Rachel Mason - “An Update on Our Family” & Ethics of Family Vlogging | The Daily Show

[@KBcollision]

You can’t compare children of family vloggers with child actors. Child actors have limited work hours and protections. Children of vloggers have no escape and no guaranteed protections or down time. They aren’t playing a role… they are having their own world exposed to the world.

[@DA-te5be]

You very much can: kids don't always have the mental dexterity to distinguish what's real and pretend and despite the safeguards in place, they don't always stand. Would it be okay for an 8 year old or a toddler to work at a factory "with limited work hours and protections"? Child actors and vloggers are child laborers

[@palexanderrice]

well they use to not to, thats kind of the point. just like back then, youtube needs to set safety measures

[@itsyaboithebman5510]

Rachel Mason is my cousin! It's so crazy to see her on the news! I'm glad she's getting the recognition she deserves. She puts a lot of effort into the things she does and I'm so proud of her!

[@pepsiwepsi1952]

She needs to understand family vlogs are unethical and only serve the parents’ egos.

[@growingmelancholy8374]

Does this post count as family blogging?

[@jayannakelley9051]

Family vloggers..argh! The lazy parents that exploit their children for wealth! Totally disgusting! Read Shari Franke’s book - the first of the family vlogging family that aged out. Her book ‘The. House of my Mother’. She sums it up perfectly- there is no ethical or moral family vlogger parent. She GREW UP IN THAT ATMOSPHERE!!

[@Alison-ku5ko]

I don’t think many are lazy more egotistical

[@libra6492]

"I wanted to change the world. But I came to the conclusion that I could only change myself."

[@rhiannablumberg4803]

if only anymore... if only 😢😢😢

[@rhiannablumberg4803]

wow.... so torn by this.... pulled to watch immediately but then stopped by the overwhelming heaviness I honestly cannot handle at this moment in time... feels too dangerous to my soul... as if I dive in... I will almost certainly drown.

[@JP-lu9ed]

No it can’t be done ethically.

[@MinalPatelRD]

I love this guest! She’s never been on camera but she did great

[@patrickswagger]

You've had wool pulled over your eyes, AGAIN!

[@RyanCrossOfficial]

Why is it so complicated to share family photos/vidoes to a small private group, not share publicly?? It feels like intentional ignorance to this option. Its great to be proud of your kids and want to share with others, but sharing with a private set of friends/family/etc is hugely difference to "sharing" publicly and making a spectacle and show of your life. That's a much more complicated situation and prone to exploitation (even unintentionally or naively)

[@ruthspanos2532]

😂Once it becomes your source of income, then it completely changes. It’s crazy that we already learned these lessons in the early days of the movie industry. The problem is that the US prioritizes capitalism and the ‘rights’ of parents much more than the safety of children.

[@celestialnubian]

This hits hard after the Ruby Franke / Jodi Hildebrandt abuse scandal.

[@silverdragon4344]

It's one thing to film your family for sentimental value... it's a whole other thing when your filming them for money.

[@Clark408]

What an amazing series! I learned so much about family vlogging and actually enjoyed the emotional rollercoaster. Rachel Mason is a great filmmaker!

[@krustomer]

I'm so grateful this is being discussed!!

[@vana945]

Rachel! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@92jwiener]

Hopefully one day KZbin and other platforms can enforce regulations for family vloggers.

[@ruthspanos2532]

Hahaha. Sorry, but they will have to be regulated to do so. This exploitation is way too profitable.

[@achohelelwhy]

They only took down 8 Passengers because the mom almost killed her 2 youngest. YT doesn't care. There's a reason Shari Franke is pushing for legal protections for kids of family vloggers in her state.

[@dianegenx]

"There's a myriad of reasons why they decide a kid from China makes sense FOR THEIR CHANNEL". Does she hear what she just said? Did he? Bringing an innocent child into their egotistic online world, for the purpose of making more money, is disgusting. It's akin to slavery.

[@MiCKi914]

I think that's the point. She's emphasizing certain words to show the absurdity of that

[@mattstarf4294]

It's a zero sum game.. but I personally think that any parent that family blogs with a young family is probably a bit psychotic! How do you in this day and age not think about the long term effects on the family, pedophiles and the comments section... And that stuff is on the web forever!

[@elainekavros7965]

I never knew about family vlogging.....boy, learned something different. I would like to know how many people knew about this before....I know I use youtube for a lot of other types of content - such as the Daily Show, but also huge fan of classic films and watch a ton of that here.

[@achohelelwhy]

It's been around as long as youtube has been around. It's also extremely popular in the Mormon community because of their belief of journaling, documenting family history, and missionary work. Not to mention the community is great for MLM, so they boost eachother up. 8 Passengers is an example- Ruby Franke, the woman who was sent to prison with her co-cult leader for aggravated child abuse? The 2 kids who were emaciated, fans saw grow up. A lot of family vloggers are also VERY aware of who's watching their content, what I mean to say is they know and play to child predators, because they have access to analytics of their channel. All of Ruby's siblings and her parents family vlog, too. Bonnie, her sister, is currently making money off of a video and being an Amazon affiliate for a book about what happened written by Ruby's eldest, Shari- she's making money off of her estranged niece's book. This is just one microcosm of it. It's a gross, vast network of narcissists who trade their kids' innocence for a paycheck.

[@WilliesGarden]

Wow! I have several pairs of those exact eye frames. Just $20 at Zenni Optical. They also come in fluorescent orange and purple. Had all 3 as sunglasses before, as well as with clear with the blue uv blocker lenses. Found it's a great thing to have the frames the same size. So when you break a piece, you have plenty of back up pieces available.

[@cherylcampbell9369]

8:12 wow. That's disgusting.

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

After YEARS of being in the family 😢

[@DA-te5be]

Sadly its super common because adopted kids are still considered disposable; the director called it "dissolving" but there are whole facebook groups about "private rehoming" thats basically human trafficking

[@brooksrogers1975]

The Manson Family is still around?

[@elainehewitt6813]

I won't even respect or meet with a guy who has his grandchild in his profile picture on a dating site. But then I'm old school I guess.

[@sunshine3914]

6:24 Funny, way back when, adding a baby to the mix meant the death of the most beloved tv series.

[@hannahdoyle5123]

I watch this show every day on KZbin. And The Appalachian Story Teller. Learn a lot about the history of Bible Belt. So. I like KZbin.

[@naftalibendavid]

One question at a time Costa

[@thomasthompson5613]

One spell check at a time

[@nikkio.9990]

I'm with Michael Kosta on this one. I honestly am deeply uncomfortable if any of my kid's friends try and add me on social media . i have my peers in my life and people ill share things with, but i don't really love Share things with people who aren't my peers....it's weird.

[@StrongopinionsRus]

I enjoyed the docuseries, and while I very much appreciated the filmmakers’ attempt to portray all sides of the story, I felt she was far too soft on the Stauffers. A LOT was left out-there is footage Myka uploaded herself in which she indicates a willful rejection of the medical complexity of Huxley’s condition. There are several videos that show a far more grizzly picture of what happened that were curiously left out. If a viewer is unaware of these examples, it would be easy to walk away from the docuseries thinking Myka and James were just kindly, well-meaning people who got in over their heads, when in reality, I definitely believe there is something more sinister going on. The narcissism on display in so many of their videos is alarming. And while I absolutely agree that the vitriol directed at them was extreme and truly appalling and unacceptable, I found the filmmaker to be very hypocritical. She asked Sophie Ross if she regretted amplifying the Stauffers situation, yet here the filmmaker is-four years on-dredging up the story! Does SHE regret amplifying the story now? When the Stauffers probably hoped that the brouhaha was long behind them. She also highlighted the fact that critical KZbinrs made money off their content, yet the docuseries is making her some money. The featured buzzfeed and business insider journalists made money of their reporting of the Stauffers. Why is it wrong for KZbinrs to monetize their videos. At the end of the day, what the Stauffers did was horrific. They handled pretty much every aspect of it incredibly poorly. Just because some people reacted inappropriately to what they did doesn’t make the Stauffers the victims.

[@RTXBRINGER]

maybe the moral is we shouldn't be sharing this

[@lithographer]

"The numbers, Mason. What do they mean"

[@alro11]

what shows on PBS “ that some people watch”

[@mzunnurain]

Nature, Nova, Masterpiece theater, all the cooking shows. Try it, you'll like it.

[@nikkio.9990]

I think he was referring to the reality shows that PBS experimentrd with there was one a long time ago called "frontier house " in which people from current times had to live exactly how the pioneers would have. it should have been interesting but it ended up being a lot of unnecessary drama.

[@lindyrussell8068]

Actually I think she was referring to a show called An American Family

[@blankityblank6029]

Family vloging isn't bad. That's how I am Jazz got on tv and now we have Outburst Bailey - the girl with super inappropriate and hurtful outbursts but its okay cause its tourettes. LOL!

[@billsadler3]

Film: Life Out of Balance, Koyaanisqatsi. (Philip Glass Soundtrack)

[@emjay2045]

Why do these clips ALWAYS leave out the VERY BEGINNING of these interviews from the into , to when the walk out …. It’s always something left out from the start. #DOBETTER.

[@EPlolz]

Ooooof he kept talking over her

[@natelecarde962]

Stewart 2028

[@DaxJaldaan]

Vance 2028

[@MiCKi914]

Yeah, I'm sorry, but a child from another country is not like a puppy you can return if you decide to change your mind. I hope those parents learned their lesson from the backlash, even though death threats are never justified.

[@gpaull2]

It must be really cold in there to need that many layers.

[@glennblanchard4193]

TNUC wouldn't be interviewing her if there were no death threats.

[@libra6492]

Often the meaning of life is sought with the help of meaningless methods.

[@ChrisLeatherwood-s6l]

It can be ethical. To a point. Then it eventually crosses that line. Just like government. Har! Har!

[@satansatan5575]

🫂💙😇💯🎯💯😇💙🫂

[@Mindy0628]

👎🏼

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

Well, Ray Bradbury was right about ONE thing… 😒

[@Mrgreentsi420]

She was not ready

[@GARRY3754]

No one is ready to explain crazy.

[@henrythegreatamerican8136]

Her outfit was excessively distracting.

[@anaisninja]

LOSE THE OBNOXIOUS AF OUTRO MUSIC ALREADY

[@justincastillogayray]

Exploitation? Is it the Truman Show?

[@geraldo6205]

Haven’t kid beauty pageants been around for years, I used to watch “little rascals” when I was a kid, Shirley Temple also, don’t see what the big deal. Something more to gripe about I suppose

[@sunshine3914]

You should read Temple’s book.

[@Abbanellie]

Unfortunately children in The Little Rascals were abused pretty badly by hollywood. I cant watch old movies anymore because it makes me sick knowing what those kids went through.

[@Abbanellie]

I found the youtube video i watched that talked about it. Its called Child stars: the dark history of hollywood's golden age, by Serena G.

[@corriepitt7630]

Look up the “Coogan Law”. What happened to Jackie Coogan, to “motivate” him for scenes in “Little Rascals,”was appalling. I believe he wrote a book about it. Child abuse.

[@PaulaRoederer]

Child beauty pageants were always unethical and dangerous. Same for child actors; if a parent is not a strong advocate for their child and/or is more interested in exploiting their child for money and attention, those children are heavily traumatized, and in some cases completely destroyed. Even in the best case scenario, where the child is protected and advocated for, the pressure of fame at such an early age, and the loss of it when they're older and not as cute can do real psychological damage.

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