YouTube Abuse Scandal Apology And Why It Fails To Fix Anything
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Thank you for the support...well always, but especially in the past day. I was a bit nervous about bringing up my concerns about someone in our community, but felt it was important. Thank you for your time and love yo faces. :)
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Philip DeFranco you are hero phil.
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Good for you Phil for doing this, you perhaps just saved a kid a terrible life.
Really, ENDLESS thanks for shining a spotlight on this. As one of those people who both knew kids who grew up with shit like that and also had my fair share of it at home, I know what it's like to see people who thrived in spite of it and people who didn't as they got older, and not ONE of them was ever better _because_ of horrible shit like that. I still can't even quell how utterly livid every moment of those videos make me, but again, I really can't thank you enough for that video and the follow-up today for shining a spotlight on this shit.
Kids tend to do really weird things when they're subjected to abuse. Odd ticks and behaviors.
seeing as how most of the time he has a camera shoved in his face and being yelled at constantly i wouldn't be surprised if he does something extremely dangerous.
Agreed
Rob Dyke Hey Rob! Love your channel!!
Rob Dyke You have a large amount of content of videos on serial killers. This kind of abuse on young Cody is very reminiscent of the pasts of those killers. Cody shows these symptoms, which may be made even worse by the fact his abuse is on display for the internet-capable world to see. Do you think this could be the makings of a dangerous adult if proper mental health care is not made available to him?
xZombieslayer_xx let's hope it doesn't come to that point.
I like how hard Phil is on terrible people. They don't deserve excuses.
Will Irwin Typo
Kenneth K Media nah, let him rot in a cell, don't give him the release of death
Aegis took the words out of my mouth. just let them go mad until they a: rot or b: kill them selves.
If he was mentally ill, then yeah, there's a pretty fucking massive excuse for his behavior. Of course the man doesn't have more of my sympathy then the victim and their family, but mentally ill people don't deserve excuses? That's ridiculous.
MegaJabboy there's a lot of mentally ill people in this world, none of them going around killing people.
"I'm not a hero, I'm just a mindful asshole with a large audience who doesn't like to see stupid bullshit."
Sometimes, that's all a hero has to be.
Notice that CODY is not in the apology photo. Horrible parents
melanie armiger because he doesn't have to apologize?
melanie armiger iirc Cody and Emma have been put into emergency housing(not sure what the proper word is but they're with their birth mother), not sure if it was taken before or after that though
Because him and Emma aren't with the family any more
Child abuse ain't no joke. And that half-assed apology just shows that the parents don't care about abusing their children. If there was ever a time for TH-cam to justify restricting a channel, this is it.
I am actually glad that this was exposed on You Tube. Many kids live in situations like this and suffer in silence.
PictureFit amen
It wasn't even an apology at all. It was a "damn it we got caught being the most horrible parents on earth".
PictureFit dude your videos are dope
PictureFit yoooo picture fit!!! I love your vids btw
I think the mother is 100% the source of the abuse. She is unable to empathize with Cody because he may be 'different' from the others. This is so sad and hope that social services get involved very soon because the mother has the potential to become an even worse abuser than she is right now. She might actually seriously start physically abusing him. I was similar to Cody where my mother would yell at me and hit me telling me I was "too sensitive" and the abuse she'd display would "make me stronger" and it did the exact opposite. I am very soft spoken and hate being yelled at even though I am 20 years old now. Thank you Philip, you may have saved this boy w/o even realizing it.
I feel like in that video the father is so close to realizing what he's doing is wrong, but the mother just keeps trying to redirect him to punish cody.
Astoria I thought that too but the dad is just as bad. one of their videos is literally just him yelling at all the kids and you can see that the way they yelled at him for the ink prank is the way they treat him in general.
Astoria I just watched video of the mom crying and trying to be the victim. Urgh. If only I could smack the tears off her eyes.
they're both instigators. they have different ways of crawling back into their shell when accused. theyre jst as bad as eachother.
Astoria I think it's the father well physically at least
Lol now the parents are getting abused by media and they are crying about it... how the tables have turned
Tana Mongeese ain't that the truth
Bless you and this comment.
Yet they are still making videos. And some of the kids are still with the parents. How fucked up is that.
"Abused"? Nah, they're getting called out.
*BU DUM CHUUU*
That hit he gave his kid on the arm on the desk? That's what abusive people do when people are watching. I gurantee you he is worse behind camera.
With my mom it was a quick, sharp tug on our hair close to the scalp, a flick on the head, or sharply pinching us. Always something fast and small, probably trying to be sneaky. It was very demeaning.
yes he gives off those vibes, i know he is abusive
I work with kids Cody's age, and the second I heard her say he had spread feces I lost any doubt that might have lingered. This is SUCH a classic sign of a child who feels they have no control over what has been happening to them.
Also, a GOOD parent doesn't leave their cold behind and go on holiday when something like that happens. They don't punish them at all - they get concerned, they do the research Phil did, they take the child to get help. They DON'T call their own child crazy publicly - if they do think their son has mental health issues then, again, their instinct should be to help.
literaltruth amen. and calling that poor kid crazy just makes it worse bc he's going to feel like his reactions aren't alright to being treated like this. I grew up in a house just like this. the siblings are horrible to him too. I just hope he gets help before it's too late, before he starts thinking that this is normal and okay.
literaltruth wow. They went on a holiday vacation for earth day and tax day! I wish my parents were that cool!
Yea, until you are the one not allowed to go along.
Yeah if the toilet really did just overflow, then how would that make Cody's behaviour "something else" like his mother called it?
Dolores Flores why would he be in trouble for the toilet overflowing in the first place , it's a ridiculous excuse
If they are willing to put those actions on camera, what goes on off camera?
That is a creepy thought but true.
loyalndfan13 I was thinking the same thing
There was one video (i forgot the title) where he was annoying Alex, "Hold on I'll be right back" *cut* Alex is laying on the couch crying.
loyalndfan13 That is exactly what I was thinking. If things like that happen in an edited video. What goes on when the cameras aren't rolling?
loyalndfan13 I really do fear for these children. How can someone happily film themselves screaming and shouting at their children?? I keep saying this but he has abuser written all over him...it's almost like he gets thrills from doing this. I am more confused on people sticking up for this family. TH-cam needs to bring this channel down!!!!
Please someone save Cody. Adopt him and get him the hell out of there!
I am a future psychology student and boy can I tell you how much I CRAVE to adopt this kid and give him therapy omfg
Naomi don't go into psychology unless you plan on getting a doctorate it's one of the biggest default majors if not the biggest
lAmCanad1an i live in switzerland where life is calm and easy i would gladly take toby with me
His biological mom took him and Emma. They are same now
He has a mother..and she has them now thank god- CPS is messed up..took them away and put them with abusers- I've seen it happen with corrupt people from CPS and judges
Ladies, y'all need to get yourself a caring man like Philip DeFranco.
Ariel Love he is not caring he is egotistical ass who ruins peoples lives
No, they ruined their own lives. The only thing DeFranco did was to get it out there. DeFranco did not do those things on Cody and his sister, he did not instigate bullying or pushing them to a shelf. Their father and step-mom did.
Jbear cool wow must be a DADDYO5 fan
Can we get a go fund me going to send Cody to Disney without his family?
Edit: We could fund an escort for Cody and maybe his grandparents, someone that would ensure the money isn't stolen and his parents don't go along.
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Jon Nagle Absolutely. Send Cody and his grandparents to Disney, and send his parents to fucking jail for abuse.
#savecodyfromabuse
Jon Nagle Ehh.... Not sure if that's the best idea ever. Not saying Cody doesn't deserve to go to Disneyland, but It's probably not the best idea if he goes alone, so someone would most likely go with him, and I don't see how someone who's not from his family is going to do it.
Conceivably we could fund an escorted trip with a someone that specializes in childhood education or something, maybe send the grandparents too
A father punishes his son by leaving him while the whole family goes to Disneyland, due to MISBEHAVIOR. Isn't he the one who has behavioral and psychological problems? Damn, I'm starting to consider the idea that Cody was the least loved child, or worse, an adopted one.
Creative North he's the most stupid father I've ever seen. that man should be taught some serious lessons.
Creative North and they made a public "apology" on Twitter. that maybe the reason why Cody will not be joining them on their disneyland trip. So stupid.
You mean stepchild
Creative North I have a better theory about that father. He's a sadistic freak who suffered the same bullying from his parents and older brothers and sisters. He just wants to get even in life.
Steve Penn adopted or stepchild, any of the two will do. They are two different things by the way. :)
They're now saying the videos are fake. If it's all fake then Cody should get an oscar, cus that's some damn good acting.
Kids his age have a fine line between reality and fiction. Even if he was acting it and knew of the pranks beforehand, he and his family acting out an abusive scenario so convincingly that it would still have the same effects as if it was 100% real. He was still being hit, and bullied.
@@ssj2matt pretty sure he was being sarcastic, the kid quite clearly wasn't acting!
Man I feel so fucking sorry for that kid, I hope he finds the help he deserves.
The way that they talk about Cody like he is less than an actual person or that they seem to wish that he wasn't there son is unsettling to put it mildly.
Scapegoating. One child becomes the center of all negativity in the family and is treated as though, just by existing, they cause all of the family issues. It's common in abusive households because it helps rationalize the abuse. "I'm not a bad dad! My other kids are all perfect and smart and I would never hurt them, it's Cody who MAKES us treat him like that."
That was NOT an apology. Still upset about Cody's reality. Having gone through emotional abuse as a child, my heart hurts for him. Also, wth with not getting to go to Disney? The mother is really something else. At this point, I want to take him to Disney...
Vivienne Gucwa same :(
Me too!
Let's start a go fund me for someone to take him!
The mother treats Cody like shit is because he isn't her biological son. They forged papers to take Cody away from his biological mother.
My heart breaks for him too. I want to adopt him.
I have two kids and my one son has Anxiety and he acts out when he is stressed. I can't believe that "woman" called him crazy etc etc ..They are 100% abusive!
This is why birth control should be mandatory until people who want to be parents have passed a parenting class. Unreal.
"Cody has... something 'else' "..... Yea, because he's being abused by his own family. The family that is supposed to love and protect him, but is instead using him as a punching bag, for the sake of a "prank". I just don't get how some people, ESPECIALLY parents, can agree with and find what they are doing to him to funny. It is complete and total abuse, and that poor kid is going to have a rough future because of them.
One of the most unnerving parts of the DaddyofFive videos is that the mother admitted that they've been investigated several times before. NORMAL PARENTS DON'T GET INVESTIGATED AT ALL.
Emily they get investigated because shitty people like you and this Chanel hate on them and call child services. They are all fake and not real pranks
We all know they are not all fake. That guys apology says it all. "Sometimes i get carried away". Garbage.
Emily, I'm going to have to disagree. I get what you're saying in principle, but bad things can happen to good people. My aunt and uncle got investigated once cause my 5 year old cousin picked up the phone and said "I don't know where mommy is, I don't know when she'll be back" (presumably because she didn't listen to her mom when her mom said she was outside and would be back in 5 min) and the concerned citizen reported them to CPS (she only found out about the call when CPS/police showed up demanding answers).
You can call CPS of Frederick, Maryland guys. They live in Frederick county. I reported them this morning.
Pure Ownage I am not "hating", and neither is Phil. Most of us here are just concerned that Cody may have long term emotional damage from these pranks, especially when he's so distraught after some of them. This is textbook psychological abuse.
If that's what the family is doing when the camera is on, what do they do when the camera is off?
I always had this question but I'd like to assume that they abused kids for videos & the rest of the time, they just didn't care about their (kids') existence.
Sad but it's a lot much better than all those horrific things.
Line up for cigar burns
probably playing with all the video games and toys their house seems to be FULL of.
I don't usually comment on your vids, but as someone who's been spanked and humiliated by my mother for a traumatic chronic reaction related to bullying?
THANK YOU for saying that "it'll make you stronger" bullshit is FALSE. I am NOT stronger. I have matricidal fantasies about choking and stabbing my mother to death for the shitty way she raised and treated me.
I'm depressive and lethargic and socially anxious, managing it, but if I hadn't been bullied in school from third grade until three years into high school and misdiagnosed by a school psych with "anger issues", I WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH STRONGER PERSON.
I'm so sorry, I really don't know what else to say.
That kid Cody deserves a better family by a thousand miles.
Gangrel Aussie i wanna adopt Cody
Gangrel Aussie #justiceforcody
SepticWings I would adopt him and get him some therapy to make sure he's ok
I honestly couldn't agree more.
Gangrel Aussie he really does. I wish i could adopt him with my husband. we both prayed for Cody last night! and will continue to.
I'm also someone who would say I am who I am in spite of my childhood, but also have seen the other side of the spectrum soI 100% agree with you. Also, would agree with Boogie that it is very heroic for you to speak up on this. Many times I've wanted to make videos on important topics, but have stopped because of fear. You being an "idol" or someone people look up to and speaking out, will just give more people to continue speaking out for the things they should/raising awareness. Thank you.
If i wanted to toughen a kid up, i would put him into martial arts training. A safe, strong and fun way to become stronger and "tougher".
Nugatory I agree with this so much. My parents put my in martial arts about a year ago and I have to say I did toughen up a lot over the past 12 months
Train him to be a secret agent
I started crying when Boogie said that. That breaks my heart. I want to hug him and tell him he's amazing.
Go and hug a cactus instead.
boogie is the nicest guy on the internet by far. i cried a lil as well, on a positive note if you follow boogies channel he has lost an ENORMOUS amount of weight.
@Hal Jordan I'm sorry for living under a rock, but I'm just gonna say that, even though I don't have any idea Boogie is, I'm still happy for his sake and I'm also happy for Cody and Emma being reunited with their mom
How do you feel about Boogie now that he's been exposed as lying, manipulative, abusive piece of shit? Lol
Seeing the Dad's reaction made me realize that the mother is the enabler. Doesn't absolve the father of what he's done, but the mother is the driving force behind it.
I noticed that too, she needs to be put in the crazy house.
You can hear it in her voice. Nasty, Nasty woman.
The dad seems to be an immature man-child who's too stupid to see what's wrong with the whole situation. The mom is just pure evil.
And they posted a video saying their son is "crazy" and lots of awful stuff. Imagine growing up and seeing that was how your own parents see you
She likely indulges the most in what the TH-cam revenue brings.
I don't want to say women are more materialistic, but the stats prove enough.
It's sad when a parent's approach to success is to blame the child for failing instead of coaching them toward success.
These parents NEED to be in JAIL.
Nathanfx2006 they are for 3 more years
I was a psychologist and a social worker...But it shouldn't take someone like meto identify that "Daddy" as an abuser and scumbag!
So basically, you can emotionally and slightly physically abuse your children as long as it's for entertainment? Really wondering why TH-cam allows this to be monetized while anything involving hate speech isn't. Both seem pretty damn awful in my honest opinion.
they take "Family" friendly really literal these tiems
And I hear Disney supports these people...
Disney hates children more than anyone, so it seems fitting
i saw some documentary footage of walt disney going to great lengths to help elian gonzalez, so not all bad where children are concerned...
Because i's jus a prank brah!
Seriously though it is disgusting that they continue to get away with videos like that, how have they not been investigated yet? The evidence is all there
As a person who has seen and been abused myself I have to insist that this child is being abused. I hope that someone with the power to do something does the right thing and helps those children by taking them away from their parents. There are people who should not have children and these people are a prime example. I also have to say I agree with the statement that I WISH someone would have saved me when I was a kid. I wish someone would have done something for me in my time if need and you Phill have done that for this family, you brought the darkness into the light so people could see this and that good sir does make you a hero.
This is not what a childhood is supposed to be about. It should be about love not the amount of likes on a video.
I am sorry that happened to you. No way does anyone deserve that. You seem like a lovely human :) x
I saw a link in the comments on Phil's new video on this family - from a local news channel - saying the family is being investigated due to a viral abuse video and they are in the states custody.
+ Hello Jelly That's great news! Hopefully someone keeps us up to date with the final outcome.
WORD. On all of it. And thank you for introducing me to Boogie, what he said really meant something to me. We're all witnesses, even someone casually watching your videos on their phone while they wait on something else (compared to die hard fans of DaddyofFive) and the way Boogie was describing knowing that other people knew and did nothing - can you imagine what it would feel like knowing millions of people watched you being hurt, in numerous ways, and it still didn't stop? I can't bear thinking about it.
Thanks for being you, Phil. In spite of it all. Someone's got to.
He starts "Cody did not earn", earn what? He didn't earn the right to go on a family trip with his family? Then Mike is mad, probably because he can't keep a watch on Cody and keep him under his control. I honestly hate those parents.
"Gee, I wonder why my nine year old child isn't perfectly well adjusted and normal in spite of the heaps of physical and emotional abuse we put onto him."
Ally Lavender yeah fuck that guy I'm fucking pissed
Fuck, this hits home.
Does anyone know what Cody's rights are? Or do our parents really have this much control over us until we turn 18? Does anyone know?
Yesterday's episode messed me up, i'm not going to lie. The second I heard the mom yell "What the FUCK did you DO?" i started crying. Yes, that was SO fucked up.
But beyond that, beyond the obvious
How fucked is it now that they parents are telling the WORLD that Cody has a problem using the bathroom as well? Like, I couldn't watch that video, so I have no idea how much or little this family shares, but how the fuck is Cody supposed to ever have a normal life with that information plastered on the internet?
He will be emotionally and physically abused at home, and now he has to go to school where people will remember him for shitting himself in the internet? How is this trauma and humiliation not obvious?
Qcknd fancy meeting you here! I had the same reaction.
It was truly hard to watch. That poor child.
I felt like crying, it affected me more than I ever expected haha
He has the basic rights to life as every other American citizen. Report the abuse to Child Protective Services in Montgomery County, MD. You have seen the vid; you have an obligation to report in the United States.
Qcknd that's so fucked up...
Qcknd It is really fucked up
I'm 22 and I still question if the childhood I had was as bad as I think it is, simply because my family always treated screaming and shouting and accusing as a normal way of life.
Like Cody, I have 4 siblings. I see in him and his situation, a lot of what me and one my sister's went through as children. My sister still can't look my father in the eyes because of the torment he put her through by treating her as less than him
I was Cody. Being ignored, disregarded, yelled at, cursed at, laughed at, picked on.. I hope Cody grows up to be a wonderful man in spite of it all.
To punish a child for "not being normal" is hypocritical when you don't provide him with a normal or stable home life. And if the parents think he "has something else" then it's even more detrimental to his mental health to single him out and make him an outcast among his own family and they should be taking him to a mental health professional, not abandoning him and then telling him it's his fault he's abandoned. If Phil is right about the child's behavior beinga response to abuse, which the evidence is suggesting it's a strong possibility in my opinion, the internal conflict of disciplinary action like this will either leave him feeling even more cut off from his family and his siblings will notice that as well and follow the lead of the parents or he will conform to accepting the abuse to get the same rewards as the other children. It also seems like the parents are now taking a stance of "he's got something else" as a way of victim blaming inspired by their justifiers commenting about him having "anger issues" Also, to get mad at him for a choice they made not even just the behavior of their child, i.e. being upset that he isn't going and then turning into anger against him for not being there, is illogical and shows that these parents cannot take responsibility for any of their own actions. It's also seen in how they put their children out in the public eye, but then blame their audience, the public they submit their children to, for causing their kids drama when people question the actions of the parents or have concerns for the children.
nikki nunyaf we prank our kids, post it to TH-cam, and make good money off it, but no, it's *him* that's not normal!
When your child is upset to the point that they're red in the face, maybe stop treating them like that. If your child's face is red because you've smashed it into some shelves, you don't deserve to have children.
As someone who was mentally abused, NO, people who are abused are NOT stronger whats so ever, I hate to see others in the pain he's going through, it makes me absolutely sick to my stomach when I hear that he was pushed into the dresser and had a nose bleed, today's society ladies and gentlemen.
It infuriated me when she said I wish he would behave himself and act like a normal child, what you mean when the parents don't act like normal parents? 😡
Right!!! So late to this story but damn they were horrible to those children.
There were so many things wrong with that Disney video
1. His parents had what should be a private conversation about their child on the internet, not only for him to see but everybody else. They've said in videos that their kids have access to the youtube account and social media so there is no doubt in my mind that him and his siblings (who obviously pick on him) will hear his parents calling him "crazy" and saying if he came to disney he would make everyone miserable. Note this conversation happened after he put the camera on Cody and shamed him for his behaviour and reminding him why he wasn't coming to disney - as if he didn't already feel like shit.
2. When Cody leaves all his dad says is "behave" not i love you, ill miss you, or I'm sorry. They when the door shuts one of the other kids begins to celebrate that Cody isn't around anymore and the dad says that he shouldn't be celebrating because he doesn't deserve to come either. So technically the other siblings have misbehaved and don't deserve the trip but Cody was the only one they rushed to exclude - it seems he is unfairly the target of the family in almost all scenarios. (This is also evident in the comments, some seemingly long time viewers pointed out bad behaviour from the siblings that had been shown in previous videos.)
3. Even if Cody is not abused and his behaviour is not due to abuse he obviously needs professional help. His behaviour is abnormal. They say "God knows what else he has" well no, idiots, a professional child psychologist can easily tell you. It is one thing to punish children but when their bad behaviour becomes out of the norm you need to consult with a professional. They clearly have the money to do so now that they're raking in the TH-cam cash. I wonder if they're reluctant to send him to therapy because of what he could say about them... or their just ignorant white trash who don't understand how to help the human life they are in charge of.
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Kennedy Campbell holy shit that's to much to read
Kennedy Campbell You have said exactly what I was thinking!!! Those kids have to be going through some serious mental issues by how everything is being handled and the "jokes"... The parents may not want to label it as abuse, but... a picture speaks more than a thousand words, and with all the videos they have posted it is clear that the children are not in a healthy environment.
Its toxic, hateful, and all together violent.
and thats the problem.
they are either incompent or outright malcious, either way the kids deserve better.
Kennedy Campbell or the dad is so sad that Cody can't come that he believes no one should go
I wonder if Cody had said, "It's just a prank bro!" after doing whatever he did if they would have dropped it...
My guess is they would have turned the tables on him or spanked him on camera...
ah i love you!
When you have someone bullying you at home... you go to your parents to get guidance and help. What do you do when your PARENTS are the ones doing the bullying?! Poor Cody, it breaks my heart. I did read that he has been removed from the home along with his sister. I hope they delete that disgusting family's youtube page... they do not deserve to have one. Makes me sick.
"normal kids have bad behaviors. Cody has ... something else." ....yeah,,,side effects,,,from,,,child,,abuse,,,i,,,i.,,,?>>>>>.>????
So they mentally abuse the kid for years, and then are surprised he's messed up, and pooped everywhere? *false gasp*
AlphaPT it's just a prank bro
Yeh, that's a thing you might say to your friends, when playful banter is around. That and throwing a random punch. I mean, if you're 15, and so are they, it's perfectly alright, and to be expected. Not to your kids. It's unbecoming, as a parent, to even think that's alright. That's what happens when people get a bunch of kids when they're young and stupid, but then remain in the stupid mindset, and forget the parenting side.
he was making a joke because the parents always tell Cody that, and now the tables have turned.
"Cody has something else."
"I don't know what the hell else he has."
Intelligence
If I were Cody, I would've done exactly the same thing and more to get out of being around that living hell they call a happy family.
I was just saying, you can see he must be feeling like he's going crazy because he's acting in a way someone would when they know whats going on isn't right, but he's being told but everyone around him that this is okay and normal. He deserves to be in a better situation.
when you mentioned in a previous video that they had mentioned Cody had been caught playing with and putting fecal matter around the house I instantly thought it could be related to the abuse. When I was at university studying teaching I wrote an essay on identifying child abuse and playing with faeces was one sign which I researched into. I remember a story about a young boy who used to hide his faeces in his bed and smear it on the walls of his room. I'm glad you've brought up the possibility of the connection. Now this poor boy is being punished for something the parents may have created. I don't know what the relationship is between the parents and children but I'd assume the mother is not Cody's real mother. she seems to completely lack empathy for him and has zero concern for his emotional well-being.
Thank you so very much for your videos exposing DO5. I am a former social worker & I am also the adoptive mother of 2 children, formerly in foster care due to domestic violence, parental neglect & drug/alcohol abuse. My sons are now happy, healthy & thriving. However, they each have scars leftover from what they witnessed & were exposed to prior to being removed from their bio parents. It's mind boggling to me that anyone found the DO5 channel entertaining. I literally cried after seeing a few clips. There is no question that these children, especially Cody, were being subjected to verbal, emotional, & physical abuse for profit. I shudder to think what may have occurred when the cameras weren't rolling. You did a VERY admiral thing by bringing light to the situation. Thank goodness you spoke out about it. I applaud you, Philip, on behalf of all child protection workers, foster parents, adoptive parents, & children everywhere who endure such abuse, yet go onto become successful survivors. Bless you!❤️👏🏽❤️
Hearing his mom call him a weird crazy ginger is just as bad to me as his dad hitting him. Verbal and mental abuse are just as painful as physical. You shining a light on this might just save this boy and his siblings from continuing the cycle. We need to realize that this is not ok and take a stand. Thank you for doing that!
Ioannis Sacellaris That's your opinion, I've suffered physical and emotional abuse and for me the emotional was a million times worse. The physical wounds healed, the emotional ones fucked me up for life.
I suffer from anxiety, depression and ptsd thanks to emotional and mental abuse. Any wounds including getting smacked in the face and cutting open my eyebrow I don't really remember as the highlight of my abuse. I do however remember every shitty thing that was ever yelled at me and the anger and low self esteem I still experience nearly a decade later. I only have one ptsd trigger that is related to anything physical.
This is BACA (Bikers Against Child Abuse) in Maryland, let's all contact them and tell them about Cody!
maryland.bacaworld.org
TrepexCo2 that is exactly the problem with psychological abuse... you cannot see the scars it leaves
Heather is his step mother not his real mom. She forged paperwork with her husband to contrive to steal Cody and Emma away from their real mother. I have shared the link to her interview on this page. Please give it a listen as it puts a lot of things into context for this story.
As a foster parent I know that smearing poop is a sign of trauma. It's the only thing they feel like they can control.
That's an interesting perspective, thanks for sharing.
Raina Stetson look at drama alerts video
Yep, as soon as Phil said that I knew for sure. A child that age only does that when there is something psychological or mentally wrong.
Mohammed The Pedophile you're really unhappy, huh?
Raina Stetson In the Kid Kills Brother video, they make fun of him for saying that he wanted to die.
How can anyone believe that Cody actually did what they said he did when the other day they wrongfully accused him of writing on the carpet-> albeit that was labeled as a prank? And how can you expect him to act as a "normal child" when you're not "normal parents?" This entire situation baffles me. I used to dislike CPS for taking people's children away, but I am starting to understand what their role is in society.
I honestly feel sick to my stomach. Cody can come live with me and we will go to Disneyland together.
sophie m can I come to Disney too?
Same I'll buy the snackssss
They could have posted a chart "Cody's chances of going to Disneyland" and let him know that was going to be his discipline from now on. Tell him how he can ruin his chances and watch the improvement in his behavior take place. Going to Disneyland is a privilege for a kid, especially if you live too far from it or Walt Disney World in FL.
So many people getting their ad revenue removed and these guys still getting paid to abuse kids, what the hell TH-cam....
More like What The Fuck TH-cam.
Someone needs to find out what State this family lives in and report them to DFS or CHS, or whatever that state calls its Child Protective Agency.
Grman Rodriguez Thats such a good fucking point.
Angela Bullard they are from Maryland
Grman Rodriguez Fucking seriously.
"I wish he would behave himself and act like a normal child"
How can he act like a normal child when they as parents aren't normal in the first place? It's like two high schoolers decided to have five kids and get youtube fame by messing with them. Grow up, you're supposed to be the adult.
I'm right there with Boogie. I wish someone had stepped in and stopped what happened within my family.
You are a goddamn hero dude.
I have to think the people who want to watch all these heartbreakingly sad abusive videos of a little sweet boy being terrorized are sick and twisted.
the daddyofive case breaks my heart. I work with children who have been abused and this is exactly what I see before they are taken into our custody, especially when it comes to large families. There's usually only one target, it's a great way to make it seem like nothing is going on, "4 out of 5 kids are fine, this one is just not normal" = the majority setup. I hope that the CPS in their area takes another long hard look at what is happening before that child is mentally reduced to nothing by his family.
Lauren Denise you are a great person, good job helping children that are suffered from abusing and mental problems
I work with children too. Many of the patients in my care do the thing with the fecal matter. It's a tell-tale sign of abusem
my mom would take all her anger and insecurities out on me as a child and then when I'd act out intensely, shed say I had mental problems. I understand how Cody feels, though my situation wasn't as severe. He's just a kid
so many people were abuse as child,this is quite horrible..you are just like me..I really feel you
There's a special place in hell for people like that.
too all the people on here that commented that daddyofive was a great channel and that they didnt do anything wrong. you all are messed up to enjoy this abused of the children. and i would bet that most of yoy arent parents yourself and if you are youre probably treat your kids the same way. same on you all. no one deserves to be treat like this.
Phil youre doing a great job.
note that the photo has only the three older children.
Sew Cat I did some research after my boyfriend forwarded me a video about the family, the two younger children were the stepchildren of the woman, and they are now out of the home and safe and being well cared for with their biological mother.
The 3rd boy in the picture is actually younger than Cody and Emma
I work in the public schools, and I see children terrified of their parents. They are children like Cody. I know that they act out because they want to be in control of something in their lives. With children in the schools however, I know exactly what to do to help. With Cody, I don't. We are people around the world just watching in anger as a child is abused. My question is, what is the protocol for situations like this? How can we do something?
Also, I hope you talk about their latest video claiming the pranks were all fake. They were not singing those tunes at all before. Maybe they should just stop talking and lawyer up.
I'm wondering as well, it really concerns me if the channel is basically just "prank and abuse my kids for money" and TH-cam has no problem with that. Especially with their new focus on "advertiser friendly content" it seems like a channel like this should not be tolerated, even if it were all "staged", which doesn't seem to be the case.
For now I just sent youtube feedback with the following message *"I have serious concerns with many videos published by the channel "daddyofive". They appear to show both physical and verbal abuse toward children, and are also profiting from these videos. Please look into it."* (the feedback tab is on the very bottom of the screen)
Good idea, that seems like the only thing that we can do. But regardless of if they have a TH-cam channel or not, the abuse will likely continue.
The sad thing is that the parents don't even realize the damage they are causing to Cody. In their mind the world is just going after them because of jealousy.
It worries me that they're so nonchalant about putting these videos up. Makes you wonder, what goes on behind the scenes?
Montgomery Country Sheriff's Department contacted me today to inform me while these child abusers don't live in their Country (their POB is though in the county), they have forwarded information to Maryland Child Protective Services, and that department informed them they are AWARE of the videos and family, and are currently investigating, but cannot comment further on the open investigation.
So just taking down the videos won't protect them, and I hope that Maryland CPS due a thorough investigation this time with the substantial video evidence take action to protect not only Cody, but the other children as well.
BuckNerds Oh just fucking stop. Have you watched their video? You won't be on that side when you watch it. They explain everything.
Stop it? I just reported it to proper authorities rather than let it play out in the court of public opinion. Let the authorities sort out what is going on. I also reported it about a week ago.
I have watched all the videos, and they didn't explain anything. They made excuses to try to cover their asses much like typical abusers do. Their last video made me even more "against" them as they aren't very good liars and again, it's typical abuser explanations. Not all of us are ignorant of this type of behavior and have gone through it ourselves, and dealt with abusers before. You can believe who you want to believe but I will side on the children protection every time.
when punching your child is "just a prank brah", but smearing some shit on the wall is grounds for suspension from family vacation...
that's neat.
Had that same thought. How is it that Cody doing stuff is him "acting out" or "not behaving like a normal kid", but his parents get to mentally and verbally abuse him and it's "just a prank brah!" Classic bullies who dish it out, but can't take it.
Virgil R Garwood He didn't smear shit Omgosh
Figurative hyperbole omgosh
We're not given a quantified example of "put shit all over the house"...
Right. Maybe if they behaved like normal parents the kid wouldn't have so many problems. I wanna feed them two idiots to a sarlacc pit.
Also if you watch the Disney World video, when they film Cody being picked up by his grandparents (I think they were his grandparents) before he leaves he is SMILING. When a kid is told by his parents he can't go to Disney World and he is SMILING, you know there is something wrong. He just seems happy to get away from them. After he starts smiling, he instantly starts making a sad face, but it's very unconvincing, and it looks like he was told to look sad.
Synthetic Memez okay not trying to insult u or anything but don't make such assumptions like that
actually? it *is* an assumption. This person assumes that cody is happy to get away from them. an opinion is *i think cody might be happy to get away from his parents* an assumption is *when a kid is told by his parents he cant go to disney and he's smiling, you know there is something wrong.*
wouldnt you be happy to get away from People who treat you that way??
Opinions are assumptions both of the examples you gave are both opinions and assumptions. You don't have to say I think for something to be an opinion.
Oh, that's heartbreaking. Poor little dude.
Dear parents scrolling through the comments,
If you do ~anything~ to your children that you would never, under any circumstances, allow another person besides yourself or partner do to your child -- YOU SHOULD NOT DO IT. PERIOD. END OF DISCUSSION. This includes yelling, berating, beating... Pretty easy measuring stick for "is this abuse?". Obviously there are things that people would allow outsiders to do that are also abuse, but this is a start.
-Concerned citizen
Those Mcdonald's employees definitely deserve a raise...they potentially saved people's lives
That editing during the "apology" was savage. I'd forgotten how screwed up that family might be.
Holy shit really, they force him to get angry. This IS abuse. I swear, I am on the edge of calling their local child abuse number. RIGHT. NOW.
do it ! if you can , please do it !
Atomic QBomb cant do much with no address :/
I am sure people have tried, they have already been investigated.
Please do so!
Do it
I could and would never do this to my children. I've been there, I was abused as a child. And, I do not want my children to go through the same thing as I went through. It made me more aware of abuse and where the lines is and not to cross it. My husband has hurt in his eyes and he hates it when he has to discipline our children. But, he would never do this to our children. Not because I won't let him, but because he knows better.
Phil.. In the eyes of Cody, you are a hero. You kept this from going further. You are a hero. You may not see it, but in so many eyes, including my eyes.. You are a hero
I think the main abuser is the step-mum. Like when the dad told them to prank the mum they all looked really frightened and she obvously hates cody.
Honestly as a teen who is mentally abused, I feel really bad for this kid. And all the kids in general. I really hope that these "adults" will get held accountable for their actions and the kids get mental help. No kid deserves to live through trams everyday of their lives, wake up thinking 'what shit am I going to go through today?' It absolutely disgusts me to think that if they think that pushing their child down, hitting them and yelling at them like that is ok to post on the internet and have no shame from THAT just to think of what they must do OFF camera is absolutely disgusting to think about. I'm praying for these poor kids
Joel P you're missing the point of an actual prank, and the psychotic actions of fake ass people on TH-cam.
They said in their last video that they never made a divorce prank to avoid the kids re-living a trauma, blablabla but they didn't hesitate to make a "putting Cody for adoption" prank when he already lived a trauma like that!. They even said it, They are a blended family and Cody before them, had a hard time and they STILL made an adoption prank?!?
Marie yes I never thought about that !! 😱..I have been a fan for long time...and I saw that adopted prank...but not a fan anymore
You were a fan .... Like go Maryland child abusers? Give'em hell! Fan like that?
"We deeply apologize for YOUR feelings of concern". Because it's not our fault,
it's definitely you who is wrong.
Phil keep doing your thing man. I'm saddened by what happened to those kids especially Cody
I want to save Cody. That mother seems heartless, so cold.
When a child is continuously ABUSED they tend to act out! Those parents deserve every drop of poop Cody can smear on them! MONSTERS!
Cody 2017!!!
She is a stupid cow!!!
Just Wondering that's fucked up. your a horrible person.
Laura Donohoe I've been watching them for a long time and realised that the mum does love and care about them when they're behaving but when the mess up she gets really furious. I feel although she needs some sort of help to cope with anger issues but it will be hard raising 5 kids..
I am happy that that the channel is getting hate over child abuse, but it also worries me that they might blame Cody for the dislikes and make things worse. legal action is really needed
K.G. I had that exact same worry earlier. I hope Cody is doing okay and that he isn't too scarred from the horrible people around him.
I don't think they will blame Cody, probably just the so called ''haters'' Cody will be fine.
K.G. The family left Cody with his grandparents so Cody won't see the parents for a week, which can only help him.
Snup how can u say hell be fine who knows what these psycho parent r gonna do next for view and subscribers "Cody mommy died.....what the matter Cody she's fine u can't take a joke? its just a prank bro..." fucking ppl make me sick that child looks to them for love and support n all they do is emotionally n apparently physically bash him on the regular n then they wonder why he acts the way he does..maybe leave the dam kid alone, shit he'd prolly be better off on his own..
Abusive parents are abusive parents it will just make it harder for Cody if we shutdown there channel they will be abusive with or without an audience someone needs to let Cody know about what he can do and so that he knows that he doesn't have to go through that
Those people are so sad and disgusting! Thanks Phil for using your platform to make a difference.
"I'm not a hero... i'm just a mindful ass hole" shirt? can that be a thing?
DaddyO5 not only infuriates me because of how abusive they are but also because of how naively open they are with sharing their shit
The parents are just so dumb and arrogant. When their kids are in their 20's and 30's and people can find these videos... Its going to be rough for them.
Cillian Brouder I was just thinking this - how do they post these things and not realize that everything they do now is going to be heavily criticized or monitored? (I suppose that's just what they want though - more views for their awful ways) I hope Cody is saved from these horrible people he's forced to call family.
I remember reading a quote that said "The way a parent talks to their child becomes their inner voice." seems like Cody's inner voice is starting to take shape?
spot on
There's a huge difference between "adding character" and messing with your kids and what they've done to Cody.
I'm glad you intervened and posted that video about the DaddyOFive channel. I agree that there is something very wrong with that family and how they treat their children, especially Cody who seems to be abused the most. The "apology" makes no difference--it's easy for parents to coach their children to react or respond in a certain way because children a) Can't fight back, b) Have no where to go (they aren't financially independent), c) Are still too young to fully understand how wrong their parents are to treat them so poorly.
I was verbally and emotionally abused as a child by my father, and no one ever intervened. Now I'm working on healing the mental scars through counseling, but it's not easy. The damage has been done and psychologically, I have some major issues to repair. I hope that someone takes those kids away from those abusive parents and gives them a chance to have a good childhood because you can't get your childhood back. Once it's gone, it's gone, and that's when you go through the most important development phases in your life. Start off on the wrong foot, and it's going to be a challenge to overcome it as an adult.
when I or my little brother did something wrong, my parents just didn't do the fun activity at all. Taking all children except one is horrible for the kid and if he has anger issues or autism, or any kind of disorder for that matter, it can be even more harmful and traumatizing even. I am so sad for Cody, and I hope somebody can do something about what is happening to him.
Not that the trowing of poop is good, but they could have punished him differently. And it could also be a direct response to the bullying the he has to go trough.
they are the ones that made him this way by being bad at bringing up kids, and they punish the child for that. It's so horrible.
he might be used to it but if I were in that situation, I would also self harm or worse.
Nykachuu same, I would HATE to have parents like that, my parents are super nice and I hope his parents could treat Cody like my parents treat me. I wouldn't be able to handle those parents and how they would treat you
Nykachuu so somehow punishing every kid is a better alternative? :/ then you'd have the other kids angry at the problem child.
When I was cody's age, I didn't have to 'earn' the right to go on family vacations. I got to go because I was part of the family. smh
Steve Dambrowski Same
Those people should rename their channel "how to create a school shooter 101" >.> poor kid I'd never treat my own kid like that.
Thank you for this, as someone who went through a lot of this kind of thing. I hadn't heard about the blowup until today, and having watched the "apology" video on their D05's channel, I'm just sort of baffled. If the videos are fake, those reactions in not one but many videos sure aren't. If they were the kids' ideas, those reactions wouldn't be so true to life. Really, thank you for stepping in and publicizing this. Like Boogie, I wish someone had been around to do this for me.
If they think Cody has something seriously wrong, why do they not have him evaluated by a child psychologist? Without parents in the room to coach him on what to say and away from his brothers. Perhaps instead of writing him off as "a kid with problems", maybe have him evaluated for a few days so he can open up about what is truly bothering him. I think if that were done there would be a lot more abuse uncovered aside from what they show people.
starkieable You'd be surprised by how shit child protective services and anything of the sort are. I've heard cases way worse than this where they just dismiss it and it's disgusting.
That would take the small amount of intelligence those pieces of shit clearly don't have
The fact that people are commenting how this reminds them of the trauma that they have from their own abuse as children SAYS SOMETHING.
Smearing poop is also common among children on the autism spectrum
I could cry for this poor baby, he deserves better
I love how the editing of the clips when he was reading the 'apology' was so savage 😅
Michael O'Donovan every parent or sibling of a much younger child wants to beat those parents up
James does an awesome job with the editing.
Dethilion I agree
ColaMachine the view from that house would be great 👍
How can those hilljack parents watch their own videos as they edit them together and not be horrified by what they are doing to that child? It's so incredibly clear that poor kid is being singled out by the entire family... DO NOT GET ME WRONG!--I am a huge believer that our society has gotten soft and coddled, BUT that is not how you teach a boy to be a strong man. You have them do things on their own instead of doing it for them, you hold them accountable on school work by not letting them hangout with friends if they get poor grades, you teach them to earn respect by being polite and well behaved, teach them to be self reliant by looking at a problem and try to asses solutions before immediately asking for mom or dad's help..YOU DO NOT BULLY THEM, you do not single out one kid, you do not play pranks on a child and scream and cuss at them AND ABSOLUTELY DO NOT HIT THEM. Only cowards who have broken English, nasty goatees, no class, no self dignity and no BALLS abuse a child physically, mentally and verbally. I think those two are pieces of trash. I have two new born baby twins and I can't possibly fathom ever speaking to them or treating them that way. I love them more than I ever thought possible and that pains me to see two mentally ill adults abuse their own kid. Thank you for shitting on those two I hope their channel plummets and those two move back into their old trailer and that kid moves in with a wealthy family that treats him with respect and dignity.
Andrew Eakle they ain't horrified cos it's fake
Muted._.Insanity You keep telling yourself that but don't you dare try to cover up child abuse by claiming fake.
Coming from a past filled with plenty of abuse and trauma, I cannot thank you enough for providing a light on such an insane story like this. NOBODY gets stronger from the kind of treatment those kids are facing and I know this from experience. Due to my past, I am facing severe ongoing and progressing mental disorders and scarring. Like Boogie said, I would have done anything for somebody to just step in and help even a little bit. You sharing and spreading this story is so important, because now the possibility to help and change the situation for these children is so much larger. And it will only continue to grow. You may not view yourself as a hero, but I can wholeheartedly say that what you are doing here, you and your team, is deeply heroic and selfless and important. You could potentially be saving lives here, preventing irreversible effects. If that isn't heroic I don't know what is.