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If you spend a portion of your time online, you have likely heard aboutfamily vlogs.
Now that these children are growing up, they are starting to speak out about their experiences.
Todays OP is one of them.
In her words, it was a life-ruining experience.
So, her parents decided to capitalize on it and start family vlogging.
If youre unsure whatfamily vloggingis, its basically content about a certain family.
Typically, its videos about a familys daily life.
The vlogging caused the children to be pulled out ofschool.
Instead, they were homeschooled so they wouldnt have any external distractions.
They also werent allowed to make friends outside the family vlogging community.
From the beginning of her family vlogging career, the posts author hated it.
She was a shy kid and didnt fit in with the parents wishes for the videos.
Still, the girl was pushed to share intimate moments ofgrowing up.
Like her first bras, first period, first kisses, and so on.
What makes it even worse is that their main demographic was adult men.
Creepy, isnt it?
After all, family vlogging is viewed aschild exploitation.
A family home is a place where a child is supposed to feel safe.
By getting their life events filmed and posted online, children loseprivacy, both physically and online.
With the loss of privacy, safety is lost too.
Their information can be used for stalking, bullying, scamming, and so on.
It all candamagetheir well-being and development.
Then, theres the question of money too.
In many places, there are no regulations that ensure that the kids performing for family vlogs are compensated.
At least in Illinois, recently there was a new law passed that ensures this.
The reality was way more flawed.
The parents always fought, and the father was abusive towards the mother even had an affair.
The latter offense was the last nail in the coffin of their channel.
They wasted all the earnedmoneyon alcohol, substances, and vacations without the children.
Now, years later, the woman has barely any relationship with her folks.
Neither do her siblings.
They just cant forgive them for taking away their privacy.
Even to this day, she gets recognized anytime she steps outside.
Aggravatingly, the parents dont even regret putting their kids through all of this.
Naturally, many netizens felt sorry that the woman and hersiblingshad to go through these things.
Its just not worth the furthertraumathat additional publicity would cause.
So, right now the only proper response to this story is to wish that shell get better.
Is it worth it to traumatize your children for online attention and money?
Well, todays OP doesnt think so.
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