 And how I want it right by today's title. I was gonna be going on her first date today What's up YouTube? It's your boy Madison harnesh coming at you with some teeth tea with a fat tea. I Don't think anyone says fat tea that tea wall. Maybe you should make a change fat tea Hey guys, it's Madison. Welcome back to my blue kitchen for another crazy video Today we are diving into the dark side of family vloggers and this is going to be a really crazy video Yeah, first before we get into this video if you like deep dives and like to analyze scams and other crazy things going on on the internet Don't forget to subscribe down below and give this video a thumbs up to boost this video Well, let's get into it for years family vloggers have been the youtube poster child's literally for family friendly content on youtube But recently with the horrible situations coming out about Micah Stoffer and eight passengers I started to wonder as i'm sure many others did whether or not family vloggers are the perfect Advertiser friendly content that they claim to be there's no doubt that content deemed kid friendly Does the best on youtube with stars of the family vlogger realm Reaching massive success and making millions simply by pressing the recording button and putting their perfect family and awesome life Onto the internet only it's not that simple today We're discussing the ins and the outs of the family vlogging business because yes It's a business and the dark side of these youtube stars that may slowly ruin the platform that they reached all of their success on First off, I do want to make it clear that I am not a parent myself And I could never even begin to understand the real life struggles of parenting Kat can you stop? Yeah, too much. I know some really amazing and loving parents watch my videos So I'd love to know your guys's thoughts on this topic over the last few years family vlogging has become an extremely powerful And fruitful industry children's or family friendly content is known to get the best ads on youtube It's usually pushed out the most to a broader audience because it's deemed Suitable for everyone to view and if you're smart as a family vlogger You'll expand your platform off of youtube onto other social media platforms like instagram And build a brand for each member of your family so that they're able to promote and gain sponsorships individually and collectively as a family So it's like building multiple brands into one and you can see that with a lot of family vloggers out there Each member is able to sponsor and promote different products and services from a variety of different categories A lot of family vloggers, of course have their own merch as well as giveaways that could be deemed a little shady clothing lines Brand partnerships the money-making opportunities for family vloggers are literally endless There's only one component that every family vlogger needs to have a super successful channel And that's children Most family vloggers center all of their content around their children But also most family vloggers put out tons and tons of content So what does that mean in essence though? I won't pretend like i'm any sort of lawyer who understands labor laws These children are almost working every day to turn out content for their family channel And this is concerning for a number of reasons are the children given time to learn and play Are they being forced or coerced into making content using unhealthy tactics? Does this type of home environment create any type of stressful environment? And does a child even have the ability to consent to having their face being filmed and put all over the internet for the entire world to see? But the most concerning question for me personally is does the child have any claim to the money that's being made off of them? Social media is still fairly new in the entertainment industry And what comes with that are a complete lack of child labor laws and regulations that you would see in a place like hollywood Platforms like youtube and instagram are allowing parents and employers to sidestep regulations put in place to protect children in the entertainment industry For example, let's look at kugan laws And once again, i'm not a lawyer kugan laws mainly established in california Require parents to set aside a percentage of earnings from a child performer into a blocked trust account known as a kugan account This account can't be touched until the child comes of age So it's fully the child's money these laws were put in place because before kugan laws were a thing Parents would take all of the earnings that their child made as was the case for jackie kugan There are a lot of other child protection laws established for child performers and entertainers But the most notable are limits for how long a child can work so that they can have time for rest and recreation And making sure that no child is exposed to anything inappropriate while they're working The issue is at the moment no one on youtube or instagram is bound to these child protection laws And though some family vloggers may claim that they're saving a portion of their earnings for their child There's no laws to hold them to that and just like much of the content on youtube family vloggers often use clickbait Or overly dramaticized video premises to garnish views and this often involves their child having a Bad moment now. I know i'm not the only one who's had their fair share of tantrums as a child We all did and it's kind of a part of being a child learning growing and learning how to express your emotions But imagine your worst tantrums and your worst moments as a child being filmed and then put on the internet for millions to see I remember one time I had a literal breakdown because I couldn't remember how to tie my shoes And I would be mortified today if that video was filmed and put on the internet It's like a baby photo album but taken to the extreme You know when you have friends over your mom has to show them your baby photo album It's like that but put to an extreme and in front of millions I think that this is best summed up in the eight passengers family vlogging channel A lot of controversy came out about eight passengers when a lot of people became concerned about the potential mistreatment of the children on the channel a text message uh from ewes teacher and She said that Eve did not pack a lunch today. And can I bring a lunch over to the school? Bonded and just said Eve is responsible for making her lunches in the morning Hopefully nobody gives her food and nobody steps in and gives her a lunch I had just had Russell and julie was just Crying a lot and whiny and and one day I looked at her and i'm like you just stink. She had like Peter pants or something and she was just because she was being neglected because I was totally paid attention to the new baby My bedroom was taken away for seven months and then you give it back like a couple weeks ago But on top of that potential mistreatment the mom of the eight passengers family vlog channel Also openly talks about and shows all of the children's problems Whether it's acne problems in school or drama with the kids She puts it all out there for everyone to see Chad today has just entered the anasazi foundation wilderness therapy program Where he's going to spend the next eight to ten weeks living in the um Anasazi desert. Yeah the desert mountains of arizona worry if dad and I are gonna get divorced You do I did not know you worried about that How often do you worry about that? um Probably when you're at the most tired and then your mind starts Going to extreme cases No, what do you hear dad and I yell and fight a lot? You're supposed to say no Racers And you know what is driving me crazy Can I pop that other than the little zip there on your chin gives an update on your skin? You have been crying For like an hour. Okay, so here's the deal Here's what's happening Julie's birthday is coming up and I thought her birthday. They didn't have school her birthday's on a friday What did you ask that you wanted to start doing? I want to start shaving my legs because my leg hairs are black And they're really long The worst clip that I've seen so far that I haven't really Seen anyone talk about the mom films Well, I think is her youngest daughter eating a popsicle while she's feeling sick Not only is it a really strange act to give your daughter a popsicle and then film her while she's well Sucking on it and put that as the thumbnail of the video like you just have to Wonder what was going through their minds While they put that as the thumbnail But on top of that this child genuinely wasn't feeling well and was feeling really sick Popsicle Let me help you sit up Sit up Yeah, that's what people do when they're sick, huh? Eve I made you some breakfast Do you want to eat it in your bed? Do you want me to come up and sit with you in bed while you eat? You haven't eaten in In a while. I'm very lucky My mom always did a great job of taking care of me when I'm sick But I just can't imagine feeling at my worst feeling genuinely really sick And then having my mom bust out a camera to give me a popsicle and film me as I'm feeling and possibly looking terrible And then putting that out on the internet me at my worst Also, can we just know how the mom of eight passengers looks like a strict anti-vax essential oil loving facebook mom If she wasn't pimping her kids out on the internet, you know that she would be in all the facebook mom groups Thriving off of shaming other facebook moms for their parenting choices And possibly selling luluro and doTERRA You know, that's true This sort of allegedly exploitative behavior Allegedly can also make it seem like family vlogger parents are more concerned with the results of their vlog and the growth of their channel Than they are with their own children And if it appears that way to me as a complete outsider I can't help but wonder how it feels like to be a child in a family vlogger Family in a non-extreme case take the lebrant family for example last year the lebrant family Vlog channel filmed themselves pranking their daughter on april fools day by saying that they're gonna have to give away her dog Come here What's matter her give give him away It was all for a prank video on youtube But in the video you can clearly see How upset and distressed she was by that situation Of course, they apologized after backlash kind of alluded to this being an outsider case and that in general Everly was treated very well and they didn't take things too far for their vlogs But if you look at some of the topics of their other videos You have to wonder if that's the case or this has just been the only video that's been called out and has received backlash What if before Everly goes to bed we turn every purple so uh, did you know it? Didn't she realize Their daughter everly is the main subject of most of their videos And they often make videos that are sad or shocking that to me screen Very similar to the pet prank video and I can't imagine being in a home environment where that much Emotional turmoil is constantly happening. Everly also has her own channel a channel with her best friend The family youtube channel of course a personal instagram An instagram with her best friend and all of them have followings in the millions and the weirdest thing about the whole situation is the family mentioned having a savings account for everly But when the guardian asked for more info they declined to answer But of course, there are a lot more extreme examples of family vloggers blatantly ignoring or mistreating their children So let's dive into the micastoffer situation while I am definitely not an expert on special needs children the adoption process or the long-term effects of Re-homing a child I do want to know a few things regarding the micastoffer family vlogs If you didn't know micastoffer was a vlogger turned family vlogger That filmed an adoption process of her adopting a special needs child from china Her entire adoption process centered around this child Garnished her tons and tons of views and that's really how she blew up on youtube Except for when this child started to become a little too difficult to handle her and her husband made The difficult decision to re-home him or give him away because they found him to be a bit too difficult There are a lot of great videos on this already some from youtube friends of mine that all link below Of course, I want to put it out there. No one can ever know what happened behind the cameras No one will ever know But when the cameras were on micah made sure to exploit her child's entire adoption journey And her child's most vulnerable moments. Now. I don't even know if I want to call Her adopted child her child anymore. He's not her child anymore I hope that he's with a loving family who really works with him and loves him for exactly who he is But while he was micah stoppers child She made sure to exploit every aspect of his life Her channel really grew because of this adopted child and when you look at the home She lives in the sponsorships she has the jewelry she has You have to wonder how much of that money came from exploiting her adopted child That he will never see any of on top of that They openly filmed a lot of his tantrums as they called it We don't bite Biting is not Nice Like a tantrum No more. Come on. Let's go. You're not going to throw a fit when you don't get your way That's not okay. Let's go Are you done fitting It's him Multiple mouth downs not having a good day today. I never tell you guys the truth That's why you don't see it on the box Often separated him from the rest of the family and the whole thing really left me feeling like he was there simply to be a Show pony and to give their family diversity and an interesting story to increase their following But once it was actually time to be a parent they backed out the most heart-breaking video that I saw in all of this Was actually a video still up on their channel. Micah is teaching words I believe to their adopted child and there are so many points in that clip Where he tries to show her love and affection and she just completely turns him down I'll show the clip, but his face is going to be blurred. So it might be a little hard to tell what's going on Now, of course, I'm not here to mom shame anyone nor am I an expert by any means on parenting But I do remember what it was like to be a child Fairly, I was one believe it or not At least personally, I remember as a child being really sensitive to how people treated me I picked up really easily On when I was being given love and affection and when I was being neglected As a child you can sense a lack of love and affection and it really does hurt And to me it just furthers the narrative that he was nothing but a show pony to them And they never saw him as their actual child like they claimed even more extreme cases of very bad family vloggers are a daddy of five and fantastic adventures who literally Their children and were kicked off of youtube and faced legal repercussions for their actions But before that both channels amassed a huge following and were massively profiting from the harm and exploitation After these two incidents youtube stated that it works with the national center for missing and exploited children to arrest and convict Anyone whose accounts Depicked harm to children and supposedly youtube has deleted 46,000 accounts 46,000 you have to wonder how many more accounts are out there in this seemingly massive problem of children exploitation on youtube for example the Of the children on the fantastic adventures channel wasn't uncovered from the videos themselves The videos themselves were heavily edited and very scripted But they were very light-hearted and had that family friendly tone But behind the scenes the children were being forced into making this content using absolutely horrible tactics So even with the harmless videos on youtube youtube has no way of knowing how the children are being treated behind scenes And youtube itself may even be profiting from creators similar to fantastic adventures Who are mistreating children behind the scenes as we speak I just find it so bizarre personally and I know this is like a youtube creator thing that Creators that make more adult content kind of have a gripe with youtube about this But honestly if you think about it, why is it that youtube gives the most profitable ad revenue? to content creators who put children to work And very visibly exploit children and that's where all of the best ads go Really? That's what we're choosing here. It just personally doesn't make sense to me. Maybe that's just me But if I were an advertiser personally, I would not want my ads to be associated with child labor And even just potential mistreatment and exploitation of children If I were an advertiser, I'd much rather go with an adult than a child Who's kind of being exploited on the internet I don't know. I don't know why that's a thing on youtube. It confuses me If you have like a logical explanation, definitely let me know in the comments because to me I'm just like Make it make sense on top of that with millions of viewers tuning in to watch family vlogs It's impossible to know who exactly is watching Well, it's not impossible You can actually look in your demographics and I'd be really curious to know What demographics family vloggers who film their children in their most vulnerable moments What their demographics are Who is watching these videos exactly? I remember there was even a story of an influencer who had put their child on the internet And then actually watched their demographics change to a very disturbing demographic of older males And decided Nope, nope and took her child completely off the internet I've read it to take her kids off the internet after looking at her analytics And realizing that a lot of her videos were being embedded On basically the websites of They were collecting these videos and sharing them her videos were ending up on Predatory playlists and something I think is really bizarre that a lot of family vloggers do is they put their children In scenarios that are either met for someone much older than them or much younger Oh Well, you like to shy now, huh? Where is he taking you? Where is he taking you? Dad needs to know No, no, there's also a disturbing amount of family vlogger content Where family vloggers are giving their children very specific and very odd types of food These are so good. I always have loved these And you have to wonder what is your intention with all of these videos with Your children and putting them in scenarios meant for people much older than their age Or making them out to be like really young babies Or giving them really odd foods like what's your intention here? Who are you trying to expose your own children to? And it's really sad because even the very popular deemed Unproblematic or harmless family vloggers do this And they're put up on a platform and seen as like the perfect White bread cookie cutter family vloggers and then you look at this content and you're like is this really What youtube should stand for is this really like the poster child of the perfect content to make? But either way no matter what you are exposing your children to potential When you put them out there on the internet So before making this video, I was on the fence regarding my stance on family vloggers but But now I can confidently say I just don't think family vloggers should be a thing And if they continue, I think really really quickly youtube needs to establish kugan laws and other safety methods measures to protect the children that are working to create content on their platform Before more and more cases start to pop up You look at hollywood where the same situations happened and they put in place measures And you have to wonder why youtube just didn't see that as a foreshadow for what could happen on their platform And just implemented them immediately But for some reason they just haven't established major safety measures or precautions to make sure that the children On their platform are being protected Overall exploiting children is awful and terrible And there should be a huge hyper awareness of that stuff taking place in family vlogs And that's all I have to say on family vlogs and family vloggers Basically just no