There are a few ways to copy your childhood home movies or other VHS to digital.
The easiest, albeit lowest quality, is to use a VHS tape player, and setup a digital camera or your cell phone and record the screen.
There are also devices which will allow you to hook up a VHS to your PC or Mac, and copy to the hard drive or a DVD, such as the Firebox.
See this Forbes article for more info: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/2021/05/21/how-to-convert-vhs-to-digital/?sh=5eeb223b18be