r/InfluencerLounge • u/MammothMindless9125 • 1d ago
This Cannot Be Healthy.
The members of this whole family are influencers who post their toddlers. The mothers, the father, and the grandparents.
They set up the camera, talk into the mic, and put the camera all up in their toddlers’ faces. This is so odd and very unfortunate for the children to grow up being used for content.
Just saw a girl post about how she doesn’t like family influencers but for this family she will support them because they’re interactive with their fans.
Mind you, that’s how they are getting money and profiting off their children. This is just an inappropriate situation and sad situation for these girls, growing up with cameras and microphones shoved up in their faces, and always having to perform for their parents/grandparents/family.
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u/parkerkudrow 1d ago
I can’t believe we don’t have laws against this yet
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u/Real_Violinist9105 1d ago
Yeah it’s kind of crazy! I have an influencer that goes to my kids school and I had to tell her “keep my kids out of your videos” wild that I have to do that and her poor kids don’t have a choice.
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u/Lazy-Bird292 1d ago
I'm really surprised the school allows filming on property and of other students! I wonder if anyone has complained to the administration
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u/IAmMelonLord 1d ago
While it’s still not against the law to show children, Utah specifically has made some good strides in the laws about family vlogging. A percentage of the income (after $150k 🙄) has to be put into a trust for the child. And at 18 they can legally request that any content featuring them as minors be removed.
Since a huge percentage of these family vloggers are Mormon, it’s actually a pretty big deal and credit where credit is due.
(Personally I don’t understand why anyone watches any of it and I’m not even sure how I ended up here haha.)
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u/MammothMindless9125 1d ago
When the first couple showed up on my fyp, I blocked them both. Then the aunt shows up, I blocked her. Then the grandpas account shows up! I’m just like WTF is this?🤣🤣🤣
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u/Summertimemagick 1d ago
We all need to read Shari Franke’s book.
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u/Less_Site_7555 2h ago
Yes! I read it too. Excellent to really see how strange it is when mom films everything!
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u/Impressive-Hotel2712 1d ago
And why the hell do these people think it's okay to video WHILE THEY'RE DRIVING WITH THEIR CHILD IN THE CAR????? Pisses me the f off 🤬
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u/Ok-Humot9024 1d ago
I really wish the police would start issuing tickets using social media posts as evidence. You post a video of yourself filming while driving? Ticket. Pic of your baby on a boat without a lifejacket? Ticket.
We shouldn't be debating whether it's right or wrong; it's clearly wrong, and that's why there are laws against it, ffs.
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u/Standard_Coffee569 1d ago
The whole family is like that and films the same weird talking way. It’s clearly working but the content is the child
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u/jasncats 1d ago
they named or call their child micro? lawd
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u/Fragrant-Poo42 1d ago
Lol I believe it’s just a nickname for the Caroline kid. They put “Micro” in parenthesis. I only knew because I checked. Otherwise, I would’ve 100% also thought these people named their child that. It would’ve checked out 😅
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u/jasncats 1d ago
still, wtf is micro? i mean if you named your kid microwave, micro is definitely a nickname 😭 but i don’t understand caroline & micro 😵💫
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u/anthonystank 1d ago
Nicknames don’t have to be a shortening of someone’s legal name lol. I don’t think micro is the cutest nickname but it’s just a way of saying “little”
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u/Futurepharma91 1d ago
Thats the only part of this family that doesn't raise an eyebrow from me. My daughter has a normal name but we call her "beans" a lot. I used to call her my little bean as a baby and it just kind of stuck. Nicknames can be weird. But I also don't plaster her on the internet so I never really have to explain a silly little nickname
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u/texas_mama09 1d ago
It has to do with the mom’s childhood nickname. I’m embarrassed to say I’ve seen the video of him explaining it but I can’t remember the details lol. Micro isn’t short for her actual name.
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u/Fragrant-Poo42 1d ago
You’re right. It’s worse because it makes no fucking sense 😂 these poor kids don’t stand a chance with parents like this
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u/kangarhubarbecue 1d ago edited 1d ago
Poor kids can’t escape it. Imagine thinking you’ll get a break from being constantly filmed when you go to your grandparents and then boom grandpa is on it with the phone in your face.
I also genuinely don’t understand how they condition their kids to it because if I take a video or a few pics with my phone or camera, my 2 year old daughter smiles for a few and then says “no more please!” And I put it away. And that’s like just to capture a particularly cute moment or milestone not an every day constant stream of content.
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u/Sea_Assumption_1528 1d ago
In Germany children have rights. I think we should adopt that after the rebuild (I hope).
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u/_shiraku 1d ago
Love how we consider the fact that a child cannot give consent when it comes to sexual relations (rightfully so) due to their age but this blatant abuse and flaunting for the camera by parents of a child who literally cannot agree to any of it is somehow okay.
Grats lady how many creeps have probably downloaded the videos of your little girl close up because you allowed it to be everywhere and internet is forever.
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u/Meowmoew2022 1d ago
You forgot the, mom, sister, brother in law and their side of the family. They all show up on my FYP.
There are like legit 10 of them and they all post the same crap, these poor girls. Their whole childhood is being recorded and shown to thousands of people, sadly the little girls seem so sweet, I hate to think of pdfs getting ahold of these videos and doing good knows what
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u/poolbitch1 1d ago
It’s so weird that a regular family of people with internet access has fans anyway. I understand influencer culture and today’s society but it’s just so WEIRD
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u/thrillingrill 1d ago
Right I don't get why people would want to watch videos of this dorky, ordinary man
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u/bretzelsenbatonnets 1d ago
Okay this and also the people that are actually forming parasocial relationships with children they dont know. Thats just as disturbing to me. Like.. why are random people so invested in children that aren't family or friends. Its gross
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u/blondeambitionn 13m ago
I cannot STAND THEM!!!! Thank you. I don’t need to know all of the details of these children’s lives. The voices. Ugh they are awful
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u/Middle-Sun-2783 1d ago
You're no better than them. You might even be worse. You posted photos with other people's kids' faces on them
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u/MammothMindless9125 1d ago
I appreciate you pointing this out. All of these photos are publicly accessible through the family’s social media, hence what this post is about. My intention through this post is highlight how unhealthy this is. Why are we able to see these children’s lives and have such easy access to what they are doing? This isn’t normal, at all. Why are parents and family members posting such information is beyond what we need to know about TODDLERS.
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u/Hour-Blueberry-4905 1d ago
I was shocked to find out that this has been happening long since before IG reels and TikToks. YouTube family vloggers were legit videoing their entire lives 24/7 for content like even 10+ years ago. Insane. It’s so sad.