family vloggers are war criminals

[@abigailj9356]

maturing is realizing why my parents hated for me to watch all those rich families on youtube. they were so rich and lived such a good life, and when i would show them they would just get sad bc they couldn’t give that to me. like it honestly is heartbreaking thinking back on it and how unrealistic my expectations were

[@eyesfullofstars13]

Yes…. I used to watch these families as well. It’s really sad that their targeted demographic is young children who will be led to believe that their own family life isn’t “perfect”

[@grielauryn]

​@@eyesfullofstars13 brooo i love your banner haha!! Imma sub so u can get to 300 😄

[@BallJointedBeauty]

It's a little bit sad they did this to kids, luckily I wasn't like this. I was fine living a small live with an alright amount of money. Yeah, I got jealous, but looking back I wasn't that sad about my life.

[@Thatbisexualghost]

This is why i like youtubers like moriah elizabeth becuase she had a kid when she already had millions of followers (shes a art youtuber) she showed her child once wont even say her childs name in front of a camera because she wants her child to be safe behind closed doors which is amazing

[@cherylgroff7739]

I watch her too, and I do think that was a really smart and good decision that Moriah made.

[@BallJointedBeauty]

Her baby is so sweet tho, and its cute that she sometimes come in but isn't constantly exposed to the world

[@hey_its_Lola]

I watch her too and I respect her so much for what she did for little ME

[@idk__1789]

I love her KZbin videos

[@V_Nico]

Kinda like Laurenzside too, she shows and talks about her baby a few times but not that much

[@jackiedawn0613]

when i was like 10 (6-7 years ago) i used to watch videos of family channels of kids opening like hundreds of toys for christmas bc i hoped one day mine would be like that so i can definitely see how that type of content can be damaging to kids and make them feel like that. my family didn’t have as much money growing up so christmas was limited but always a lot of fun. family channels don’t need to exist is what i’m trynna say😭😭

[@PitterCCC]

dude 100% AGREE

[@erose4208]

no fr i used to watch them because i literally wanted their life when i was like 8-9 😦😦😦

[@GodsArtGallery111]

Most relatable comment I’ve ever read

[@shinobuily]

same, when I was like 6-7 (5-6 years ago)

[@eyesfullofstars13]

Yea! When I was young I watched the Labrant Family and I was angry and quite jealous that one of their children (everleigh I believe) got so many brand partnerships resulting in her getting all the newest toys that I wanted. I honestly feel bad for all these children because even if they get a lot of toys and presents they are probably worn out from always being put in front of a camera and faking their real life. They can’t consent or say no, either….

[@20scarlett10]

I'm glad this is finally being talked about the way lot of family channels just flex money and things is ridiculous also

[@mmsh-gaming]

I used to watch family channels when I was like 8-10 or something. I was actually entertained by them but now I feel like you're right and I shouldn't give them money for just recording their kids. Now that you mention that, it's actually kinda creepy 💀

[@acepennington4075]

Same I used to watch every LaBrant fam video, I think i watched to see what a “perfect family” would be like lol but a couple years ago I watched a vid abt family vloggers (specifically them and their scandals also) and relised that it was bad.

[@itslulu5414]

Frrrr

[@frogyt836]

Bro same

[@thbkjb3746]

I am so happy that you talked about this and that other people are too. I have an aunt who makes videos about my cousins and posts them almost every day, her kids are 4, 6, and 7. Some people comment disgusting things and she just blows them off like it's nothing. Thank you, I love your videos and podcasts.

[@Midnight.Rain.747.]

Omg! That is nasty! Ew delete the channel! Report it…

[@nicolesstudio743]

That’s just sad,have you tried telling her to turn them off

[@thbkjb3746]

@@nicolesstudio743 Yes, my whole family has but she just tells us to mind our own business.

[@amellionare]

@user-key258 scammerrrr

[@sophiathieringer723]

this is a topic that i truly think needs to be talked about more. it is illegal (at least where i live) to take a direct photo of a person or group of people without their permission, and i feel like its almost the same doing this with your baby/child. but on the other hand, i used to watch sis vs bro in like 2017 and enjoyed this content. they werent so young but i still think they are very young to be providing for their family. they made vlogs and showed off their money like crazy which made me feel pretty bad. i agree with pretty much everything you said in this video. thank you for doing this podcast, its my fav podcast atm and wednesday is starting to be my fav day of the week haha

[@chloealexis593]

i watched them from like 7-12 because my home and family life just kind of sucked so i think i lived vicariously through the kids in the videos and used them as an escape but as i got older it didnt really work anymore and i started to learn how messed up they were

[@_-Crow-_]

same

[@onlyonelove5628]

Same

[@laurenroupe2321]

I think the appeal for me when I was young was watching children have cool, interesting, “perfect” lives and having it be an escape from my not so perfect life with family trauma. Like others in the comments said, I kinda lived vicariously through them and what they did.

[@alishacorpuz7793]

Not somebody trying to scam I think we know @ tp💀😭😭

[@shaelyn_world9501]

I like how protective Ben is over little kids

[@frogyt836]

Ok, thank you so much for talking about this. This is not talked about enough and I’m glad you brought attention to this because some of it- MOST of it is just horrible.

[@hedgeater]

Img thank you nothing hits like a Ben of the week video when your having a mental breakdown ❤️❤️😍😍

[@kutesii]

omgsame🤩

[@Roanz105]

Frrrr 😍😍

[@ellasscharm]

I clicked faster before ben could say “hey mamas”

[@alainaisrad]

SAMS

[@gabbysantellana7444]

SAMEE

[@mmsh-gaming]

same

[@official_aubreew]

Same

[@preppy9584]

Npc

[@trazgalb]

This is so true! It's ridiculous! But how do you feel about people who are just regular KZbinrs and then have kids? And start to be a family vloggers? Cuz I feel like its kinda half and half, idk how I feel about it Also love this podcast!! Its like the only one I can listen to and pay attention and enjoy ❤❤ love you Ben❤✨

[@txtallydti]

I mean, if you just have a KZbin channel and you got a kid, that’s obviously okay. But I think you should talk to your partner, and if your kid is older also ask them if they want to be online. If you just want to show people the baby you got, that’s okay, but don’t share their whole name etc. Just keep your children safe, and don’t flex money! I think it’s okay if you just do that :)

[@trazgalb]

@@txtallydti I totally agree!

[@sunflowerstitchery]

I used to watch a few family channels in my teens. In the adoption niche. Which kinda makes it worse. But it had that 'wow' factor. The families were usually large (8+ kids) The families (mainly a channel called Crazy Pieces) I watched all seemed to have a healthy family dynamic. This may not have actually been the case because you can control what you put on the internet. But I didn't think about that at the time. I guess the appeal for me was exactly that. These kids, in my view back then, were growing up with things that I didn't have. My family is dysfunctional. We're also not super wealthy. My parents got divorced when I was 15. I found comfort in that kind of content because of what I had lost. Plus, growing up I always felt like I was adopted. So maybe that explains my interest in adoption content. I'm 22 now and I haven't touched content like that for 2 years now. I hope this helped in broadening your perspective, Ben. There's a lot more that I want to talk about, but it would honestly be too long.

[@MadGamezYT]

I highly agree. They do anything to make money and those that have kids always give away money like it’s something that grows on trees. Btw big fan!

[@hanjisungswetsock]

I love the fact the fact that ben posts so much but each time he posts i"m always entertained. He deserves a rewardddd!!!!

[@Kickbackwithacomeback]

You also deserve an award, your name is ✨STUNNING✨

[@hanjisungswetsock]

@@Kickbackwithacomeback omg thank you😭 so does your pfp , slayeddd😁

[@rubenn2964]

I was like around 10-12 when I used to watch family vlog type stuff and what not. My family is incredibly dysfunctional, and I feel like as a kid I would see these family vlogs and how perfect their lives seemed, I loved watching them cause I felt like when I did I would be distracted from how horrible home life was, and I could just pretend I was in a different family, with people who loved and respected each other, treating each other as actual human beings with feelings, and thoughts.

[@madison5648]

I completely agree with Ben but just know there is almost family channels that said when there kid is old enough to make their own decisions they will let them decide whether they want to be on camera or not

[@bewitchedbri]

The highlight of my wednesdays are doing my skincare and listening to this podcast 😇🤸‍♀️

[@amiraha6686]

I used to watch family vlog channels between the ages of 5 and 10 and even then it was kinda weird to me that people would vlog their births and personal problems like some things should be PERSONAL!

[@corruptcosplay9501]

There is this one family vlog channel named FV FAMILY and they did post a video about them being robbed and setting up something so the viewers can help catch the robber(s). Does that count?

[@radiiclaws8068]

I know some family vlogs are more advice based, like “how to put a toddler to bed” or “how to explain death to a child”, and I think those are great, making family advice accessible to lots of people without those people needing to pay for it is inherently good (in my opinion). The problem arises when it’s selfishly motivated.

[@choisansbestfanrealnotfake]

i watched these channels from 7-10/11, and i thoroughly enjoyed them. i thought they had the best life, they got toys they wanted, lived in these super upscale neighbour hoods in los angeles/some big city with super big houses, etc. i thought they had such good lives that i should just live with them. i’m really glad i matured and realized most of these shitty family channels are just using their kids for fame and money. ty ben for talking about this !

[@vivitronn]

my situation is a little different, more tame than some of these youtubers. but my dad is a pretty public figure where i live. he's in a popular local band and he brings a whole lot of attention to our family. and he likes documenting things, he always has. and i never saw much wrong with it until i turned 11 and realized i didn't want to be photographed or videod without my permission anymore. sometimes he'll sneak in my room and start recording and taking pictures when I am in my pajamas and having me-time and just wanna be left alone. i don't like it at all. i'm 16, almost 17 now and i became more vocal about my distain of his behavior. he always guilt tripped me into it. he'd threaten me emotionally with his own death. it irritates me how he just posts my face to the public when i don't want it. it's made me have a lot of issues with my face and body dysmorphia. and I'm not alone in this, all of my siblings hate it too. i hate it so much.

[@j3ss.j]

what the hell..thats actually horrible. The fact its your own dad aswell, is you mother aware of this? you should definitely talk ti a friend, or even your local council or teachers about this because its actually disgusting. I genuinely hope your doing ok along with your siblings i really hope things will get better!

[@vivitronn]

@@j3ss.j yeah my moms aware and is on his side on this, but is less forceful. she's more of a "don't fight it, get it over with" type of attitude. and my brothers are legal adults now, so they have more of a say. my dad doesn't really respect my wants since I'm a minor. my brother's try to stick up for me as much as they can.

[@j3ss.j]

@@vivitronn honestly atleast you have your brothers. Im a minor aswell, i feel so bad for you. No one should have to go through this, im glad you could share your story and hopefully get things figured out soon! Im not religious but im praying for you 💗

[@Findingherfaith]

So when I was about 10 (currently 15), I was OBSESSED with this channel called That KZbin Family. I think the reason I liked it was because they did content with their older kids as well as the kids that were my age so I thought “oh cool, they must enjoy doing this”. BUT NO. I literally remember a video of one of the girls saying they would stay up until 2-3 in the morning recording videos and editing and then wake up at 4 to get ready for school. That is what disgusts me now. I can’t believe that parents would do that to their children and that they didn’t see a problem with it. And the only reason they had to stay up til 2-3 AM was because they had about 7 channels! Of course they were staying up that late. In any case, I find it gross and just.. no. But then? I thought they were the perfect little happy family. (Spoiler alert, they’re not.)

[@Average_Babushka]

When I was 8 or 9 I used to watch a family channel about a huge family playing games like Among Us and Granny in real life with each other. I have one brother and both of my parents own two businesses so they couldn't play games with us like that family could. It made me very sad when they were too tired to play Granny or Among Us. Looking back at it, I realized that most of their money came from recording their kids and KZbin.

[@justchez2742]

my little cousin is 5 and once she was watching this channel called “A for Adley,” although i am in hs i actually found some parts funny and the appeal was honestly that it was comforting 💀. from the vids i saw it felt pretty natural with unexpected twists from Adley while playing that her dad would just go along with. ofc sometimes you could see where her dad is exaggerating but it’s still pretty chill and mostly to make her laugh. it just made me feel so comforted to see a happy kid getting to enjoy being one, and really made my wishes or a family and baby fever grow because i just want to give my future kids a happy life(not posted ofc i still thinks it’s kinda CRAZY to do that.) they also weren’t really boasting and showing off their money which i think made it even more inviting. also dw ben(if you’re reading this,) i am not making no babies rn that is definitely for the future ✋💀 love ya and love what you do. everyone have a nice day/night

[@annistonsullins]

I’ve had a bad week I have pink eye don’t feel good and am growing my wisdom teeth and I’m top of it all I have a busy week of tests and quizzes but here comes Ben posting and it automatically makes my day

[@sakicat00]

as someone who used to be a huge fsn of fgteev and their oher channels like fvfamily, i think? idk i havent watched them since i was around 12, im 16 now, i think the appeal for me was how different and "better" they were as a family, no fighting or yelling, just basically trips and money and absolute bliss without a care in the world in their videos, and i wanted to live that life too, even though mine was basically the complete opposite, i found a way to dettach from MY life to theres, like a safe place basically. its pretty unhealthy in hindsight, i was always so jealous cuz they were so much wealthier. but everyones different, thats just my experience.

[@amellionare]

I used to watch Norris nuts when I was like 10-11 and I ONLY watched the "Spend as much MONEY until you get CAUGHT!", when I tell you I was obsessed I MEAN IT, I could just sit there for hours watching them run around buying stuff and I don't know why I was sooo obsessed

[@luvusm111]

This is so true omg people recording their kids opening up egg and dolls make other kids compare it to theirs and all the gifts they get and a large audience like that attracts wierd ppl just put on a show or cocomelon instead its not that hard instead of exploiting 5 year olds😭😭

[@dogdog7883]

The fact that i used to watch and actually enjoy family channels as a kid, but now they annoy me so muchhh 😭

[@bingvin_]

I remember when I was younger, my sisters used to love watching the LaBrant Fam and Norris Nuts and the Sis vs Bro channel- I never liked those things because I always thought the kids in the videos were spoiled- real glad you touched on this topic :)

[@splatt777]

I used to watch family channels till I was like 13 and I think maturing is me realizing that the reason why most children watch these videos, is because these kids that we watch hav run realistic expectations. You watch them having fun bonding, living a rich and perfect lifestyle that most people just want. And watching these videos feels like that you are i guess living the life with them. Like your going along on vacation with them and everything. Especially people who are only children, they want to feel less alone and what it’s like to have siblings i guess.

[@Fantasep]

I used to be a die hard fan of the Norris Nuts, I even begged my parents to get their over priced merch. Looking back I’m glad they didn’t cause all they do flex money and milk trends dry.

[@phoebe3638]

Frfr

[@heatherdalton3676]

i used to watch family channels when i was 6-7 and they had a pool and three dogs so i always thought that was normal. now i realise its far from the reality

[@butterflyflower1321]

I watched family channels around 10/11 years old. I'm an only child and seeing siblings playing games and doing challenges was so fun and entertaining, and I could see myself being there. Sometimes I would get jealous and wonder what it would be like if I could be a young, famous youtuber. I would pretend to be in videos talking to myself. I'm not sure what appealed to me so much, but I mostly just watched kids my age.

[@dex_the_b..ch.5269]

25:06 i watched family channels when i was about as old as the kids were, just because I didnt realize how dysfunctional my family was, and seeing other people with "normal" families online made me realize that there was something wrong with my family.

[@giavaniaconzett23]

When I was about 7-8 years old, during the slime craze, I would watch them when they involved slime, witch was a lot. Once the slime craze was “over” I quit watching family channels, I also matured and realized it was weird. My little brother, he watches family channels when they do trick shots, gaming, or other things of that sort.

[@lewa6122]

Literally Ben as a dad is legit my mom when I was little 😂I love u sm Ben❤ thanks for always putting a smile on my face😊❤

[@zaneeramosavel1840]

omg when i was 6-9 i was obsessed w this family youtube chanel and it got to a point that i was laughing like the daughter oml and thing i found entataining about it was that they used to make slime lmaooo

[@NaomiNewman20]

I used to be a die hard fan of Norris Nuts when I was younger and now I look back at them and its just like wth 💀💀💀💀💀

[@temibodunrin1041]

frr

[@Avaxx21]

SAME THO I BEGGED MY MUM FOR THEIR OVER PRICES MERCH FOR AGES

[@clarafagetti2929]

The fact that the norris nuts reacted to ben is so funny to me

[@bloodygusherunicorneye6639]

What vid

[@Colbzz15]

I was about 9-10 yrs old when I watched a family vlogger channel, but after I broke my 2008 iPad 💀 I stopped watching. As I grew older I’ve heard fr HORROR story’s of some family vloggers. I always liked to watch family vloggers storm videos bc I was always interested in tornados lol

[@mattmammone2338]

These kids should be covered under the Coogan Act. It was passed in 1939 after Jackie Coogan, one of the first child stars mother and stepfather went through almost all of his money before he was an adult. He played Uncle Fester on the original Addams Family tv show.

[@idk3917]

The main audience for the family channel videos (as a lot of the other comments are saying) is like 7-12 year old kids ish and I think that this is because the kids watching don’t know any better. They can’t and don’t understand what’s happening and like the toxicity of these channels. Kids just want to be like the rich kids in the videos living “perfect” lives, they don’t understand what happens behind the scenes.

[@loveyloveydovey]

8:22 sis vs bro...

[@ttyl5077]

8:12 this is giving sis vs bro vibes

[@B.hoogstander]

My sister used to yell at me for watching them and I would get mad but now I understand

[@Ilyconanxx]

My aunt has a TikTok for my little cousin but she comes from the best intent, she doesn’t want money from it she just wants to share smiles and happiness to everybody! (She is the most genuine person ever) and my little cousin loves being on camera she always steals my phone when I start a video and records herself and laughs her head off, she loves it! (she is 10 months old!)

[@patriciapatricia9414]

I used to watch family channels when I was like 4-8, I remember seeing what they got for Christmas and all the presents would fill up the entire living room and they couldn’t walk around cause of it. I don’t know why I found it entertaining but I did lol💀 I used to ask my parents to have a family channel with my sister too😭😭😭

[@maaatchalvr]

same!

[@arpyt1334]

Ive watched alot of family vloggers but the last and usual ones i watch are whenever someone with alot of kids is making a hurricane or tornado vlog. Crazy seeing how the kids are wole up to the news of a disaster coming to thier house and with a cemra on them, but i fid watch one less then a year ago so yeah

[@Real_Jungwon]

When I was around 9, I loved sis vs bro SOOO MUCH and im still kinda emotionally attached to the two. They were just funny and like friendly. I also really wanted their rich lifestyle so seeing them live it was like watching someone else my dream.

[@Gulden_Galaxy]

Well this is my experience. I used to watch family channels until I was like 7. I saw them unboxing stuff and just like you said in the video I obviously asked my parents, they pretty much always said no- I think that the only appeal these videos had for me as a kid were the things they were unboxing which to a 7 year old appeared fascinating.

[@DuoTheDuolingoBird]

I watched family channels from like 8-10 years old because I liked seeing the functionality of a family. I liked watching them eat dinner at the table together, and joke and laugh and play games. I just liked seeing a family that was happy together.

[@happyvibes7005]

I used to love family channel videos since I was about 10 years old. I just loved watching peoples day to day lives and like what they did. This is before I understood a lot of what was actually going on behind screen’s though. So now I just watch very few that mostly don’t center the channel around their kids more about their actual day to day life and what they do.

[@L1zz1e.0_o]

I used to watch family Channels when i was like 5-8 bc I was sad bc we didn't have as much money as them so it kinda made me feel better about it until, I snapped back to reality honestly.

[@cinnabonbon2629]

Some family channels even post videos about their child getting hurt.. that’s just disgusting.

[@strawberrycowshorts6251]

when I was like 9 I used to watch Norris nuts and labrant fam and really enjoyed it but now that i'm older and can finally realize how messed up it is. I stopped watching them and now I think it is rlly creepy...

[@elles_corner]

as a kid id watch toy videos but it was usually just adults making videos for kids (like cookieswirlc)

[@noralikesroblox9418]

Especially when the child/children get hurt. Like, I think it’s horrible to film ur child getting hurt or injured. They don’t even think to help them, the just think: Oop, time to get the camera out! This would be gold footage!

[@SensationalStr]

A good example of this would be sis vs bro, they were so close to each other at the start of the channel and made videos about slime and other things like that but when they started getting older the channels became more about how much money they made and buying things with the money they have and they eventually grew apart and stopped making videos. Karina(sis) got a comment on one of her videos saying something about how she isn’t the same person she was before and she replied saying that’s the plan. maybe the kids liked being recorded as children but now anything they do (mostly Karina) is linked back to when went wrong in the past for this to happen and she most likely wants to be a different person from when she was like 10(idk how old she was 💀) If you read that whole thing, thx 😅❤️

[@luvley_mati]

When I was around 10 I watched a family vlog channel I can’t remember the name but they had like fifteen kids and the mom was filming everything like when there kid got there drivers license and when there giving birth or having like a traumatic experience for them,all recorded. What was appealing to my coco melon brain was they had multiple channels for all the siblings so I had “more content”, but I watched them today at 14 and omg they were like so involved in this KZbin stuff both of the oldest girls are videos them tryna get pregnant. Not like in the middle of fping but like taking the test and crying bc there pregnant and showing the camera and having to tell us like I don’t think most parents did that when it said we were in there stomachs (I love you Ben keep doing what your doing I literally Morphed into your humar!)

[@samwhiteley7620]

When I was younger around the ages of (8-11) I watched family channels and a lot of youtube in general because I was not in a really good position in life and the only thing that I did and was really allowed to do was to watch youtube and that is where I had found family youtube channels. I never really watched the ones about unboxing or the ones purely based around children or that were based around gifts and money and things because I didn't really care about that stuff. Still, I watched the ones where family would be together doing activities and playing games together because I had never really gotten the chance to experience that so that was the way where I could feel like I was involved in that aspect of a family and I received joy from it. But as I got other that stuff didn't appeal to me anymore because I had grown out of that mindset and started thinking that it was a little strange. But I will always be thankful for those channels being accessible to me at that time because in truth it had helped me a lot. Anyway, less of that rant I highly doubt that anyone will read this but it is good to think back and reflect.

[@Starryrk]

“i didnt watch other toddlers “ we basically were sponge bob is an exaggerated child put into a adults body phineas and ferb centers around the kids , gravity falls centers around the kids, we where basically watching the same thing but cartooni and it was all to dream that we where like them with superpowers or fairy god parents and modern day kids just dream of being rich and buying all the slime they can

[@gabrielas9622]

8:19 You KNOW that we are all thinking of sis vs bro ☠️☠️

[@24kandis]

Hi. I'm thirteen, using my mom's KZbin acoount. Now, I started watching EvenTube when I was like, six, took a break, and then I started watching again when I was eleven. The entertainment for me, is probably the editing. The editing sometimes is funny. And when I was smaller, it was also because liked looking at the toys. Unboxing, or unwrapping videos is the best as a kid. It's so entertaining. I stopped watching it though, about a year ago. Which was also the time I gave away all my toys. Now I'll just watch Gilmore Girls on Netflix, or I'll read a fictional book. I'm addicted to reading. So....yeah.

[@duhitscoral]

Hi Ben!! When I was younger I watched lots of family channels and it entertained me because they usually did fun challenges but I also liked them because they lived such extravagant lives and it made me feel happy to see happy families for some reason since my family wasn’t super happy and couldn’t afford lots of stuff that those kids had, they had pools with water slides and things like that and I really wanted that as a kid. I’m older now and I understand that my family can’t afford that and I’ve stopped watching videos like that entirely. Ily Ben! :)

[@slay.1234]

I used to watch this one family channel when I was 8 or so. they had a (I think six year old) daughter and they filmed these videos where the kid unboxed toys, did challenges, played board games or just random vlogs. idk I was so entertained by them but now it's just creepy

[@yellow8775]

I used to like watch family vlogs when I was like 6 to like 7, I really thought the fact watching someone live a very different life style than mine was like really cool and interesting then like after a month of watching them I stopped because I realized how abusive it kinda was even though I was like 7-9 or something.

[@jtaylor29]

I’n pretty young compared to ben’s viewers (12), and I was the group that really started this demographic, and I can say first hand these kid’s channels gave me unreasonable expectations for toys, and made me want a big house. I was 6,7 and 8 thinking about being rich. They’re detrimental to children and seeing other little kids now makes me very nervous about what they’re watching.

[@sanaimarisol]

I was like 11-12 watching the Norris nuts, but even then that was the only family channel I watched and even now that’s the only family channel I’ll watch, they r great tbh

[@s0phia71]

theyre doing all the same shit as the other family channels. filming their poor babies from the minute theyre born

[@lola.gs1]

my little cousins are obsessed with the norris nuts and i hate it ! the kids seem like they love it, but it's horrible. some people have too much money and too much spare time.

[@itzelespg]

ok so, not very proud to admit this, but i was obsessed with the ace family from when i was around 11 to when i was around 13. i guess i just really fell into the trap of the whole “perfect family” facade they put on. they were always happy, always having fun, and since i didn’t have that perfect, rich life myself, i enjoyed living through them vicariously. once i got older, i quickly started to see through the cracks and realize that not only were they obviously only showing us what they felt they had to in order to keep up this image of a perfect family, but also that the whole idea of filming your CHILD for money is so exploitative and unethical. i suddenly felt so guilty for having idolized these grown adults who were exploiting their child, but the fact of the matter is that they know exactly what they’re doing and it was no accident that me and so many other kids fell for it. they WANTED children to see their perfect lives, feel bad about their own non-luxurious lives, and, in turn, keep watching their videos in order to live through them vicariously. and i, along with many other ppl, fell for it

[@abriellaburke1555]

This is so true

[@CelineBally23]

I used to always watch family channel when I was 16. I stop watching them when I was 18. I was so jealous of them little kids of how much gifts they used to get on Christmas and birthdays but I never ask my parents anything or harassed them for more things cause I know they situation. Beginning of this year I had more free time so I went to my subscriptions after years not looking at it and I was shocked I had 900. I can't remember who is these people I did subscribe to at the time. Now I have 271, I did subscribe to so many family channels. Now I only watched like 20 channels.

[@riverabraham8861]

I am 15 now and love your videos. But when I was about 4 or 5 I loved this Channel were kids were playing with slime,and doing challenges for money.

[@Ilikewaffles393]

When I was little and was on KZbin ( I got social media at a VERY young age) I would love seeing family channels and like u said in the video, a lot of the toys and stuff like that I would see I would ask my mom or dad for them and we never had a lot of money. And a lot of the family channels would be like “ we got a new house” and i got very upset bc I wanted the same lifestyle.

[@ilyemma7175]

i would watch family youtube channels as a kid because i was just so bored and i was always so sad that they had a rich happy family with their bio mom and dad who loved eachother, i always wondered why my family was divorced and both lived in apartments and not living in a mansion. it made me jealous so then i would hate watch them just to be like "ugh they are so spoiled and mean. i don't like them" but then when the day was done i would sit there and wonder why they have all of that stuff while i dont. i really do think that it is toxic to show kids opening 50 christmas presents while i would get 10. i think that its fine to do a day in the life where you and your kids go to the park and have fun on the slide. i will admit i watch famila diamond or something while doing homework just for some background noise but i do think that it is toxic to show your kids getting all of these great things that most familes dont get.

[@luxjackie2519]

I don’t know why People would do this… Why the hell would my parents put thousands of baby photos on the Internet where old men would could save them to the computer or something like that The reason why I kind of stopped watching the family channels is because every year they get worse and worse. No go to sound rude to the Norris nuts or anything but but maybe like two years ago they never asked for subscribers and they promised us they wouldn’t really ask for subscribers we could do whatever they want but now in this generation they keep on saying subscribe to our channel I know not everyone’s going to agree with me on this but it’s kind of like every time we move up a year, more faker and toxic social media gets…

[@Sophie-vl7eb]

i used to watch family channels when i was like maybe 8, the soul reason i watched them was probably for comfort. My parents were huge workaholics when i was little so i loved watching videos of other families who were always "there for each other" (looking back none of those families were f=there for each other lol) as i got older i started to realize those families were most definitely not healthy and theres a lot of horror stories with them. anyways I loved this video and i enjoy listening to your rants ben!! :)

[@Brianna-qs9ei]

I could listen to this man talk for hours

[@haileymcintire224]

When I was 8 I asked my family if I could have my public own channel and they said no, I was annoyed before but now I am not and I’m happy they said no because I don’t want to be exploited

[@maiqxobvi]

Remember when the Norris nuts reacted to Ben of the week 💀

[@dark_beach7]

Yeah 💀

[@knowingsphoenix3546]

8:22 dude was describing sis vrs bro 😂

[@Kristens.Kpop.Korner]

When I was around 7 I used to watch a couple family channels. Tbh when I was younger I wanted one too. Until I grew up and realized how harmful and disgusting it was.

[@orteney.]

when i watched family videos in primary school, it was bc i was lonely as an only child and usually in the videos of my favourite channels they had a girl who was roughly my age and the middle child so they had the experience of being the older and younger sibling. i lived vicariously through them bc i found my home life lonely, and theirs was exciting with lots of presents. everytime it was my birthday or christmas i would ask my mum for the presents they had gotten in the videos, and even though my mum did give me some of them(which i really was grateful for) i never felt satisfied bc it wasn’t to the scale of theirs. Now that im in college, i see that the scale and grandeur of these presents is inappropriate and bad for both the children receiving and the children watching, and i hold nothing but empathy for little me who just really wanted familial companionship, especially as i wasn’t allowed pets.

[@edenbirdy]

I LOVE Colleen’s vlog channel and it’s kind of a family vlog channel but it’s not all about her kids it’s more about her and her kids are just in it cause she’s a mom

[@rahmel2009]

this did NOT age well at all

[@sameeraakkena]

our family actually used to own a family vlogging channel, and it was SO fake, what we were posting, and i would not recommend it to anyone, my mom never had time for me.

[@frostelleselene5627]

When I was 6 I tried to go to Walmart with my mom and I tried to get a WHOLE BOX worth of these kids toys that I saw on a kids chanel and I wanted that so when I tried to get it my mom said she couldn't afford it and I didn't listen and I started crying, but now I understand the sad look that my mom gave me everytime she said we couldn't afford toys

[@cnedi]

The fact that Norris nuts are in ur thumbnail and they reacted to one of ur videos

[@tessvelein]

When I was around 9-11 years old I would watch family channels A LOT. I feel like it was damaging because I would always see the kids get hundreds of gifts for their birthday or for Christmas and it made me more disappointed whenever I got gifts that weren't nearly as big . I would always dream about becoming a youtuber or whatever and I didn't ever think about all of the negative things that would come with that. Even thinking about it now is kinda sad because real life will most likely never be as exciting as it seems in those videos. I just feel like it sets most kids up for whole bunch of disappointment and having unrealistic expectations.

[@avabackupaccount]

8:22 not sis vs bro 😭😭😭

[@diminuendo7525]

i lived a financially secure life and i still watched these channels, i was very bored as a child since my parents didnt always want to watch me play with my toys so i would watch people on youtube play and i found these channels of kids playing and having fun and it was kind of like they were my friends in a way i had friends but i didnt spend all my time with them the bright colors and high saturation really helps with children because it helps keep the attention of young kids and for them being loud too or even some making weird songs omg i just realized how lonely i was--- i was like 6-11 when i watched these channels and the channels i mainly watched were evantubehd, fgteev/fv family/skylander boy and girl, familyfunpack and a couple others but not too much i really have concern for the kids when they get older because their entire lives are on the internet for people to see and starbucks doesnt wanna hire some kid who was on ryans toy review

[@Poniadel]

I was obsessed with Family Fun Pack when I was small , now I realized that the whole channel was like “making a kid” “preggo again” “kids” “kids” “kids” and omfg I didnt even realized when I was watching it that the parents show the kids personal life with weird fake scenarios 😭😭

[@idotiv]

I started watching these random family vlogging channels when I was 6 and got an iPad. I saw that the kids where literally crying and the parents weren’t doing anything and I disinterested give a single thought because well, I was six - but it was just really really weird

[@Razzberriez444]

I love watching these videos while doing homework

[@icey_lia9486]

When i was like 5 or 7 I would watch these families with kids who had everything they wanted and it made me sad cause I didn't have that life and I would make my mom feel so bad about it now I feel bad and wish i didn't do that.

[@ailishvsp]

I watch the Norris nuts cause they are the only family channel I like,the channel was originally the oldest girl in that family’s account (sabre) cause she skates and surfs and it got her on the Ellen show, but now they do blogs and stuff which is actually somewhat entertaining

[@st4bmovies]

I used to watch this one channel when I was like 5 or 6 called like baby bumps and I was OBBSESED with them and I checked their channel a few weeks ago and they’re still going 😭😭

[@champxyt]

YALLS IM NOT EVEN JOKING WHEN HE SAID “its time to be real” BE REAL WENT OFF- 11:40 am est