I think that it's a really good thing to encourage, And it will develop a lot of skill sets that will make them better and like the entertainment industry isn't going anywhere and so even if they don't end up making it as a Youtuber, you know some of our best editors or just best people in the company or people who wanted to be a Youtuber and it didn't quite work out but in that chase of trying to become that, they developed a skill set that no college degree could ever teach and then now they're invaluable to me. And so I think like those skill sets are only becoming more and more valuable and yeah, if it doesn't end up working out, tons of people will hire them for it."


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