What do I need to know before starting a YouTube channel?

If it’s between you and your mom than all you really need to know is add each other and turn on the unlisted settings. That way your conversations will be lost in the abyss for no one to find except for mom! Toy with the options and see what you’d like best but that’s what I’d do. You can upload as public, unlisted, private or scheduled.

If you use Windows grab something like Camstudio to record the audio and video on your screen. Crop it and upload to youtube.

Really, you need to ask your moms permission to do this. If I did this to my mom without asking she would cut my balls off while screaming, “I don’t want grandchildren.”