THIS! He actually articulates quite well how he is feeling even when he is really worked up and upset. That’s a time when you could reasonably expect someone to be angry and irrational, but he still somehow manages to articulate himself. Makes a huge difference to the parents who can only argue back that he should “take a joke” and “stop being a butthole” like children. Their mental development seems to have stopped when they were 9.
A majority of the time, children going through any kind of trauma tend to mature a lot quicker, i went through quite a bit of f-ed up shit a couple years ago and a few people in my family have mentioned that I’m more mature then most of the adults in my family 😅
"you're the only one who can't take a joke." this is emotional abuse. no doubt about it. it's alienating cody from the rest of the family and invalidating his (very warranted) pleas to stop, and god there's so much more in this to talk about from this video but this struck me in particular.
TH-cam have to do something about that. You cant expose-use your kids-on the web ,just to make profit from them,i am not just talking only about Daddy of five,there is a lot of TH-camrs do that . I understand people, love the Big brother, but lets be real. when he have to do with kids5-12 years old,we have to be very careful.and think twice before expose them online and push them do thinks alot of the times they dont want. People get mad and angry about Daddyofive, when they saw him abuse his children at some of his video. Come on lads.stop fool our selfs,the abuse has started by the time this daddy,deside to upload videos with his kids age 5 to 12,online.not just today that all the world witness this child abuse videos! Some TH-camrs realize that this is wrong, and remove from their vlogs daily ,videos with their children,like Casey Neistat,at the other hand some other are ready to expose to the web,their newborns for some more $$$! If you think thats is ok for someone to use his underage kids at any way for profit,then do your stuff lads, lie to your selfs that there is nothing wrong about that ,and keep supporting them and when the time comes do the same with your own childs!!
Me too. I'm sitting here at work, trying to not cry. That poor kid. I'm glad that he is finally out of that situation, and that his mom has custody. Hopefully she will treat him (and his sister) better, and get him the therapy that he will likely need.
I felt helpless just watching it. I wanted to rush to his defense. And some of the actions their children committed against Cody...it feels like they're literally pitting them against each other. So not only is he pretty much the ONLY one getting abused, the one place where he should feel safe is his biggest hell. I'm honestly ecstatic to hear CPS finally stepped in.
Thats exactly what i was thinking, yeah. You see it in cults, in abusive families, in dictatorships... "Oh, you're soooo lucky to be with us, this thing might be bad, but noone else has X." X can be respect, love, gods mercy, money, or any combination thereof. In this case, they seem to have chosen "not being litterally beaten by their parents" and "money" as the answer.
I'm pretty sure the parents have told them that. They probably brainwash their kids into believing they're good parents by saying, oh well hey at least we don't beat you guys like most parents
It's 3 years later but you still need to be proud of what you did. This man and his wife needed stopping . Thanks to this video the youngest two at least have the chance to get back their childhood.
Cody is by far the most emotionally intelligent person in that house. The fact that he time and time again recognizes that the treatment he's receiving is wrong "you put me through all this for a STUPID PRANK" calls his parents out "you don't love me, you don't like me" (which can be seen in the multiple, yes, multiple videos where they try to convince him they're getting rid of him), and the fact that he time and time again tries to escape the family, escape the camera, begs to be left alone so he can cool down, even once clearly saying that he just wants to be left alone so he can calm down, all of this shows what an incredible little boy he is in spite of the abuse. This is a textbook example of a narcissistic household dynamic, Cody is clearly the black sheep of this family, and yet he is sooo strong. Despite the odds, I have very high hopes for Cody and I hope someday he's able to heal and break the cycle of abuse for himself. I hope he gets the help he needs.
kaitytransform Families like those are where serial killers come from. Here's to hoping Cody stays strong and CPS takes those kids away from those two repulsive wastes of life.
ESPECIALLY when it's your own kid. These people are *astoundingly* thick skulled to use their children's implicit trust in them as parents against them for shitty, mean-spirited pranks. Apparently it's been a long time since they remember being kids themselves to feel so proud of 'outsmarting' them by screaming at them and calling it a prank. Complete sociopaths.
eatturpentine ya its sickening. that was obviously how they might really react when their kids do something bad and thats not ok either. screaming "what the fuck did you do???" is not good parenting. its bullying at best and abuse at worst
"I want to be left alone to calm down" is such a mature way to handle something, and it's so incredibly sad that a young kid has clearly had so much trauma that they've had to develop a mature way to handle abuse.
When Cody was pushed into the shelf I physically recoiled. How can any adult do this to a kid without vomiting? All those children, including the ones who have been encouraged to become bullies, are victims of abuse and will deal with the scars from this treatment well into adulthood.
This is an old comment, but I agree. A lot of people don't seem to realize that the kids being encouraged to abuse their siblings are largely doing so a) to avoid being abused and screamed at themselves and b) because it gets positive reinforcement from the parents. That's why some videos you see the girl joining in on the "pranks" and some she's the victim. I'm glad the youngest two are away from them now, but the other kids are still gonna have a lot of shit and trauma to push through.
Coming from a home of abuse, if you asked my little brother at Codys age if he loved his daddy he would say yes. If you asked him if daddy plays with him he would say yes. Moral of my comment is that kids don't understand where the abuse line is drawn.
KenazCreative On another video they ask the little guy if he is okay and he says yes. Well of course he is going to say yes! this is normal for their family. it makes me so mad
"they're not abusing them, they're just asshole parents who are exploiting them for money and hurting them emotionally" yeah that's called emotional abuse and it is just as bad
The thing that broke my heart was when Cody yelled “so you make me go through all this just for a stupid prank?! I’m tired of it.” or something along the lines of that.
When he was pushed into the shelf notice how he didn't even cry he worried about the shelf itself which means he's been pushed before and got yelled at that's so messed up
poor tiny Cody is reacting to everything like it's happened before. with the ink especially- he isn't acting surprised, hes just upset. and when he's tossed into the bookshelf, he doesnt start crying loudly right away like most kids do. he tried to make sure things didnt fall off. i shudder to think what happened in the past when he was pushed into something and things fell from the shelf. when youre abused like this and you have so little outlook into the outside world, you dont start thinking about it for quite some time. you have the sense that it's not fair, sure, but you think thats just how life is. hell, i didnt even realize that it wasnt ok for a dad to yell at you while swigging from a bottle of whiskey he hid under the couch until i met my best friend's dad, who picked me up like a good dad and bandaged me up after i fell off a bike. my heart just breaks for these kids over and over, especially poor cody. im not a hater, Do5. i just hate *you.*
The fact that the kids can't tell the difference between the real yelling, pushing, and cursing vs the prank makes me believe that this is normal for them when the camera is turned off.
Just a few more things that I recognized (I hesitate to say I've been abused but some of this is familiar in a bad way): There's a certain sound that the father makes in one of these clips; he's inhaling, and doesn't say anything, but it's really obvious to me that he wants to shout or something. In the clip where they explain why they're excluding Cody from the trip, they say there's something wrong with him, which is worrisome in and of itself, but then they explicitly link it to him being redheaded. I watched their video called "Cody gets kicked out." The "prank" is that they're sending Cody to live with another youtuber (KidBehindACamera, who should also be reported) because he's bad. The dad starts the video by telling the two other boys that they're sending Cody away, and what they think of it. The second oldest lists a bunch of reasons, then the oldest one immediately puts on headphones as soon as the dad enters his room, then says that he wants to go when asked what he thinks about it. The first few minutes after that is Cody trying to do math homework, then the parents saying they're sending him away; he doesn't believe them until the dad shows him a video that the YTer mentioned above recorded. The next 15+ minutes are him in intense emotional distress, saying that he doesn't want to leave his family because he loves them: the mom tells him that he doesn't, because he's bad, and that they like him but are sending him away anyways (iirc she says she doesn't love him; I was kinda blanking because it's intense). The parents get the rest of the younger children to help pack his stuff up. Cody starts throwing stuff, because they're still not letting up, and the dad starts yelling at him, at different points saying they should lock him in the bathroom or under the bathroom sink, and at another point pushing Cody, Emma, and the other young brother (Alex?) while on the stairs (he keeps telling them that they're going to break his leg/neck/etc), and yells at the brother while he's not really doing anything. Then he finally says "It's just a prank" and asks the other kids if they want to visit that YTer while Cody gets his bedclothes from where he threw them earlier (during the argument) and goes upstairs without a word. Like honestly, the look on his face is depressing, and the parents are despicable people who've taught their kids to either trust no one or to behave as abusers for the rest of their life.
As someone who was emotionally abused throughout my entire childhood, that is absolutely abuse! During that clip of the invisible ink, I was damn close to having what I can only assume was a panic attack... I've never had one before but I've also not witnessed child abuse since being the victim myself. I need some cat videos to recover from this. Yeesh.
This is my reaction too. That first clip with the mom yelling and swearing made my heart race. I dropped the f bomb in front of my kids the other day, I felt so bad. This is completely emotional abuse and those poor kids, they don't have a clue what dysfunction they are living in and will probably repeat with their own kids. Glad to hear right CPS is involved. Now to watch some cat vids ;)
Frontflip Wow. I had a very similar experience to this. I also remember vividly asking my mom if she loved me, because I didn't believe that she did. Poor Cody. I'm glad that he is away from that situation now, and hope that his mother is treating him like a human being.
6:22 “I’m tired of this.” He clearly doesn’t want to be ‘pranked’ like this any more. He just wants to have a normal childhood instead of being yelled at every five minutes! This is causing him so much sadness and so much distress, it’s cruel. Pranks aren’t supposed to make your child cry, they’re supposed to make them laugh. This is so cruel and it is obviously abuse.
This is horrible. Imagine living in this house, knowing that at any moment that you're relaxing or playing, someone might run in with a camera screaming and shouting and swearing and destroying shit or pushing you around, and you never know what's "just a prank bro" or not, and that if you get upset they'll all just be worse to you and say "You can't take a joke!" That kind of shit would traumatize an adult, let alone a child. My god.
fmseastatic it makes me physically sick to my stomach how they treat their kids. if i were them i would have thrown the nearest object at the parents and walked out without hesitation.
The moment he said he needs to cool down tht broke me. It takes a LOT of emotional maturity to come to that conclusion instead of getting edgy or throwing a tantrum, but self awareness usually stems from intense abuse
A kid that age shouldn’t have to have been through the kind of trauma to be able to know and say they want to be left alone to calm down. At that age his parents shouldn’t be upsetting him first of all, but secondly they should be the ones to help comfort/calm
“You’re just jealous!” Yeah, sure, I’m jealous that my parents mentally abuse me...I’m also jealous that I don’t get yelled at and pinned down by my older brother...
@Gabrielle Boilard yeah exactly its so cruel lucky cody and his sister are safe with their real mother i dont know about the other kids but i hope they are ok
@@SpeedstersUnited nope im just living in my house because i cant go anywhere else and i cant live under a rock its outside and im not aloud to go outside because of covid-19
the problem is they're teaching their kids that they can torment others as much as they want and as long as they end it with "it's just a prank bro" They won't have to worry about facing the consequences
at 6:22 - that's the strongest proof that not only the father, but the entire family has abused "Cody" over and over. "He's over it". Kids don't lie, unless they we're being coerced to do so. This is desperation on the part of the parents, in expense of the kids' psychological and behavioral growth.
My dad was constantly beaten as a child for little to no reason, often times because his father simply felt like it, and nobody in his house hold did a damn thing. Often he was blamed for things and picked on by members of his own household. He ran away to live on streets halfway through high school and never graduated. Kids get fucked up when they don't get enough attention. Families picking on the youngest happens, and I don't give a damn how much you love your kid, it doesn't stop you from hurting the kid, and that's not a valid defense, being a parent doesn't give you some magically ability to be a good person or justify every action you do with your kids.
Off topic from the main issue. Kids do lie. I was watching my 5yo Niece for my sister the other day. During which She wanted to talk to her mom, I said "Ok, Just let me finish what I am doing" She sat there, and not 7 Seconds later she say "I hear the phone ringing" being that I had a headset on I could not hear it. So I jumped up to go answer it, when I got there it was not ringing, and I realized I did not hear it while running to pick it up. I asked Her "did the Phone really ring?" She said "yes" I asked "Are you Sure...?" Then she giggled, and said "No, I just want to call my mom" They can very much Lie.
That poor kid. My heart is breaking for him. When I first saw the video, I thought the swearing was bad enough (although I do sometimes forget my filter, I never scream and swear AT my children!), but then seeing just how confused and scared that poor kid was just about killed me. He knew he didn't do it, and the people that he wants to TRUST, that are supposed to be on HIS side, are the ones pushing and pushing this situation in his face. A kid is supposed to be able to trust their parents. I know it is not always how it goes down, but goddamn even in some of the most abusive situations a kid will still love and trust a parent. This kid needs an outlet, he needs his parents to see that his emotional trauma in these situations is more important that TH-cam views or money or whatever. Goddamn, basic boundaries! This kid is old enough to speak his mind and has been making it clear that he is not interested. Just because a person is a parent, it doesn't mean they have a right to treat a kid like a piece of property! I don't know how it is in the US or in that families state, but here in the UK there was a chaneg in terminology i the legislation from 'Parental Rights' to 'Parental Responsibilities' to try and change the mindset that parents have a RIGHT to their kids and treating them however they want, to them having RESPONSIBILITY to care for them properly. I film my kids, you film your kid. Hell many people do nowadays, but it doesn't take much effort to realise how important boundaries are when doing this. Yes, social media and mega sharing like this is still new territory and can take some adjusting to, but parenting is as old as time - does one really think they arfe doing the right thing if it ends upn causing this level of distress in a kid?!?! Sorry. I feel I'm not being articulate enough 'cause I am just hurting so much for this kid. And for his siblings who are NOT the scapegoat and haven't been taught enough empathy to realise that just because THEY are not feeling hurt it doesn't matter that someone else is. I'll admit I haven't taken the time to watch any more of this families videos. a) I just can't bear to watch more of that kid or any of those kids being in pain, and b) I don't want to give them any further traffic. So this means my perception is cominbg through the bias of what you've put together with your team Phil, but in this instance I feel pretty confident that you and your tram will have gone through that difficult watching to save some of us from doing it too. I just can't stand to see kids suffering, and wholeheartedly believe emotional abuse is as damaging as physical or sexual abuse of a child. It's so so much harder to prove it though, and takes real courage and strength of CPS/social workers to put together a case of emotional abuse.
Scaring kids like that and on top of your own kids (not to mention making them so emotional and feeling all around crappy), is just fucked up. Some parents...seriously...someone should "prank" those parents like that and see how they like it: "Youre going to jail now you miserable excuse of a human being!! Yeah you are complete crap, youre under arrest! This is your fault!"...later in the police car, "naa its a prank braw..." Seriously...
What it even makes me more angry is the tone that she uses, does she talks like that to them? The change from the '' Hey guys welcome to our prank chanel''and the yelling are just disgusting.
I'm turning 11 this year, and before I turned 10 I was getting physically abused by my alcoholic father, he caused my mother to leave when I was 7, I have hated her since but I have been more loving to her but I still get angry every time I see her. And now I get scared or anxious when my grandpa drinks, he doesn't hurt me, He's a "happy drunk" so I don't mind but it still gives me anxiety..so yeah I kinda feel for Cody but ya know I want to be friends with Cody so badly
Jaylen_The_Alpha :3 I hope you’re doing better now and I hope quarantine isn’t making any of this harder I’m actually pretty close to your age and I can’t imagine going through that I am really hoping that things get better and that’s great if they are please don’t feel like you’re alone because there’s so many other people are going through the same thing. Sincerely: someone who cares
I'm 31. When you're older you might benefit from going to AlAnon or Adult Children of Alcoholics meetings. You don't deserve it. It's not your fault. Please protect yourself the best you can.
i literally cried seeing cody shouting and tearing up for help, for someone who gives him the love he deserves... i feel like somebody punched me right in my stomach. it hurts so much.
I know this is over now but seeing this video it makes me want to take Cody away and give him a day where he can just have fun and not be filmed. Just allowed to be a kid
It's a joke just for THEM, and not for us nor the kids. Those parents did deserved their last laugh after the real mom won the custody and Emma and Cody got their happy ending.
This was recommended in my feed in 2020. Still incredibly difficult to watch them abusing their children and then trying to play it off like "it's just a prank, bro." Completely unacceptable behavior from supposed parents, but the thing that worries me the most is now, it's not in the public eye. Now, their accounts have been kicked offline, deleted, hounded, and every step of the way they've proven they've learned nothing from this. Even their own website, the message they posted when the were required to delete all of their videos because they disobeyed the rules of their probation, shows that they feel absolutely no remorse for what they've done. Now, what's happening behind closed doors? If that is what we saw publicly... what's happening now that it's all private? I sincerely hope those kids are all okay.
Did anyone else notice that when Cody was pushed into the bookcase, he immediately tried to straighten the papers? That gives me the impression that he's terrified for something to fall or become out of place. I'm so glad they're out of there. 😌
Laracroftyeyes yeah, that's what I was trying to get at. Although I usually dont get my point across so well, I'm a much better speaker than a writer. 😅 But yeah, him being more worried about straightening up the falling papers than his own physical safety implies that he's terrified for something to go wrong, probably due to past abuse.
+Addy I had the same when I was being mistreated by an ex. Panicked about the radiator breaking when I was pushed into it, or cleaning up his empty booze-bottles like everything was fine, while I was being cursed and screamed at in front of people. I had to re-learn how to think of myself first, when I hurt myself. And I'm still learning. It fucking sucks that this happened to them their entire life, it's going to be hard to change the pattern.
I noticed that and when he was being asked to please left alone. I feel that when that camera wasnt rolling that could've gone worse. maybe being hit or punished worst
I feel so sorry for Cody he literally said I'm tired of this and you're just going to do all this to me for a stupid prank he's obviously being abused if not physically mentally and/or verbally
I don't know why I'm getting recommended this video 5 YEARS LATER. But Jesus Christ, when that dad pushed his kid into the bookshelf, that looked horrible.
Same. Also we all get that sometimes parents do something wrong. My dad when taking in some huge boxes acsidently knocked into me and I feel down (I was like 5years old and and he was 6'7). He didn't yell at me he put the boxes down and asked if I was okay. You know like a normal fucking parent
symptoms of child abuse: slower than normal development, unusual interaction with a parent (constantly trying not to upset the parent/avoiding the parent), mental health problems, behaving in a way that isn't appropriate or causes problems signs of abuse: yelling or swearing, name calling or insults, threats and intimidation, ignoring or excluding, isolating, humiliating, denial of abuse/"it was just a joke." thought i'd leave that here.
maxxy not to mention that he is the only kid that doesn't say it's a prank or fun. He just sits there with a blank expression. You can't tell me that they haven't damaged that poor kid.
symptoms of HILARIOUS PRANKS : slower than normal development, unusual interaction with a parent (constantly trying not to upset the parent/avoiding the parent), mental health problems, behaving in a way that isn't appropriate or causes problems signs of PRANKS: yelling or swearing, name calling or insults, threats and intimidation, ignoring or excluding, isolating, humiliating, denial of abuse/"it was just a joke." obviously not siding with the family, they're fucked and so is that whole situation.
maxxy Mhm, signs are there. I'd say very obvious case of emotional abuse that the family doesn't recognize because they probably don't believe someone can be emotionally abused most likely.
I grew up in a home with screaming matches between my parents constantly until they divorced when I was 9. I used to get so scared of the loud noises, I would hide in my closet until they calmed down or one of them left. Seeing them just scream and curse in Cody's face like that just broke my heart completely. I sincerely hope he's ok now.
My dad would say he would be a little late for Friday Night swimming, and then wait and hide behind a corner and say "boo". Or he'd say he'd forgotten to buy our Saturday night candy. I would love for that to be what that beautiful little kid knew as a prank. Scaring your kids like what my dad did is... normal, and not traumatizing. And it can happen because there's enormous trust between parent and child.
FOR EVERYONE WONDERING!!! Yes Cody is fine!!! He lives with his real mother now after being attacked by his two brothers for a video. One pushing him into the bookshelf the other throwing him into the door. ! He now lives with his real mother along with his sister Emma! For the others they still live with this psycho father!
Before watching this I had never seen or heard of the channel ( besides the talk about it which led me to this video) and I really didn't expect anything more than people on they internet getting upset over harmless pranks people were pulling on their kids- I expected popping up and scaring them or just a little practice joke like a fake spider or something. 15 seconds into the clip my stomach dropped. Now I'm usually not one that comments on videos like this but I just feel the need to say that this little boy looked genuinely terrified ( as I would be if my parents were constantly screaming at me that way.) To scream at your child that way for giggles and to ultimately make money off of it is deranged and seems extremely malicious. My heart goes out to this little boy and I hope that this doesn't affect him from creating strong, trusting bonds with others. :((
missplasticpony exactly! i grow up with a parents who never swear in front of me and my sister because they don't want us to swear too. a lot of good morals and right conduct. Now im a grown woman been in this world for almost 28 years and is now a mom to my now 9 month old daughter, i really get now (not like i didn't get it before) but as a parent myself, it is really important to treat your child with love and respect and if you want to teach them good morals and right conduct you have to be it first. A child molds their character through the people around them, the parents is the most important people for that matter. Even if it's a "Joke" the effect in it to their heart and brain is not a joke. They are human and they have feelings. There is a reason why bullying SHOULD NOT be allowed anywhere. In this videos of DaddyOfive channel, I see it as the most unbearable bullying i have ever seen because it comes from the kids own parents. Yes They claimed it's a prank or jokes but this is absolutely an overated jokes. Not funnt and it's traumatizing not only to the kids involve but also to those kids watching it even.
that poor boy..i feel so bad... when his "dad" pushed him the first thing he was worried about was fixing the books on the shelf that got knocked out of place by his face hitting them. That, in my opinion, says it all. I am surprised they have gotten this far without losing custody. As a mother to 4 children, it would break my heart to see any of my children that upset for any reason, let alone a "prank". Abuse is abuse, both emotional/psychological and physical, whether or not you call it a prank or a joke. IT IS NOT OK. These kids obviously think abuse is ok because its covered up by the words "prank" and "take a joke" or "I'll buy you a new xbox". I just dont understand these parents at all, or the people who subscribed to their channel and agreed with this bullshit. How can you hurt your babies. Your own flesh and blood that you brought into this world. They are so precious... and it's all for money. Hopefully these parents don't get these kids back into their custody. They don't deserve them
I feel traumatized just by watching that "prank" and I am an adult who grew up in a loving home and never seen/heard my parents act like that. I can't even imagine the damage that these parents are inflicting on their kids on a regular bases. The fact that so many people sub to them and stand up for them like its not a big deal is very eyeopening. No wonder so many kids are mentally/emotionally messed up if this is considered normal parenting. Some people in the comments were saying that this is called "strict" parenting. What!? My parents were strict with us. They had high standard and consequences. But they never put us through anything close to that. I feel so sorry for people who grew up like this....
Tatyana2006 the consequences have a long term impact on the children, as they are growing up thinking this kind of behavior is normal. My mother specializes in intrafamiliar violence and she usually deals with people who come from environments like this one, this is quite common in Mexico, my country, where parents tell their boys to man up by using threats of physical violence, bullying and mental abuse to achieve a real macho out of their kids.
Tatyana2006 couldn't agree more, these parents seem to be justifying their behaviour by calling all this abuse "pranks" and then uploading it all to TH-cam for the whole world to see and normalise
"I just wanna be alone so I can calm down," this poor kid is TRYING to deal with his emotions that his parents make money off of and exploit. it's really hard to see parents who not only don't address their kid's feelings, but outright capitalize on them. This has happened enough that he's had to develop coping mechanisms to deal with it. Breaks my heart.
This is definitely abuse. Especially for Cody because it could negatively impact his self-image forever. We see the effects of bullying on children, and this is 10 times worse because a kid should always feel safe and protected at home.
Carolyn J I agree. The thing with bullying is it's usually at school so once you are home you can feel safe again whereas these children have no escape
"If your being abused as a child you don't want to turn on your parents." You don't want to say their abusing you. Or else when the camera turns off or they see you whenever. They will take their anger out on you
I got threatened with CPS so I didn't mention abuse when psychiatrist asked. I got whipped for crying about not having a dad. I would rather have been beat than yelled at.
"A lot of people didn't see the humor," what kind of humor would come from abuse? I don't even understand. I can't express my anger without literally screaming irl.
Elilee Endale I am going to guess you are a child who does not yet have the experience, the wisdom or education to know how ridiculous what you are saying is!! (Let's hope that you are a child anyway and not an adult that should not be do stupid)! The point is it doesn't matter if it was done game or whatever the heck excuse you were trying to give for the way they treated their kids...hell I couldn't even understand your comment but it is wrong to constantly upset your chikdren like this. It is wrong to accuse them of something the parent knows they did not really do.. it is wrong to scream and holler at them about that... It is wrong to cuss at them like that.. it is wrong to continue to yell and scream at them once your child becomes so upset that he's hysterically crying...it is wrong to let TH-cam videos be more important than your child's well-being!! when making TH-cam videos upsets your kids that much it's time to stop!! these people were extremely abusive this was so very wrong and if you think it's okay and you are a child that obviously you are quite possibly in an abusive situation yourself.. if not try to put yourself in their shoes and think about how would make you feel if your parents treated you like this constantly on top of that putting it on TH-cam for everybody to see!
watching the way they treat Cody actually made me cry. I could never imagine treating my child that way. I wish I could just take Cody away from all that, nobody deserves to have their parents constantly yelling at you, and making you feel like you're the problem. It is disgusting.
Indie potato The mother yelling at him and seeing the terror in his eyes upset me too. I don't understand how they can defend themselves. I've never experienced abuse, but this seems like abuse to me.
Indie potato I feel the same way. That port child is going to have serious issues when he grows up. I hope those horrible parents get what's coming to them!
Tasukaan same happened to me, but because of it I developed borderline personality disorder and have been in therapy for years :/ I'm 21. Experiencing stuff like that as a kid can destroy a person for life.
"At least you're not beating us like *most* parents". If those kids have been led to believe that most kids are beaten by their parents, then it's not very likely that they'll consider what's happening to them to be abuse, regardless of how abusive it is. I sincerely hope that the parents are prosecuted and the kids end up in good foster homes.
John Maloney valid points. But I would add that foster homes for these children over this might cause more issues in the future. Also I don't think it wise to simply cast judgement on these people because we disagree with their parenting. But it is so something that requires attention, and if truly is abuse then something should be done
I literally wanted to cry when I heard Cody say "So you put me through all of this for a stupid prank???" And "I HATE WHEN YOU GUYS DO THIS TO ME" in such an emotional way, you can tell this happens far too frequently for him to be happy with it, he is genuinely distraught. I wish my mom and I could adopt him, my mom is an excellent parent and would only show this kid love, and so would I as a big sister. Sadly, we cannot, but I truly wish we could. All I can do is pray for him and hope for the best, I hope he gets to a safer environment soon.
2:01 “which is why I expect this video to be one of my most disliked in the past month” Almost 7 years later, this video is Phil’s most viewed and is often attributed to the reason this horrible family was broken up, and was cited by numerous news outlets who were talking about the controversy Phil thought he’d get buried in dislikes for this video but it actually gave him much more legitimacy as a TH-cam news reporter
Man I hate yelling. That was extremely uncomfortable to watch; mostly because I've been in that kids situation with the same "I'm going to get an ass whooping" fear. Those poor kids where told to act calm like that. I know because my grandmother made be behave the same way when CPS was called on her.
Peyton Robinson I know right!? I have a lovely 6 year old who has to struggle so much because of his autism. It hurts my heart to see healthy kids with all of the potential to thrive being brought down like that by their own parents 😔
“At least you’re not beating us like most parents.” Umm...I’m no expert. But I don’t think most parents beat their children. Spanking maybe. But outright beating their kids (e.g. throwing them into bookshelves) doesn’t seem usual.
I personally believe that spanking your kid is fine. But this kid, this older 'step brother' to Cody, claims that they don't beat them like other parents, isn't the one getting abused. He is actually a contributer to the abuse! The step mother fucking encourages the abuse by disguising it as pranks! And the step brothers are even halfway willing to do it, due to Cody only being legally siblings they don't think of him as family. They think of him as the wimp of the house who isn't truly their brother, and their mother authorizes the abuse, therefore giving them the opportunity to not treat Cody like a decent human being. Fuck the step mom, and the step kids, they all deserve to get punished.
Joey Jones how is she sick we know hes with his family. they were referring to when he was abused. besides, how is not wanting him to be harmed “ sick”?
The fact that the kids are okay with their parents screaming at them like that and dismissing it as "it's just a prank bro" is terrible. Not only are these parents practically abusing their children for likes but they're growing up thinking it's ok and that attitude will show when they're older. They could be in high school and get a partner and say it's ok to scream at them for fun. They could be aggressive to strangers and dismiss it as "fine" and that in no way shape or form is okay.
(addition) I grew up in an abusive environment and I can tell you that I didn't know it was abusive. Those kids don't know that they're being abused and them justifying their parents does nothing but make the parents look worse.
My dad used to make condescending jokes on me all the time in situations where I'd expect praise, and it was never funny to me. It gave me self-esteem issues and made me feel like unaccomplished in almost everything I do. His intention was to build character within me and instill strength, but he only created weakness ironically. I'm getting over it, and realizing how much his personality is reflected within myself and I'm disgusted all the time, because shitty parents were created from shitty grandparents, and then go on to create shitty kids. I'm tryna break that cycle, lots of therapy is necessary, emotional abuse is a mf
+55 Same here, I felt nauseous. I have tears in my eyes, I experienced abuse in school and in a relationship, thank god I had a warm and comfortable childhood and loving parents, I feel so blessed for that. I wish everyone had that.
If this shit happens ON camera. I wouldn't be able to imagine wtf goes on when it's OFF... That 'Father' needs some serious help, and the mother for that matter.
I notice that the kid who claimed "it's just a prank, bro" is NOT the kid who's the victim of most of these "pranks". The boy's (Cody?) reaction is heartbreaking, the hysterical crying, the screaming, "I swear to God, I didn't do this!" When someone plays an actual, funny prank on you, once you realise it's a prank you tend to laugh about it together. Maybe joke about getting your own back. This poor boy's reaction makes it absolutely clear that it's not a prank, especially not to him, and if these parents cared about his welfare they'd stop doing this to him!
Yes. He looks upset even in the "let's ignore the haters video". He tried to talk back a bit when the mother said that the haters are causing her children problem but he is still probably too scared.
6 years later this has popped up on my recommended and it's absolutely traumatising to watch. I looked into it and saw that Cody and Emma got removed from their custody thankfully. However the family is still doing videos?!
A "prank" should end with laughter, NOT with the person crying in hysterics and visibly exhausted by the ordeal. And if your need to vlog is more important than your childs wellfare....you seriously need to re-evaluate your life. All I see in those clips is Mental Abuse, possible Physical Abuse (with the pushing into the bookcase, dragged off the furniture,shoved etc) and BULLYING. Seriously, a mother calling her child names because he isn't "into the prank". When a parent yells at their child, its scares them, it gives you that "uh oh I'm in trouble now!" feeling. But, when a parent screams obscenities like in those clips, it terrifies the child, it causes anxiety and apprehension. Children should be laughing, playing and having fun. Not developing anxiety and hatred at such a young age. Shame on those so called "parents". Their other children might be into it, but its rather obvious that Cody isnt.
Minecraft Bubba then u let me do it to u then? It will be prank to throw u, yell at u and hit u. Its only humour its not like i hurt u or anything and its not called abuse pfft..
Cam bomb thank got they lost the youngest kids that was good I didn't sleep coz I was so worried I spent 55 hours watching for were they lived so I can go and beat the cra^ out of the mum and dad
"It's just a prank!" is a lot different from, "I'm sooo sorry, I meant that as a prank." The first means "You're a pathetic loser," and is said by bullies, and the second means, "I totally misread the situation," and invites a response. The first implies that the prank is more important than the person being pranked, even though the prank isn't much of a big deal anyway (it's "just" a prank, after all). So it's doubly insulting. Honestly, from the first second 1:07 something in her voice said she was really going to enjoy watching Cody suffer, and she thought everyone else was going to enjoy it too, _like we're all in on it together._ SO. Creepy. That poor kid.
if you watch the damn video it was his brother that pushed him into the bookcase, most of the "abuse" is coming from the brothers, just watch their vids, the parents are cruel for doing those jokes/pranks, but it isnt the parents "hitting" the kids. Damn do research before you open your stupid mouth.
+Tha Muttleycrew Review I saw what you saw. My mind stands in the same place. Are not the parents recording and doing nothing to protect Cody or educate his siblings? If you do not wish to call it abuse, then you can call it neglect. Either way, emotional abuse, potential physical abuse, and obvious neglect (whoever was holding the camera pushed him into the bookshelf (I assume it's the dad)).
It's not rare for a bully to use proxies and in this case the older brothers are encouraged and rewarded to be physically abusive towards Cody, also these people are adults and parents they are wholly responsible for the violence.
The father and mother are clearly sadistic and abusive, especially towards Cody, who seems to be the punching bag of the family. A sad and toxic environment for a kid to have to live in.
Same here. I had to pause the video and scroll down after that... I can't handle seeing a kid treated like that, saying something like that. God I hope those kids will be okay. It's days like this that I wish I could do something, anything that would help.
look man i might be a teenager but damn when i see something funny like daddyo5 then you just have to get with it and shit like that i might not make anyreason what so ever but daddy o 5 is hilarious and thats the end of the story
Madeline Olivares yes now you have too kids that have been tooken from there family and feel like its there falt to grow up in a foster home never too see there brother's and sister's again because you think thats what a kid needs ive watch all daddy o fives videos and they were not abused i know what abused is i was abused as a child and i left my dads because i was abused its was a hard time not haveing a family there were many times i wished i was bever born because i hated my foster home but thats the best thing that can happen to them you think because you dont know
I'm an adult and that high tense cursing, screaming, and crying situation put me on edge. The children looked terrified and I was terrified for them. No one deserves to be treated that way. Screaming at them and saying 'Haha take a joke' and seemingly pushing the kids to physically put hands on the others. Its just really upsetting. I would have hated to have these people as parents.
I work at a tourist attraction and if we see parents acting this way towards their kids, we call security and CPS. It's not a prank when one side is harmed emotionally or physically.
I am actually so glad you made this video. I only saw this family on TH-cam a week ago and ended up watching about 10 videos and I couldn't stomach no more. No word of a lie, after I watched this family I felt strange for a few days like I'd seen something I shouldn't. I'm not sensitive to violent movies, pranks, gore etc but this is child abuse no matter what the fans or family say. After watching this family and reading their fans comments I lost all hope for the world. There was kids and adults commenting on how Cody has issues or how they want to punch Cody etc. If you look back far enough some of the stuff they do to these kids is just terrifying. Cody and Emma seem to get it the worst because they are ginger maybe??. Most of the thumbnails are Cody looking angry or crying with a title "Cody did this". I believe the channel started off as a legit family vlog but once that prick excuse of a father saw he got more views when he abused Cody, he started to base his videos more on him and what he does wrong. I saw a video where they made Cody cry to the point he was having a breakdown, all because the dad thought he had stolen his DS. In another video they found out it was codys other brother who framed him. The dad then made this other kid cry but nothing like what he did to Cody. But did Cody get an apology or a hug??? Did he fuck. Every time the dad or mum does something to abuse the kids they never tell the kids they love them. They just swear at them and treat them like an inconvenience to their dumb ass hick lives. This channel should be shut down and exposed and if child services have investigated this family then they haven't done their jobs right because some of these videos go so far that it's almost inevitable that when these kids grow up they are going to have some serious issues especially Cody
Absolutely disgusting, garbage parents who should have their kids taken away. These kids are only saying "its okay" because they don't know any better. Half of what they're saying is just parroting what the parents keep saying. I sincerely hope CPS re-investigates them after this and get their heads out of their asses.
Judgement0s I don't think they've actually been investigated yet. She was almost bragging about it like "hah you tried and you failed" like she knows they're doing something wrong. And a normal family wouldn't brag about being investigated by CPS because if they have that means someone must've done some pretty fucked up shit (which these people have!) So I think she was just saying that to try and excuse their behavior and to even look cool (although what person thinks being investigated by CPS is cool!)
Even if CPS is called I worry about Cody the most... You know in the days leading up to them being removed, if that even happens, they're going to be ragging on him for not acting 'normal' enough. For not 'laughing' through the abuse. That kid's life is going to be even more hell.
CeruleanRogue I worry about this too. They'll all pile on him if there is a family disruption as if it was something he did wrong. Ugh I hate to think ahead- but this situation is so worrisome.
SinOfPhish He's the sanest one in that household. What kid asks for time to calm down? Not only am I disgusted at the parents, but I'm ridiculously proud of Cody for being so level-headed about this. It will be over soon, Cody. Keep your head above water for the time being.
SinOfPhish interestingly enough the child even points out that he's suffering for the sake of the video which sends pain to my heart. When a child points out what your doing doesn't seem right. You ,my friend, need a reality check
SinOfPhish As someone who cannot calm down from crying unless I am alone, that was the most demented and unsettling videos I've ever seen. I wanted to scream at the so called "father" to leave him alone before he passed out.
Guys, we have to go on a witch-hunt and drag these monsters that call themselves parents. They are raising future bullies, possibly even criminals. Considering how none of them have any sense of what's right or wrong.
A child will hit and scream at you at times as an adult and their parent you calm them down without violence not hurt them part of being an adult is having self control.
I rarely comment on videos, but I wanted to thank you for bringing this to light. I had never heard of this family. This is not ok on any level. This made my heart break for those kids. As an adult, I’d have a hard time dealing with being treated like this daily. The older kids seem to cope better than the younger ones, but I think they’re just numb after years of it.
@5:35 to @6:32 killed me. Cody is their step son and it absolutely looks like they treated him like an outsider. The girl even yells at one point "I told you he only goes after me and cody" since both are step. As someone who went through childhood abuse, I sadly knew all the clips and what Cody felt like in those. I hope the little precious boy is okay and stable now. My heart goes out to him.
Eishita Misra I’m glad Cody and Emma are no longer in that house. It was literal hell everyday for them. Emma even said she wanted to kill herself and Cody self harmed in school. And yet he gets called “Crazy” and “Stupid” I hope they have a better life.
tbh, it reminds me of my parents. i learned that i shouldn't shout at them. i just dont do anything but my brother acts like cody, he cries and shouts all the time.
Cant agree more. I thought my dad wasnt that bad but god damn moment he disapeared my life got so much better. Thanks to him I have to deal with so much issues that I dont wish on anyone to deal with, no matter if adult or kid.
Allison Shockley don't forget the "like most parents" part. The only place that could be coming from is the parents. These kids think they're being treated well because they aren't being beaten. I totally get Phil's outrage on this. That montage was very hard to watch.
A lot of people are overdramatizing their reaction towards this family that they know nothing about other than a few useless vlogs and "pranks" but I am curious.. I see nothing funny about pranking a child. what's the humor in that? Why monetize a video of you pushing a kid towards a bookshelf and him subsequently bleeding? I'm confused. Smh.
every now and then I come back to this video, I follow you from 2008, I supported when i was not broke and even got some gear, but this, this is when I realize you where destined for greatness
This video is going to be hard for some of you to watch, but I think its important to talk about it. Thank you for your time.
Hey man!
Hi Phil :)
Philip DeFranco I have been waiting all day!!! You had me so excited:)
Philip DeFranco Wow... these parents are sick...
Phil is the only guy to be selfless and tell it like it is. Mass media newstories need to take a fucking note
"I want to be left alone so I can calm down"
When the abused child is the most mature one of the situation....
Sensitive Athe the girl is emma
THIS! He actually articulates quite well how he is feeling even when he is really worked up and upset. That’s a time when you could reasonably expect someone to be angry and irrational, but he still somehow manages to articulate himself.
Makes a huge difference to the parents who can only argue back that he should “take a joke” and “stop being a butthole” like children. Their mental development seems to have stopped when they were 9.
him saying that broke my heart. that poor kid.
No proper parents would hurt their children mentally like that, if this mum and dad read my comment just know, you are sick bastards.
A majority of the time, children going through any kind of trauma tend to mature a lot quicker, i went through quite a bit of f-ed up shit a couple years ago and a few people in my family have mentioned that I’m more mature then most of the adults in my family 😅
Mother: "are you traumatised?"
Kid "no, I don't know what that means but no"
Clear manipulation.
.......Jesus Christ Almighty...
And one of the kids said at least you don’t beat us like most parents. Most not other.
During that being said, Cody looked MISERABLE! Emotions don't lie...
lakitubomber ooo I can't think of a time where Cody ever looked truly happy, which I don't blame him for, his family is awful
Diva of the Damned! Exactly!!
"you're the only one who can't take a joke." this is emotional abuse. no doubt about it. it's alienating cody from the rest of the family and invalidating his (very warranted) pleas to stop, and god there's so much more in this to talk about from this video but this struck me in particular.
donnie m Exactly, there was many times where Cody screamed "leave me alone" and that just broke my heart
donnie m Definitely Narcissistic abuse!
"Can't take a joke" smh what joke? It's not funny it's like watching a trainwreck
donnie m is ur profile pic chloe from life is strange
donnie m the parents dont know a joke to a emotional scarring.
To quote someone from Daz Games's video:
"Pie in the face is a prank. Mentally abusing a child is not a prank."
@Ritchie Yeah I think it did sadly.
TH-cam be bitchin like Snake do when Major tell him that lunchables need another 30 years to be created
@@shannon_not_found sad
"you all made me go through all of this just for a stupid prank??" i think that speaks volumes just by itself.
Poor kid...
Fuck daddy o five
No more words needs to be spoken.
TH-cam have to do something about that.
You cant expose-use your kids-on the web ,just to make profit from
them,i am not just talking only about Daddy of five,there is a lot of
TH-camrs do that .
I understand people, love the Big brother, but lets be real. when he
have to do with kids5-12 years old,we have to be very careful.and think
twice before expose them online and push them do thinks alot of the
times they dont want.
People get mad and angry about Daddyofive, when they saw him abuse his
children at some of his video.
Come on lads.stop fool our selfs,the abuse has started by the time this
daddy,deside to upload videos with his kids age 5 to 12,online.not just
today that all the world witness this child abuse videos!
Some TH-camrs realize that this is wrong, and remove from their vlogs
daily ,videos with their children,like Casey Neistat,at the other hand
some other are ready to expose to the web,their newborns for some more
$$$!
If you think thats is ok for someone to use his underage kids at any
way for profit,then do your stuff lads, lie to your selfs that there is
nothing wrong about that ,and keep supporting them and when the time
comes do the same with your own childs!!
Russians writing in broken Swedish... this is new.
I started crying when the little one said, "I just want to be left alone".. That's heartbreaking.
Me too. I'm sitting here at work, trying to not cry. That poor kid. I'm glad that he is finally out of that situation, and that his mom has custody. Hopefully she will treat him (and his sister) better, and get him the therapy that he will likely need.
I felt helpless just watching it. I wanted to rush to his defense. And some of the actions their children committed against Cody...it feels like they're literally pitting them against each other. So not only is he pretty much the ONLY one getting abused, the one place where he should feel safe is his biggest hell. I'm honestly ecstatic to hear CPS finally stepped in.
Dustin O'Bryant isn't his mom one of the ones screaming at him in these so called pranks?
esse mick that's his stepmom
"atleast you're not beating us like most parents"
"like most parents"
"most parents"
what have they told this child.
terrifying isn't it?
Thats exactly what i was thinking, yeah. You see it in cults, in abusive families, in dictatorships... "Oh, you're soooo lucky to be with us, this thing might be bad, but noone else has X." X can be respect, love, gods mercy, money, or any combination thereof. In this case, they seem to have chosen "not being litterally beaten by their parents" and "money" as the answer.
Joural0401 that's exactly what I was thinking.
I'm pretty sure the parents have told them that. They probably brainwash their kids into believing they're good parents by saying, oh well hey at least we don't beat you guys like most parents
That's what my parents told me...
It's 3 years later but you still need to be proud of what you did. This man and his wife needed stopping . Thanks to this video the youngest two at least have the chance to get back their childhood.
It was sooo fucked up.
@@BlueTilda96 They also have so many supporters too. I don't understand how people can be like this
No there mom beat them before and later still
Cody is by far the most emotionally intelligent person in that house. The fact that he time and time again recognizes that the treatment he's receiving is wrong "you put me through all this for a STUPID PRANK" calls his parents out "you don't love me, you don't like me" (which can be seen in the multiple, yes, multiple videos where they try to convince him they're getting rid of him), and the fact that he time and time again tries to escape the family, escape the camera, begs to be left alone so he can cool down, even once clearly saying that he just wants to be left alone so he can calm down, all of this shows what an incredible little boy he is in spite of the abuse. This is a textbook example of a narcissistic household dynamic, Cody is clearly the black sheep of this family, and yet he is sooo strong. Despite the odds, I have very high hopes for Cody and I hope someday he's able to heal and break the cycle of abuse for himself. I hope he gets the help he needs.
kaitytransform If Cody doesn't it'll be bad
kaitytransform Families like those are where serial killers come from. Here's to hoping Cody stays strong and CPS takes those kids away from those two repulsive wastes of life.
kaitytransform I know right
He needs his real mother and to get away from that abusive household
wait that woman's not his real mom?
If you have to scream at someone's face "TAKE A JOKE!!!", then your joke wasn't funny...
ESPECIALLY when it's your own kid. These people are *astoundingly* thick skulled to use their children's implicit trust in them as parents against them for shitty, mean-spirited pranks. Apparently it's been a long time since they remember being kids themselves to feel so proud of 'outsmarting' them by screaming at them and calling it a prank. Complete sociopaths.
imakefoodhappen exactly! just cuz u say "just joking!" after doing something awful does NOT make it funny
eatturpentine ya its sickening. that was obviously how they might really react when their kids do something bad and thats not ok either. screaming "what the fuck did you do???" is not good parenting. its bullying at best and abuse at worst
Your comment made me think of the Joker
No shit. These people need to be in jail.
"I want to be left alone to calm down" is such a mature way to handle something, and it's so incredibly sad that a young kid has clearly had so much trauma that they've had to develop a mature way to handle abuse.
Well said
When Cody was pushed into the shelf I physically recoiled. How can any adult do this to a kid without vomiting? All those children, including the ones who have been encouraged to become bullies, are victims of abuse and will deal with the scars from this treatment well into adulthood.
This is an old comment, but I agree. A lot of people don't seem to realize that the kids being encouraged to abuse their siblings are largely doing so a) to avoid being abused and screamed at themselves and b) because it gets positive reinforcement from the parents. That's why some videos you see the girl joining in on the "pranks" and some she's the victim.
I'm glad the youngest two are away from them now, but the other kids are still gonna have a lot of shit and trauma to push through.
Coming from a home of abuse, if you asked my little brother at Codys age if he loved his daddy he would say yes. If you asked him if daddy plays with him he would say yes. Moral of my comment is that kids don't understand where the abuse line is drawn.
They just understand that this is the way mommy and daddy are. It's really sad.
A K This is very true. Great comment.
A K Yessss!!!!
KenazCreative On another video they ask the little guy if he is okay and he says yes. Well of course he is going to say yes! this is normal for their family. it makes me so mad
A K I totally agree
as an abused child I remember thinking "this is normal. this is life." get these kids out!
Rhiannon Drake exactly! That situation reminded me of my actual childhood and it wasn't a prank
I can't stand behind this more.
Rhiannon Drake but with so many people being abused as a child doesn't that kind of makes normal?
wtf
What?
This break my heart. Those poor kids deserve so much better.
Joey Graceffa 100% agree
Joey Graceffa hello joey
Agree. I'm worried about how the parents are when the cameras aren't rolling. SMH.
Joey Graceffa eww
this entire video was so sad..I couldn't watch parts
"they're not abusing them, they're just asshole parents who are exploiting them for money and hurting them emotionally"
yeah that's called emotional abuse and it is just as bad
The thing that broke my heart was when Cody yelled “so you make me go through all this just for a stupid prank?! I’m tired of it.” or something along the lines of that.
I am ur 123rd like
Emma even said once “I want to k**l myself” they tried to bleep it so no one could see the extent of the abuse......
some people deserve the death sentence
Soviet Snake I agree 👏
Liv when did she say that???😕 I just want to give her a hug and have her move in with my family, we’re not perfect but it’s better than that “family”
Notice how Cody doesn’t even know what the word “traumatized” means, but had to say that he wasn’t
then... he looks up . "did I say the right thing?" look on his face
I didn’t realize how true that was until you said it. Cody gets bullied and obviously targeted even tho I think he’s the youngest
Well at least Cody is now hopefully is a happy life in his new home
@Existential Crisis Core on Infinite Earths I wish Cody and Emma's real parents pressed charges on these heartless pricks
The reason why he said that is because HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY HES 6!!
When he was pushed into the shelf notice how he didn't even cry he worried about the shelf itself which means he's been pushed before and got yelled at that's so messed up
I sware I would just go to his house to knock him out
the kill shot you go man
@@thenexthokage2758 Hope you mean the dad. Take me with you then, we both would do good
@@sugarrushnascarman1886 alr bet
@@thenexthokage2758
Can I bring my bat and come with y'all
Dad: Physically and mentally torments his children.
Also Dad: iTs JuSt a pRaNk!1!
my dad torments me but not in a mentally way like abuse, but I do feel bad for the children getting used and abused for just for views and money
You mean "It's just a prank bruh"
Brah
poor tiny Cody is reacting to everything like it's happened before. with the ink especially- he isn't acting surprised, hes just upset. and when he's tossed into the bookshelf, he doesnt start crying loudly right away like most kids do. he tried to make sure things didnt fall off.
i shudder to think what happened in the past when he was pushed into something and things fell from the shelf.
when youre abused like this and you have so little outlook into the outside world, you dont start thinking about it for quite some time. you have the sense that it's not fair, sure, but you think thats just how life is. hell, i didnt even realize that it wasnt ok for a dad to yell at you while swigging from a bottle of whiskey he hid under the couch until i met my best friend's dad, who picked me up like a good dad and bandaged me up after i fell off a bike.
my heart just breaks for these kids over and over, especially poor cody.
im not a hater, Do5. i just hate *you.*
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@WILLIAM WEST its sad how bad some parents can be
It broke my heart when Cody said he wanted to be left alone so he could calm down.....
I feel exactly the same
@Nicholas DeMarco thanks, other random dude, this actually made my day :)
The fact that the kids can't tell the difference between the real yelling, pushing, and cursing vs the prank makes me believe that this is normal for them when the camera is turned off.
I feel like always being around your parents and being disciplined by them a lot you would be able to tell the difference between the two.
In that one clip wher ethe dad turns around because the kids are pushing around a bucket, I got really concerned for a moment with how quiet he got.
Just a few more things that I recognized (I hesitate to say I've been abused but some of this is familiar in a bad way): There's a certain sound that the father makes in one of these clips; he's inhaling, and doesn't say anything, but it's really obvious to me that he wants to shout or something. In the clip where they explain why they're excluding Cody from the trip, they say there's something wrong with him, which is worrisome in and of itself, but then they explicitly link it to him being redheaded.
I watched their video called "Cody gets kicked out." The "prank" is that they're sending Cody to live with another youtuber (KidBehindACamera, who should also be reported) because he's bad. The dad starts the video by telling the two other boys that they're sending Cody away, and what they think of it. The second oldest lists a bunch of reasons, then the oldest one immediately puts on headphones as soon as the dad enters his room, then says that he wants to go when asked what he thinks about it. The first few minutes after that is Cody trying to do math homework, then the parents saying they're sending him away; he doesn't believe them until the dad shows him a video that the YTer mentioned above recorded. The next 15+ minutes are him in intense emotional distress, saying that he doesn't want to leave his family because he loves them: the mom tells him that he doesn't, because he's bad, and that they like him but are sending him away anyways (iirc she says she doesn't love him; I was kinda blanking because it's intense). The parents get the rest of the younger children to help pack his stuff up. Cody starts throwing stuff, because they're still not letting up, and the dad starts yelling at him, at different points saying they should lock him in the bathroom or under the bathroom sink, and at another point pushing Cody, Emma, and the other young brother (Alex?) while on the stairs (he keeps telling them that they're going to break his leg/neck/etc), and yells at the brother while he's not really doing anything.
Then he finally says "It's just a prank" and asks the other kids if they want to visit that YTer while Cody gets his bedclothes from where he threw them earlier (during the argument) and goes upstairs without a word. Like honestly, the look on his face is depressing, and the parents are despicable people who've taught their kids to either trust no one or to behave as abusers for the rest of their life.
As someone who was emotionally abused throughout my entire childhood, that is absolutely abuse! During that clip of the invisible ink, I was damn close to having what I can only assume was a panic attack... I've never had one before but I've also not witnessed child abuse since being the victim myself. I need some cat videos to recover from this. Yeesh.
Shelby C Also look up "Dogs who fail at being dogs", it's still one of my go-to videos for happy thoughts
Mstcartman Ah perfect thank you. I do love a good dog who can't catch things.
This is my reaction too. That first clip with the mom yelling and swearing made my heart race.
I dropped the f bomb in front of my kids the other day, I felt so bad.
This is completely emotional abuse and those poor kids, they don't have a clue what dysfunction they are living in and will probably repeat with their own kids. Glad to hear right CPS is involved.
Now to watch some cat vids ;)
Shelby C Watch the one where they pretend to kick cody out.
Frontflip Wow. I had a very similar experience to this. I also remember vividly asking my mom if she loved me, because I didn't believe that she did. Poor Cody. I'm glad that he is away from that situation now, and hope that his mother is treating him like a human being.
6:22 “I’m tired of this.”
He clearly doesn’t want to be ‘pranked’ like this any more. He just wants to have a normal childhood instead of being yelled at every five minutes! This is causing him so much sadness and so much distress, it’s cruel. Pranks aren’t supposed to make your child cry, they’re supposed to make them laugh. This is so cruel and it is obviously abuse.
This is horrible. Imagine living in this house, knowing that at any moment that you're relaxing or playing, someone might run in with a camera screaming and shouting and swearing and destroying shit or pushing you around, and you never know what's "just a prank bro" or not, and that if you get upset they'll all just be worse to you and say "You can't take a joke!" That kind of shit would traumatize an adult, let alone a child. My god.
fmseastatic it makes me physically sick to my stomach how they treat their kids. if i were them i would have thrown the nearest object at the parents and walked out without hesitation.
fmseastatic it makes me want to cry
The moment he said he needs to cool down tht broke me. It takes a LOT of emotional maturity to come to that conclusion instead of getting edgy or throwing a tantrum, but self awareness usually stems from intense abuse
He's the most mature of the family
A kid that age shouldn’t have to have been through the kind of trauma to be able to know and say they want to be left alone to calm down. At that age his parents shouldn’t be upsetting him first of all, but secondly they should be the ones to help comfort/calm
Whether it's fake or not, no child should ever be exposed to such disgusting behaviour. Absolutely disgraceful.
hell, i draw the line at fake disney trip pranks
My heart broke watching Cody's face and hearing him cry. If that's not psychological abuse I don't know what is.
“You’re just jealous!”
Yeah, sure, I’m jealous that my parents mentally abuse me...I’m also jealous that I don’t get yelled at and pinned down by my older brother...
@Gabrielle Boilard im guessing you joking
@Gabrielle Boilard yeah exactly its so cruel lucky cody and his sister are safe with their real mother i dont know about the other kids but i hope they are ok
@@izzytheslyherdor7586 why? Are you living under a rock or something or do you not understand a joke?
@@SpeedstersUnited nope im just living in my house because i cant go anywhere else and i cant live under a rock its outside and im not aloud to go outside because of covid-19
This Cody kid is so sweet and seems actually really smart, seriously I hope they are good
Hes a good kid just messes up sometimes like all kids he isnt a bad kid
the family actually lost the two kids custody. so they are in better hands not in custody of those sick fucks they called parents.
@@dot6306 where did u find that information?
@@iarteh488 in good morning america it was said that the two youngest children got back to their biological parents
@@ronnsuarez8119 good
the problem is they're teaching their kids that they can torment others as much as they want and as long as they end it with "it's just a prank bro" They won't have to worry about facing the consequences
THIS.
Even my stomach dropped when she started screaming at her kids like that.
at 6:22 - that's the strongest proof that not only the father, but the entire family has abused "Cody" over and over. "He's over it". Kids don't lie, unless they we're being coerced to do so. This is desperation on the part of the parents, in expense of the kids' psychological and behavioral growth.
Creative North I totally agree. If he's not happy doing it, it's obviously an abuse.
Creative North They're doing that to cody because he is the most susceptible to pranks, and that in itself is abusive on his part.
My dad was constantly beaten as a child for little to no reason, often times because his father simply felt like it, and nobody in his house hold did a damn thing. Often he was blamed for things and picked on by members of his own household. He ran away to live on streets halfway through high school and never graduated. Kids get fucked up when they don't get enough attention. Families picking on the youngest happens, and I don't give a damn how much you love your kid, it doesn't stop you from hurting the kid, and that's not a valid defense, being a parent doesn't give you some magically ability to be a good person or justify every action you do with your kids.
Somebody should sue those parents, especially the father for pushing cody face first on a shelf and his nose bleeds. that is f#(k3d up!
Off topic from the main issue.
Kids do lie.
I was watching my 5yo Niece for my sister the other day.
During which She wanted to talk to her mom, I said "Ok, Just let me finish what I am doing"
She sat there, and not 7 Seconds later she say "I hear the phone ringing"
being that I had a headset on I could not hear it. So I jumped up to go answer it, when I got there it was not ringing, and I realized I did not hear it while running to pick it up.
I asked Her "did the Phone really ring?" She said "yes"
I asked "Are you Sure...?"
Then she giggled, and said "No, I just want to call my mom"
They can very much Lie.
That poor kid. My heart is breaking for him.
When I first saw the video, I thought the swearing was bad enough (although I do sometimes forget my filter, I never scream and swear AT my children!), but then seeing just how confused and scared that poor kid was just about killed me. He knew he didn't do it, and the people that he wants to TRUST, that are supposed to be on HIS side, are the ones pushing and pushing this situation in his face. A kid is supposed to be able to trust their parents. I know it is not always how it goes down, but goddamn even in some of the most abusive situations a kid will still love and trust a parent.
This kid needs an outlet, he needs his parents to see that his emotional trauma in these situations is more important that TH-cam views or money or whatever. Goddamn, basic boundaries! This kid is old enough to speak his mind and has been making it clear that he is not interested.
Just because a person is a parent, it doesn't mean they have a right to treat a kid like a piece of property! I don't know how it is in the US or in that families state, but here in the UK there was a chaneg in terminology i the legislation from 'Parental Rights' to 'Parental Responsibilities' to try and change the mindset that parents have a RIGHT to their kids and treating them however they want, to them having RESPONSIBILITY to care for them properly.
I film my kids, you film your kid. Hell many people do nowadays, but it doesn't take much effort to realise how important boundaries are when doing this. Yes, social media and mega sharing like this is still new territory and can take some adjusting to, but parenting is as old as time - does one really think they arfe doing the right thing if it ends upn causing this level of distress in a kid?!?!
Sorry. I feel I'm not being articulate enough 'cause I am just hurting so much for this kid. And for his siblings who are NOT the scapegoat and haven't been taught enough empathy to realise that just because THEY are not feeling hurt it doesn't matter that someone else is.
I'll admit I haven't taken the time to watch any more of this families videos. a) I just can't bear to watch more of that kid or any of those kids being in pain, and b) I don't want to give them any further traffic. So this means my perception is cominbg through the bias of what you've put together with your team Phil, but in this instance I feel pretty confident that you and your tram will have gone through that difficult watching to save some of us from doing it too.
I just can't stand to see kids suffering, and wholeheartedly believe emotional abuse is as damaging as physical or sexual abuse of a child. It's so so much harder to prove it though, and takes real courage and strength of CPS/social workers to put together a case of emotional abuse.
I totally agree with you
I think these parents should be stopped
Thirtyeen this was long
Scaring kids like that and on top of your own kids (not to mention making them so emotional and feeling all around crappy), is just fucked up. Some parents...seriously...someone should "prank" those parents like that and see how they like it:
"Youre going to jail now you miserable excuse of a human being!! Yeah you are complete crap, youre under arrest! This is your fault!"...later in the police car, "naa its a prank braw..."
Seriously...
What is a prank? Is it about hurting someone emotionally or physically?
I mean... they literally make their child cry for views...
key word(s) FOR VIEWS!!!
They're trash.
ViralVirtually *they're
Dan France it's awful😭
What it even makes me more angry is the tone that she uses, does she talks like that to them? The change from the '' Hey guys welcome to our prank chanel''and the yelling are just disgusting.
I'm turning 11 this year, and before I turned 10 I was getting physically abused by my alcoholic father, he caused my mother to leave when I was 7, I have hated her since but I have been more loving to her but I still get angry every time I see her.
And now I get scared or anxious when my grandpa drinks, he doesn't hurt me, He's a "happy drunk" so I don't mind but it still gives me anxiety..so yeah I kinda feel for Cody but ya know I want to be friends with Cody so badly
Jaylen_The_Alpha :3 I hope you’re doing better now and I hope quarantine isn’t making any of this harder I’m actually pretty close to your age and I can’t imagine going through that I am really hoping that things get better and that’s great if they are please don’t feel like you’re alone because there’s so many other people are going through the same thing.
Sincerely: someone who cares
I hope you're doing ok right now💜
Jaylen, thank you for sharing. You are a brave and strong person. I hope you're ok. I'm thinking of you ❤️
I cant imagine what's that's like you are a brave person for being able to live through that god bless ✌
I'm 31. When you're older you might benefit from going to AlAnon or Adult Children of Alcoholics meetings.
You don't deserve it. It's not your fault. Please protect yourself the best you can.
i literally cried seeing cody shouting and tearing up for help, for someone who gives him the love he deserves... i feel like somebody punched me right in my stomach. it hurts so much.
@The_Gaming_Reaper dumbass, mental abuse is not a joke
@reaper shut up
Poor baby bless Cody's heart 🙏🏻🙌🏻❤
I know this is over now but seeing this video it makes me want to take Cody away and give him a day where he can just have fun and not be filmed. Just allowed to be a kid
Me too
“A lot of people don’t see the Humor in it.” Yeh people don’t find child abuse funny because it’s not a joke.
Ikr...😔.....poor cody....
I just want to break that father's nose soooooo bad
It's a joke just for THEM, and not for us nor the kids. Those parents did deserved their last laugh after the real mom won the custody and Emma and Cody got their happy ending.
Psychopaths probably do but yeh
@@andreacassandra where he at now?
Emotional abuse is extremely serious and anyone who can defend that is disgusting.
This was recommended in my feed in 2020. Still incredibly difficult to watch them abusing their children and then trying to play it off like "it's just a prank, bro." Completely unacceptable behavior from supposed parents, but the thing that worries me the most is now, it's not in the public eye. Now, their accounts have been kicked offline, deleted, hounded, and every step of the way they've proven they've learned nothing from this. Even their own website, the message they posted when the were required to delete all of their videos because they disobeyed the rules of their probation, shows that they feel absolutely no remorse for what they've done. Now, what's happening behind closed doors? If that is what we saw publicly... what's happening now that it's all private? I sincerely hope those kids are all okay.
Did anyone else notice that when Cody was pushed into the bookcase, he immediately tried to straighten the papers? That gives me the impression that he's terrified for something to fall or become out of place.
I'm so glad they're out of there. 😌
It also signs of abuse
Laracroftyeyes yeah, that's what I was trying to get at. Although I usually dont get my point across so well, I'm a much better speaker than a writer. 😅
But yeah, him being more worried about straightening up the falling papers than his own physical safety implies that he's terrified for something to go wrong, probably due to past abuse.
+Addy
I had the same when I was being mistreated by an ex. Panicked about the radiator breaking when I was pushed into it, or cleaning up his empty booze-bottles like everything was fine, while I was being cursed and screamed at in front of people.
I had to re-learn how to think of myself first, when I hurt myself. And I'm still learning. It fucking sucks that this happened to them their entire life, it's going to be hard to change the pattern.
I noticed that and when he was being asked to please left alone. I feel that when that camera wasnt rolling that could've gone worse. maybe being hit or punished worst
Is cody gone! So happy for him :)
I feel so sorry for Cody he literally said I'm tired of this and you're just going to do all this to me for a stupid prank he's obviously being abused if not physically mentally and/or verbally
Chase Williams worser Emma said once on vid she wanted kill herself..
This is 100% emotional abuse
AranelEruvyreth and physical, but I think the emotional abuse hurts the most. Its sad.
I don't know why I'm getting recommended this video 5 YEARS LATER. But Jesus Christ, when that dad pushed his kid into the bookshelf, that looked horrible.
Same. Also we all get that sometimes parents do something wrong. My dad when taking in some huge boxes acsidently knocked into me and I feel down (I was like 5years old and and he was 6'7). He didn't yell at me he put the boxes down and asked if I was okay. You know like a normal fucking parent
symptoms of child abuse: slower than normal development, unusual interaction with a parent (constantly trying not to upset the parent/avoiding the parent), mental health problems, behaving in a way that isn't appropriate or causes problems
signs of abuse: yelling or swearing, name calling or insults, threats and intimidation, ignoring or excluding, isolating, humiliating, denial of abuse/"it was just a joke."
thought i'd leave that here.
fake or not, their behavior is VERY CLEARLY negatively affecting cody, and they don't give a fuck about it. i'm disgusted.
maxxy not to mention that he is the only kid that doesn't say it's a prank or fun. He just sits there with a blank expression. You can't tell me that they haven't damaged that poor kid.
symptoms of HILARIOUS PRANKS : slower than normal development, unusual interaction with a parent (constantly trying not to upset the parent/avoiding the parent), mental health problems, behaving in a way that isn't appropriate or causes problems
signs of PRANKS: yelling or swearing, name calling or insults, threats and intimidation, ignoring or excluding, isolating, humiliating, denial of abuse/"it was just a joke."
obviously not siding with the family, they're fucked and so is that whole situation.
maxxy yup.
maxxy Mhm, signs are there. I'd say very obvious case of emotional abuse that the family doesn't recognize because they probably don't believe someone can be emotionally abused most likely.
In the words of Mike Birbiglia...
"If you have to say 'it's a joke', it's not a good joke."
Jordan Hanely, if you have to explain a joke, it's not funny
Jordan Hanely 👏👏👏
I hate how he allowed the boys to be violent instead of putting the camera down and breaking up the fights.
I grew up in a home with screaming matches between my parents constantly until they divorced when I was 9. I used to get so scared of the loud noises, I would hide in my closet until they calmed down or one of them left.
Seeing them just scream and curse in Cody's face like that just broke my heart completely. I sincerely hope he's ok now.
My dad use to prank me. He use to hide fake spiders here and there...not slap me in the fucking face.
My dad would say he would be a little late for Friday Night swimming, and then wait and hide behind a corner and say "boo". Or he'd say he'd forgotten to buy our Saturday night candy. I would love for that to be what that beautiful little kid knew as a prank. Scaring your kids like what my dad did is... normal, and not traumatizing. And it can happen because there's enormous trust between parent and child.
Did he exploit you on the internet for money afterwards?
my parents pranks never involved me screaming at me and cursing me out until I cry like wtf.
FOR EVERYONE WONDERING!!! Yes Cody is fine!!! He lives with his real mother now after being attacked by his two brothers for a video. One pushing him into the bookshelf the other throwing him into the door. ! He now lives with his real mother along with his sister Emma! For the others they still live with this psycho father!
Ash Whittteeerrr That’s brilliant to hear! Hope he’s all good! What they did to poor wee Cody was just bang out of order.
Good
feel sorry for the other kids :(
Thank god! This was making me cry
May I ask how do u know
When the kids said that they were “fine” they are clearly just scared that their parents will flip out
Yup, did not feel genuine
This is just like what Meg has to go through with Peter Griffin and what Butters from South Park has to go through with his parents.
Before watching this I had never seen or heard of the channel ( besides the talk about it which led me to this video) and I really didn't expect anything more than people on they internet getting upset over harmless pranks people were pulling on their kids- I expected popping up and scaring them or just a little practice joke like a fake spider or something. 15 seconds into the clip my stomach dropped. Now I'm usually not one that comments on videos like this but I just feel the need to say that this little boy looked genuinely terrified ( as I would be if my parents were constantly screaming at me that way.) To scream at your child that way for giggles and to ultimately make money off of it is deranged and seems extremely malicious. My heart goes out to this little boy and I hope that this doesn't affect him from creating strong, trusting bonds with others. :((
the thing is the channels older videos are "better" but its so shit
Natalia Zepeda Jet
Screaming "What the fuck Cody ....!!! " "Fuck ......what the fuck !" to a 7- year old to me is child abuse .
AGREE.
And in a lot of states, it is now being considered emotional and verbal abuse. Verbal and emotional trauma are slowly but surely being recognized.
missplasticpony exactly! i grow up with a parents who never swear in front of me and my sister because they don't want us to swear too. a lot of good morals and right conduct. Now im a grown woman been in this world for almost 28 years and is now a mom to my now 9 month old daughter, i really get now (not like i didn't get it before) but as a parent myself, it is really important to treat your child with love and respect and if you want to teach them good morals and right conduct you have to be it first. A child molds their character through the people around them, the parents is the most important people for that matter. Even if it's a "Joke" the effect in it to their heart and brain is not a joke. They are human and they have feelings. There is a reason why bullying SHOULD NOT be allowed anywhere. In this videos of DaddyOfive channel, I see it as the most unbearable bullying i have ever seen because it comes from the kids own parents. Yes They claimed it's a prank or jokes but this is absolutely an overated jokes. Not funnt and it's traumatizing not only to the kids involve but also to those kids watching it even.
that poor boy..i feel so bad... when his "dad" pushed him the first thing he was worried about was fixing the books on the shelf that got knocked out of place by his face hitting them. That, in my opinion, says it all. I am surprised they have gotten this far without losing custody. As a mother to 4 children, it would break my heart to see any of my children that upset for any reason, let alone a "prank". Abuse is abuse, both emotional/psychological and physical, whether or not you call it a prank or a joke. IT IS NOT OK. These kids obviously think abuse is ok because its covered up by the words "prank" and "take a joke" or "I'll buy you a new xbox". I just dont understand these parents at all, or the people who subscribed to their channel and agreed with this bullshit. How can you hurt your babies. Your own flesh and blood that you brought into this world. They are so precious... and it's all for money. Hopefully these parents don't get these kids back into their custody. They don't deserve them
@Jacquey Lynn, Agree with you completely.
I feel traumatized just by watching that "prank" and I am an adult who grew up in a loving home and never seen/heard my parents act like that. I can't even imagine the damage that these parents are inflicting on their kids on a regular bases. The fact that so many people sub to them and stand up for them like its not a big deal is very eyeopening. No wonder so many kids are mentally/emotionally messed up if this is considered normal parenting. Some people in the comments were saying that this is called "strict" parenting. What!? My parents were strict with us. They had high standard and consequences. But they never put us through anything close to that. I feel so sorry for people who grew up like this....
Tatyana2006 I felt the same as you while watching this. I can't imagine what growing up in a home like that would be like.
Tatyana2006 the consequences have a long term impact on the children, as they are growing up thinking this kind of behavior is normal. My mother specializes in intrafamiliar violence and she usually deals with people who come from environments like this one, this is quite common in Mexico, my country, where parents tell their boys to man up by using threats of physical violence, bullying and mental abuse to achieve a real macho out of their kids.
Tatyana2006 couldn't agree more, these parents seem to be justifying their behaviour by calling all this abuse "pranks" and then uploading it all to TH-cam for the whole world to see and normalise
Exactly!! if you stayed till the end of the video they shooting thing is not from video games but from partents acting like this to there children!!!
My parents were basically exactly the same as this It's scary
"I just wanna be alone so I can calm down," this poor kid is TRYING to deal with his emotions that his parents make money off of and exploit. it's really hard to see parents who not only don't address their kid's feelings, but outright capitalize on them. This has happened enough that he's had to develop coping mechanisms to deal with it. Breaks my heart.
This is definitely abuse. Especially for Cody because it could negatively impact his self-image forever. We see the effects of bullying on children, and this is 10 times worse because a kid should always feel safe and protected at home.
Carolyn J I agree.
The thing with bullying is it's usually at school so once you are home you can feel safe again whereas these children have no escape
"If your being abused as a child you don't want to turn on your parents." You don't want to say their abusing you. Or else when the camera turns off or they see you whenever. They will take their anger out on you
Exactly. And there’s no way they would actually upload the parts where they speak out. They control the entire situation regardless.
I got threatened with CPS so I didn't mention abuse when psychiatrist asked. I got whipped for crying about not having a dad. I would rather have been beat than yelled at.
"A lot of people didn't see the humor," what kind of humor would come from abuse? I don't even understand. I can't express my anger without literally screaming irl.
IKR
blissful ava you guysbare really stupid this is not abuse bc they were playing a game and emma lost the game so alex had to slap emma so give uut up
Guys are
^jackass and can't form a comprehensive sentence
Elilee Endale I am going to guess you are a child who does not yet have the experience, the wisdom or education to know how ridiculous what you are saying is!! (Let's hope that you are a child anyway and not an adult that should not be do stupid)! The point is it doesn't matter if it was done game or whatever the heck excuse you were trying to give for the way they treated their kids...hell I couldn't even understand your comment but it is wrong to constantly upset your chikdren like this. It is wrong to accuse them of something the parent knows they did not really do.. it is wrong to scream and holler at them about that... It is wrong to cuss at them like that.. it is wrong to continue to yell and scream at them once your child becomes so upset that he's hysterically crying...it is wrong to let TH-cam videos be more important than your child's well-being!! when making TH-cam videos upsets your kids that much it's time to stop!! these people were extremely abusive this was so very wrong and if you think it's okay and you are a child that obviously you are quite possibly in an abusive situation yourself.. if not try to put yourself in their shoes and think about how would make you feel if your parents treated you like this constantly on top of that putting it on TH-cam for everybody to see!
Five years on and the sound of this boy crying still makes me want to hug him
These adults don’t deserve kids.
watching the way they treat Cody actually made me cry. I could never imagine treating my child that way. I wish I could just take Cody away from all that, nobody deserves to have their parents constantly yelling at you, and making you feel like you're the problem. It is disgusting.
Indie potato The mother yelling at him and seeing the terror in his eyes upset me too. I don't understand how they can defend themselves. I've never experienced abuse, but this seems like abuse to me.
Indie potato I feel the same way. That port child is going to have serious issues when he grows up. I hope those horrible parents get what's coming to them!
so i took on me to download the video. in case they delete it i'll still have a copy. because you never know
This happend to me all the time when I was a kid, Got blamed for everything, You get used to it :/
Tasukaan same happened to me, but because of it I developed borderline personality disorder and have been in therapy for years :/ I'm 21. Experiencing stuff like that as a kid can destroy a person for life.
"At least you're not beating us like *most* parents".
If those kids have been led to believe that most kids are beaten by their parents, then it's not very likely that they'll consider what's happening to them to be abuse, regardless of how abusive it is.
I sincerely hope that the parents are prosecuted and the kids end up in good foster homes.
John Maloney no I'm pretty sure they consider that to be abuse
John Maloney and its not like that's wrong lmao cause that is abuse
I emailed Maryland Child Protective Services and forwarded as well to governors office. TH-cam should be ashamed of themselves
John Maloney You're talking about the word choices of a kid. He probably didn't mean MOST but rather than MANY, though who knows.
John Maloney valid points. But I would add that foster homes for these children over this might cause more issues in the future. Also I don't think it wise to simply cast judgement on these people because we disagree with their parenting. But it is so something that requires attention, and if truly is abuse then something should be done
I literally wanted to cry when I heard Cody say "So you put me through all of this for a stupid prank???" And "I HATE WHEN YOU GUYS DO THIS TO ME" in such an emotional way, you can tell this happens far too frequently for him to be happy with it, he is genuinely distraught. I wish my mom and I could adopt him, my mom is an excellent parent and would only show this kid love, and so would I as a big sister. Sadly, we cannot, but I truly wish we could. All I can do is pray for him and hope for the best, I hope he gets to a safer environment soon.
Phil's Eyelash "I'm tired of this." and "I just want to be left alone so I can calm down." Made me tear up and get mad. This is disgusting.
I remember in one of the videos Cody was crying said something like "I don't find anything in life enjoyable anymore" it's actually heartbreaking
2:01 “which is why I expect this video to be one of my most disliked in the past month”
Almost 7 years later, this video is Phil’s most viewed and is often attributed to the reason this horrible family was broken up, and was cited by numerous news outlets who were talking about the controversy
Phil thought he’d get buried in dislikes for this video but it actually gave him much more legitimacy as a TH-cam news reporter
Man I hate yelling. That was extremely uncomfortable to watch; mostly because I've been in that kids situation with the same "I'm going to get an ass whooping" fear. Those poor kids where told to act calm like that. I know because my grandmother made be behave the same way when CPS was called on her.
My heart hurts for Cody. He seems like a good kid, smart and mature. It sucks that he had to go through that
Peyton Robinson I know right!? I have a lovely 6 year old who has to struggle so much because of his autism. It hurts my heart to see healthy kids with all of the potential to thrive being brought down like that by their own parents 😔
Peyton Robinson what ended up happening is cps took him from them so hopefully he gets a better life
I worry for him , hopefully he takes a good path in life
Peyton Robinson he’s just lying crybaby lol
Nate River go to hell u disabled useless creature
“At least you’re not beating us like most parents.”
Umm...I’m no expert. But I don’t think most parents beat their children. Spanking maybe. But outright beating their kids (e.g. throwing them into bookshelves) doesn’t seem usual.
He's getting abused so hard that he thinks other parents beat their children like his.
Cloudymalika completely unrelated but what is that profile picture.
It's a photoshop that I did in which I removed Thomas's face and then placed it on Dora's face.
SeptimusCreed his parents probably tell him that so that he thinks it's entirely normal and doesn't tell anyone
I personally believe that spanking your kid is fine.
But this kid, this older 'step brother' to Cody, claims that they don't beat them like other parents, isn't the one getting abused.
He is actually a contributer to the abuse! The step mother fucking encourages the abuse by disguising it as pranks!
And the step brothers are even halfway willing to do it, due to Cody only being legally siblings they don't think of him as family. They think of him as the wimp of the house who isn't truly their brother, and their mother authorizes the abuse, therefore giving them the opportunity to not treat Cody like a decent human being.
Fuck the step mom, and the step kids, they all deserve to get punished.
Cody is literally the only voice of reason in that household. He's the youngest one, and yet he's the smartest one out of all of them.
The entire rest of the family can go and burn in hell for what they did to cody
What about emma
I want to give Cody a hug and buy him a milkshake😢 poor baby
This is so heart breaking
i wanna just adopt him and make sure he doesnt ever have any harm in his life
shut up hes Ok this was years ago so delete this post you sick person
@@JoeyTheBeastHD stuff like he went through lasts a long time, you're an idiot
Joey Jones how is she sick we know hes with his family. they were referring to when he was abused. besides, how is not wanting him to be harmed “ sick”?
The fact that the kids are okay with their parents screaming at them like that and dismissing it as "it's just a prank bro" is terrible. Not only are these parents practically abusing their children for likes but they're growing up thinking it's ok and that attitude will show when they're older. They could be in high school and get a partner and say it's ok to scream at them for fun. They could be aggressive to strangers and dismiss it as "fine" and that in no way shape or form is okay.
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I grew up in an abusive environment and I can tell you that I didn't know it was abusive. Those kids don't know that they're being abused and them justifying their parents does nothing but make the parents look worse.
Yeah, I think the mindset that everything is OK makes it even worse and painful to see someone who doesn't even know how bad they have it.
Kat Novak these kids(especially Cody) are gonna grow up and not know how to act in society because of their parents
what does having 5 kids even have to do with? Are you perhaps implying that having 5 kids makes it acceptable to treat them worse?
My dad used to make condescending jokes on me all the time in situations where I'd expect praise, and it was never funny to me. It gave me self-esteem issues and made me feel like unaccomplished in almost everything I do. His intention was to build character within me and instill strength, but he only created weakness ironically. I'm getting over it, and realizing how much his personality is reflected within myself and I'm disgusted all the time, because shitty parents were created from shitty grandparents, and then go on to create shitty kids. I'm tryna break that cycle, lots of therapy is necessary, emotional abuse is a mf
I feel physically ill watching this. I have been in a broken house most of my life and watching this makes me have a PTSDlike sickness in my stomach
+55
Same here, I felt nauseous. I have tears in my eyes, I experienced abuse in school and in a relationship, thank god I had a warm and comfortable childhood and loving parents, I feel so blessed for that. I wish everyone had that.
It hurts to watch
If this shit happens ON camera. I wouldn't be able to imagine wtf goes on when it's OFF...
That 'Father' needs some serious help, and the mother for that matter.
The parents need help?
Innocentsoulz Uk's#1 I was about to say the same thing
The parents can go to jail
(and go fuck themselves) the kids need to get help
Yeah she’s a fucking troll
He is worst than the bradberry boys
I notice that the kid who claimed "it's just a prank, bro" is NOT the kid who's the victim of most of these "pranks". The boy's (Cody?) reaction is heartbreaking, the hysterical crying, the screaming, "I swear to God, I didn't do this!" When someone plays an actual, funny prank on you, once you realise it's a prank you tend to laugh about it together. Maybe joke about getting your own back. This poor boy's reaction makes it absolutely clear that it's not a prank, especially not to him, and if these parents cared about his welfare they'd stop doing this to him!
Yes. He looks upset even in the "let's ignore the haters video". He tried to talk back a bit when the mother said that the haters are causing her children problem but he is still probably too scared.
6 years later this has popped up on my recommended and it's absolutely traumatising to watch. I looked into it and saw that Cody and Emma got removed from their custody thankfully. However the family is still doing videos?!
I think most of them are re-uploads by fans and a channel run by the oldest brothers.
@@jameswhite153 no, they still making videos and calling people in comments "haters" and the abuse was just "pranks".
A "prank" should end with laughter, NOT with the person crying in hysterics and visibly exhausted by the ordeal. And if your need to vlog is more important than your childs wellfare....you seriously need to re-evaluate your life. All I see in those clips is Mental Abuse, possible Physical Abuse (with the pushing into the bookcase, dragged off the furniture,shoved etc) and BULLYING. Seriously, a mother calling her child names because he isn't "into the prank". When a parent yells at their child, its scares them, it gives you that "uh oh I'm in trouble now!" feeling. But, when a parent screams obscenities like in those clips, it terrifies the child, it causes anxiety and apprehension. Children should be laughing, playing and having fun. Not developing anxiety and hatred at such a young age. Shame on those so called "parents". Their other children might be into it, but its rather obvious that Cody isnt.
I love your first sentence. Have been on a roll watching the re-uploaded videos of daddyofive. I've never felt so sick in my life.
yeah, pranks should end in the hood
This is child abuse, this breaks my heart.
i f***ing agree
U need to stop hating, plus the videos are pranks, you don't get crap do you?
Minecraft Bubba then u let me do it to u then? It will be prank to throw u, yell at u and hit u. Its only humour its not like i hurt u or anything and its not called abuse pfft..
Sugagenius with Bts jjang jjang man bbong bbong that is true
Cam bomb thank got they lost the youngest kids that was good I didn't sleep coz I was so worried I spent 55 hours watching for were they lived so I can go and beat the cra^ out of the mum and dad
Dad:"your going to lose your allowance!"
Child services:"You’re going to lose your children,"
*YOU'RE
KATELYN SHELLOS Do I care?
KATELYN SHELLOS shut up dickhead
Blossom 😂
Blossom apparently you felt the need to respond
Every kid deserves a family, but not every family deserves a kid
"It's just a prank!" is a lot different from, "I'm sooo sorry, I meant that as a prank." The first means "You're a pathetic loser," and is said by bullies, and the second means, "I totally misread the situation," and invites a response. The first implies that the prank is more important than the person being pranked, even though the prank isn't much of a big deal anyway (it's "just" a prank, after all). So it's doubly insulting. Honestly, from the first second 1:07 something in her voice said she was really going to enjoy watching Cody suffer, and she thought everyone else was going to enjoy it too, _like we're all in on it together._ SO. Creepy. That poor kid.
It’s fake it was in the discriptions the kids did it themselves
It is abuse. It's called emotional abuse.
Pushed into a bookshelf, etc? Upgrade. Emotional and physical abuse.
if you watch the damn video it was his brother that pushed him into the bookcase, most of the "abuse" is coming from the brothers, just watch their vids, the parents are cruel for doing those jokes/pranks, but it isnt the parents "hitting" the kids. Damn do research before you open your stupid mouth.
+Tha Muttleycrew Review I saw what you saw. My mind stands in the same place. Are not the parents recording and doing nothing to protect Cody or educate his siblings? If you do not wish to call it abuse, then you can call it neglect. Either way, emotional abuse, potential physical abuse, and obvious neglect (whoever was holding the camera pushed him into the bookshelf (I assume it's the dad)).
It's not rare for a bully to use proxies and in this case the older brothers are encouraged and rewarded to be physically abusive towards Cody, also these people are adults and parents they are wholly responsible for the violence.
all the pansy's that need and excuse to scream help them, haha, it has already been investigated people and CPS has dropped the case......LOL
This is so hard to watch. My stomach hurts.
Then don’t watch
Christina Jone yeo
Hurts my anus
Are you laughing at this?!😱
This is disgusting
The father and mother are clearly sadistic and abusive, especially towards Cody, who seems to be the punching bag of the family. A sad and toxic environment for a kid to have to live in.
omfg when Cody said "So you make me go through all this just for a stupid prank" it actually broke my heart. i wanna cry this is disgusting.
Same here. I had to pause the video and scroll down after that... I can't handle seeing a kid treated like that, saying something like that. God I hope those kids will be okay.
It's days like this that I wish I could do something, anything that would help.
im sure it did but damn the shit they do is funny
Your disgusting..
no you are its hilarious get with it
its funny
ITS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE I WISH I COULD WATHCH IT AGAIN HILARIOUS
I T S JUST A PRANK BRO
look man i might be a teenager but damn when i see something funny like daddyo5 then you just have to get with it and shit like that i might not make anyreason what so ever but daddy o 5 is hilarious and thats the end of the story
They lost custody of Cody!! Thank you for helping to bring attention to this abuse
Madeline Olivares what about Emma?
Ashley- 애쉴리 they lost custody of Emma and Cody.
Madeline Olivares yes now you have too kids that have been tooken from there family and feel like its there falt to grow up in a foster home never too see there brother's and sister's again because you think thats what a kid needs ive watch all daddy o fives videos and they were not abused i know what abused is i was abused as a child and i left my dads because i was abused its was a hard time not haveing a family there were many times i wished i was bever born because i hated my foster home but thats the best thing that can happen to them you think because you dont know
Tuna 156 They aren't in foster care, they are with their real mother. She got emergency custody. The woman in the videos was their step mom.
Tuna 156 And that's his second wife. Not Cody and Emma's real mom.
I'm an adult and that high tense cursing, screaming, and crying situation put me on edge. The children looked terrified and I was terrified for them. No one deserves to be treated that way. Screaming at them and saying 'Haha take a joke' and seemingly pushing the kids to physically put hands on the others. Its just really upsetting. I would have hated to have these people as parents.
Brianna I was genuinely uncomfortable watching this. That poor child.
Brianna it literally gave me a massive panic attack
well put
I work at a tourist attraction and if we see parents acting this way towards their kids, we call security and CPS. It's not a prank when one side is harmed emotionally or physically.
Brianna I am 33 years old and generally incredibly desensitized...
This video made me SICK. I react less to a beheading.
POV: You've already watched this video but clicked to go to the comments looking for "anyone get this randomly in recommendations?"
Yes
I am actually so glad you made this video. I only saw this family on TH-cam a week ago and ended up watching about 10 videos and I couldn't stomach no more. No word of a lie, after I watched this family I felt strange for a few days like I'd seen something I shouldn't. I'm not sensitive to violent movies, pranks, gore etc but this is child abuse no matter what the fans or family say. After watching this family and reading their fans comments I lost all hope for the world. There was kids and adults commenting on how Cody has issues or how they want to punch Cody etc. If you look back far enough some of the stuff they do to these kids is just terrifying. Cody and Emma seem to get it the worst because they are ginger maybe??. Most of the thumbnails are Cody looking angry or crying with a title "Cody did this". I believe the channel started off as a legit family vlog but once that prick excuse of a father saw he got more views when he abused Cody, he started to base his videos more on him and what he does wrong. I saw a video where they made Cody cry to the point he was having a breakdown, all because the dad thought he had stolen his DS. In another video they found out it was codys other brother who framed him. The dad then made this other kid cry but nothing like what he did to Cody. But did Cody get an apology or a hug??? Did he fuck. Every time the dad or mum does something to abuse the kids they never tell the kids they love them. They just swear at them and treat them like an inconvenience to their dumb ass hick lives. This channel should be shut down and exposed and if child services have investigated this family then they haven't done their jobs right because some of these videos go so far that it's almost inevitable that when these kids grow up they are going to have some serious issues especially Cody
Aaron Wood Art I understand man. Just watching what Phil showed made me sick to my stomach. Like I wasn't own little brother I couldn't help.
Psychological abuse IS NOT PRANKING. Someone please help these children.
Absolutely disgusting, garbage parents who should have their kids taken away. These kids are only saying "its okay" because they don't know any better. Half of what they're saying is just parroting what the parents keep saying. I sincerely hope CPS re-investigates them after this and get their heads out of their asses.
They actually said "at least you aren't beating us like *most* other parents." They don't know any different
Judgement0s I don't think they've actually been investigated yet. She was almost bragging about it like "hah you tried and you failed" like she knows they're doing something wrong. And a normal family wouldn't brag about being investigated by CPS because if they have that means someone must've done some pretty fucked up shit (which these people have!) So I think she was just saying that to try and excuse their behavior and to even look cool (although what person thinks being investigated by CPS is cool!)
Why is this popping up in my recommended 4 years late
same
Poor Cody. Judging from this video, his family loves to treat him as the scapegoat. No kid should be treated Iike this.
Even if CPS is called I worry about Cody the most... You know in the days leading up to them being removed, if that even happens, they're going to be ragging on him for not acting 'normal' enough. For not 'laughing' through the abuse. That kid's life is going to be even more hell.
CeruleanRogue I worry about this too. They'll all pile on him if there is a family disruption as if it was something he did wrong. Ugh I hate to think ahead- but this situation is so worrisome.
Well said. I couldn't have said it better myself.
Absolutely agree.
"I just want to be left alone so I can calm down" I can hardly fathom what is going through that boy's mind. This is as serious as it gets.
Agrred. The fact that he can handle himself as well as he does is a fucking miracle. Such a wise child.
SinOfPhish He's the sanest one in that household. What kid asks for time to calm down? Not only am I disgusted at the parents, but I'm ridiculously proud of Cody for being so level-headed about this. It will be over soon, Cody. Keep your head above water for the time being.
SinOfPhish interestingly enough the child even points out that he's suffering for the sake of the video which sends pain to my heart. When a child points out what your doing doesn't seem right. You ,my friend, need a reality check
SinOfPhish As someone who cannot calm down from crying unless I am alone, that was the most demented and unsettling videos I've ever seen. I wanted to scream at the so called "father" to leave him alone before he passed out.
Guys, we have to go on a witch-hunt and drag these monsters that call themselves parents. They are raising future bullies, possibly even criminals. Considering how none of them have any sense of what's right or wrong.
"Atleast you're not beating us"
....your father punted Cody into a bookshelf
Cody attacked him...
doesn't excuse the father
FlipAnLand, are you a fucking numpty?
A child will hit and scream at you at times as an adult and their parent you calm them down without violence not hurt them part of being an adult is having self control.
Tyler Minear "like most parents"
I rarely comment on videos, but I wanted to thank you for bringing this to light. I had never heard of this family. This is not ok on any level. This made my heart break for those kids. As an adult, I’d have a hard time dealing with being treated like this daily. The older kids seem to cope better than the younger ones, but I think they’re just numb after years of it.
@5:35 to @6:32 killed me. Cody is their step son and it absolutely looks like they treated him like an outsider. The girl even yells at one point "I told you he only goes after me and cody" since both are step. As someone who went through childhood abuse, I sadly knew all the clips and what Cody felt like in those.
I hope the little precious boy is okay and stable now. My heart goes out to him.
Eishita Misra I’m glad Cody and Emma are no longer in that house. It was literal hell everyday for them. Emma even said she wanted to kill herself and Cody self harmed in school. And yet he gets called “Crazy” and “Stupid” I hope they have a better life.
CaitlinXRaven it couldnt get any worse, and i know that the mom would try to give them a great life🙂 im sure their going thru ton sof therapy
tbh, it reminds me of my parents. i learned that i shouldn't shout at them. i just dont do anything but my brother acts like cody, he cries and shouts all the time.
@@kylieschwab8486 it sad that there own mom beat them and after beat them
that was child abuse no doubt, one of the most fucked up things I've seen on this show, psychological abuse should not be underestimated
flooblet omg a fellow rotmg player also I agree that was definitely child abuse
ImproperBurial I'm ppe lel xd
"At least you're not beating us" is one of the most obvious red flags of emotional abuse. Just saying.
100%
Cant agree more. I thought my dad wasnt that bad but god damn moment he disapeared my life got so much better. Thanks to him I have to deal with so much issues that I dont wish on anyone to deal with, no matter if adult or kid.
Allison Shockley don't forget the "like most parents" part. The only place that could be coming from is the parents. These kids think they're being treated well because they aren't being beaten.
I totally get Phil's outrage on this. That montage was very hard to watch.
A lot of people are overdramatizing their reaction towards this family that they know nothing about other than a few useless vlogs and "pranks" but I am curious.. I see nothing funny about pranking a child. what's the humor in that? Why monetize a video of you pushing a kid towards a bookshelf and him subsequently bleeding? I'm confused. Smh.
Free Smoke Anybody Can Get It No Joke it's called child abuse or assault
every now and then I come back to this video, I follow you from 2008, I supported when i was not broke and even got some gear, but this, this is when I realize you where destined for greatness