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Josh is a good guy. He comes across a brash to some( not me) but his message is on Point!! Stop the exploitation of kids on YT!!! I have been on yours and his channel on since you both posted your first video's!! I always fight for you both whenever anyone is critical of you because I believe you speak from the heart 💛 and that's worth fighting for!!!
It’s really bad that there are p-words and children shouldn’t be putting children online etc. but it’s through a screen (does not make it any less disgusting), people know where she lives, which rooms the kids are in, and their routine. What if someone takes this real life? 😢
She’s upset about people spreading her address but she called spreading a minor’s legs wide open in front of thousands of people and publicly humiliating them a “fart joke”.
There's laws against kids working in show business. I'm wondering when laws will start appearing to protect children on social media from their parents ruining their identity before they even get the chance to have it.
They’ll make laws against child labor on social media when our legislators aren’t 50 billion years old. (I’m in the US.) They probably have no idea because they have to ask their grandkids to set up their youtube videos for them.
@@mekaylarobles Although, those elderly legislators are probably some of the few who know that the "Coogan Act" was named after Jackie Coogan! So they should know about protecting children in film / tv / entertainment.
I feel so strongly about kids not being online until THEY choose to be. It’s their digital footprint and should be totally theirs to control, whether you’re a celeb, an influencer or a regular person.
you will never be a celeb or influencer so you will never understand. EVRYONE and their mothers posts about their kids on their own pages, public or not. i’ve seen celebrities say they will never show their childrens face but it just happens it’s their fucking kid. she can do whatever she wants if she feels comfortable enough to show what she shows she’s fine. it’s her kids. you guys are so pressed about people who don’t even know you exist it’s actually so funny 😂and this guy making a full video … like he obviously has nothing going on in his own life so he has to talk about other people it’s pretty sad 😔
@@ravenismygod she doesn’t need to, it’s her kids she can do whatever she wants with them. and anyways her brother had kids frist and always talk about how it’s for their sake to have all the memories and videos so all the kids can look back on it, that’s exactly how my family was and i’m glad they were. i’m sorry they had a good childhood and me. i’m sure you were shelters and don’t even know what spongebob is.
@@wilsonverno FYI kids aren't possessions, but ok. You can take photos of your kids without sharing them online. Maybe try not to get so invested in influencers' lives because I guarantee they don't give a crap about yours. Not sure what to say about the spongebob thing..?
I’m really shocked that Family Vlogging is still a thing. It is SO FREAKING DANGEROUS. Much less how it will mentally mess with the kids as they get older. INSANE
I think making family blogs FOR YOURSELF is totally fine, but not posting them online. But like filming your special adventures with your kids to look back on when they get older could be a great way to preserve memories. Like filming your big trip to the zoo. As long as you are still present with your kids of course! Again though I am talking about doing it FOR YOURSELF and your family to look at not to post for strangers to look at and possibly creeps to look online!
I don't mind hearing about pregnancy experiences and birth experiences, they really helped me understand what was going on when I was pregnant. Was a very reassuring thing and helped to get prepared. I draw the line at the second that baby exits your body, its done for them. No camera time, only personal memories. It's insane to me that people essentially use these children as props and a way to gain money. These poor babies/ toddlers have no idea what is happening. Posting on a large platform full of complete strangers is so wrong
Absolutely agree! And if your kids are your life you can still talk about your experience being their mother it’s just so weird with ALL the information we are given now a days to exploit your child’s whole life like they are on the Trueman Show…
I agree. I even think talking about parenthood and what you're going, and sharing advice and tips is fine only if the kids are not involved in the videos.
Because he can consent. Or rather not consent. Their kids can't decide for themselves yet because they don't understand so she has all power over them and she's using it to exploit them. That's why I stopped watching her. It felt wrong watching their kids this privately.
@@TA-zy7lg yeah he dont care when she first came on the scene on mtv etc acting like a whinny ugly bratty unkempted kid she makes me sick and was not at all funny CANCEL HER ASAP!!!!
I just find it wildly inappropriate to be posting your children’s personal/home life online for the world to see. Minors cannot consent, period. I would feel so embarrassed and violated if my parents recorded everything I did as a child and put it online where it stays forever, that’s just so beyond damaging and I don’t even think parents really realize that.
As someone who has been fighting to be safe from stalking for 10 years now I know how hard it is. I would NEVER do what she has done. She’s playing victim while knowing you are doing so many things to allow this to get this bad. Like stop it.
My six year old asked me recently why she can’t make TH-cam videos or Tictok’s. I didn’t want to scare her TOO bad… but I did tell her not everyone out there is a good person, and we didn’t want a bad person “taking a liking to her” and tracking her down. I still hope that wasn’t too honest, but I didn’t want her sneaking and doing it when she got a little older and figured out how to post a video… she asked if maybe she could when she turns ten. I said I would prefer not, but we would revisit the conversation and consider it when the time comes. She likes to record herself pretending like she’s a TH-camr and it is quite cute, but I am WAY too paranoid to put any videos of her on here. Social media just freaks me out. I’m from the generation of internet anonymity. ✌️😀
Its so odd navigating being a parent in the age of the internet. I think its causing our kids to grow up too fast My 10 year old has wanted a tik tok account forever. I've just told him that legally he can't make one until he is over 13 years old. Then when he is 13 ill be able to better explain predators online. I've given him the basics of how no everyone is a good person as of now. Its wild I see his friends all have smartphones with tik toks and instagrams and even snapchat!! They are 10?!?!?!?!?! Freaks me out like especially snap chat. There is no way to know who or what your kids are chatting about
Maybe try setting up a tik tok account that’s private, only invite family to follow and set it up so only friends only videos can be posted. Might stop possibility of her sneaking around with it!
You can private their account that way they can post safely. Or it can be private with only family following so you can enjoy the videos and then the kid will get excited seeing the vids have views 🥰
@@danichesney1876u're a good parent for that!!! I grew up on the internet at a very young age and saw/experienced a lot of things i shouldn't have, if i was a parent i wouldn't want my kids on the internet PERIOD until they're 13 or mature enough
10 years old! Gosh… not to sound like a boomer but I didn’t get a phone until 13 and I truly believe that’s how it should be (Well okay, 12 is a good enough age to, but I mean for a basic phone. Not like a crazy iPhone with the must have stuff on it)
It’s pretty scary a random person could come across them and tell the kids their parents names and all extended family names and specific things about their lives that could make them trust a stranger
As a mom it baffles me why she continues to do this to her children that she claims to love so much. Its a scary world these days and its difficult navigating kids growing up in the age of the internet for sure. But how about don't plaster them all over the internet when you have millions of psychotic fans that think they are members of your family.
Sad bc I didn’t even think about how crazy people are. She does make family friendly content but considering her past brand image I haven’t even thought that there may be some weirdos still after her
True but I think its also due to the fact she's been on TH-cam for 10+ years and it never started out as a job for her but just something she loves to do, I can't imagine she would want to give that all up and I don't think anyone would be extremely willing to give their whole job up if there was precautions she could try and take first which has done by moving from her dream home to somewhere else so her family are safer.
@@insanelittlefangirl we are wrong because we care that she exploits her children for money? Or the fact that she's a hypocrite and says how she's worried about her children's safety but will show her whole ass house and back yard for the internet to see?? If she was so "concerned " she wouldn't have done a tour of the house they rented, and she would take her children off the internet, but unfortunately she will never do that, because her children make her $$$.
Boo hooing over a 6 million dollar house is something! 😂 “Downsizing in some ways.” Homegirl has a luxury home! 😂 She needs to log off and protect her kids. 90% of her TH-cam videos are filmed at her houses. Girl! Stop filming at your house! Btw- am I crazy? I thought she said in another video that they moved to be near her parents?! And we all know where her parents live! She talked about it frequently. I cannot with her!
I don't think it has anything to do with the size of her new house. She never wanted to move from her old house as she said it was her dream home and the only reason they felt they had no choice in moving is because people would show up to her house so she needed to protect her family. She's 'boo hooing' because she felt at risk in her old house therefore she HAD to move even though she loved it.
They said they moved to somewhere they never thought they'd move to so I don't think she lives in Santa Barbara, their rental home was there though I believe (which I agree, she shouldn't have made that so obvious)
The kids could get kidnapped. One day somebody might offer them a ride home. They might say they know mommy. Scarily, they will go with them. They will repeat things that their mom has said. Making them believe they are trustworthy. Legit the scariest outcome.
So many mommy channels depend on viewers/other moms finding them relatable and that’s why she will never stop showing the cafes they go to and what parks they frequent. It’s really awful though, to know that people are using that info to get to see her or her kids, and that she knows all of this and still does it and is still wanting to show her new house…. Super bad, in my opinion :(
It’s insane! Even the home she temporarily lived in recently was SO SO unsafe. I’m from Santa Barbara myself and swear to god, JUST from seeing a clip of that yard I knew exactly where it was. Her neighbor at that house is my best friend, I grew up basically right around the corner. One day I drove by to go visit my friend, and literally THE WHOLE FAMILY was in the front yard playing around. Fully, fully visible from the road. No fence, just a bar you can easily step over. I felt sick even seeing it honestly, knowing that if a creep found the address they could’ve literally walked right up and done something really fucked up. This is literally information I didn’t want to know about this family!! But it was just HANDED to me, which shouldn’t be possible. Moral of the story, if you’re gonna show your kids at the very least STOP SHOWING YOUR FUCKING LOCATION. It blows my mind.
For some reason I never thought of Colleen being a mummy volgger but you are 100% right and she needs to protect her children. She is playing victim to a situation she created. Now I’m not saying people going to her house is ok, it’s gross and that should not happen.
So, she’ll talk about being terrified but then goes on to show her complete house inside and out, and then she says she can’t do anything about it…. What??? You’re literally showing a blueprint of the inside of your house and showing enough in general to let people figure out your address. They wouldn’t be able to if you weren’t making it so easy for them. And the fact that she’s including small children in this is infuriating.
There was an article written online about what house she bought and shows the inside and whose house it was before, way before she even posted the house and that she was moving. You just can't hide anything if you're a social media influencer. It's not hard to figure out anything about someone.
She actually moved from that house even though it was her dream house and she didn't want to but she did it to PROTECT her family, that's the whole reason they moved, not because she wanted a new house.
Yeah I was taken aback when she said she was going to do a house tour…keep this new house private so you don’t have to move again??!! I can’t believe I didn’t make that other connection about experience and with the dangers of TH-cam. I would want to avoid that happening with my hypothetical children, especially if I’ve experienced it myself already and KNOW how scary it is.
It's not possible for her to keep her house private because there's an article online talking about how she bought a new house and whose house it was before hers which was a really well known person and the article showed the whole inside of her house.
I stopped watching/following her as soon as I found out she had made an instagram for her first child. BEFORE HE WAS BORN. Beyond icky, and to me it just demonstrated that she was planning to make the kid a part of her brand/business.
That just proves that she's doing this not out of naivety but because she knows crafting a social media personality for her kids will get her followers and money. So sad
@@ThatCurlyChick11 i have watched a lot of her videos a lot of them when she was pregnant with the twins and yes she is a great mom in so many ways but she is putting their whole life on the internet and for me that puts a shadow on everything else but yes I do agree she is an amazing mom
THANK YOU THANK YOU for talking about this. it is should be a non negotiable that a child has privacy from millions of strangers online. It's unfortunate that she would only view a video like this as "hate" when really its a wake up call for her call-out that is loooooong overdue.
I completely agree. As a mother myself, if you want to keep them safe, you don’t show people where you live. A house tour is fine if they can’t find your house, but to give away the location you’re living in, you can’t be mad that your home is not safe. You doxed your own location. Internet safety is important.
color me surprised that the woman who thought it was a good idea to send underwear to a child doesn't understand basic parasocial boundaries. yeesh. tell me you haven't learned anything without telling me you haven't learned anything
@@ashleyk9209 Not sure what you mean there. Pretty sure it's the responsibility of the adult to know not to send their underwear to children. Luckily if I'm remembering things right but it was a while ago, Adams mom was on her game though and confiscated it and explained how inappropriate it was :)
I saw a reddit post recently from a teenager/young adult pov of these family vlogs, whose family was a vlog channel, and they talked about how now as an adult they still have paranoia about cameras being there watching them. They mentioned that at one point they'd have to change in a dark bathroom with the door locked because they were so afraid of having the parents walk in on them to film something. The parents only stopped filming/uploading completely when one of the siblings had a su!cide attempt from the stress/paranoia
I totally disagree and dislike family channels but the one thing that I personally enjoyed that Colleen was very open and candid about her experience with giving birth weeks before the due date and how she felt while her twins were in icu. I believe those videos will genuinely help other mothers going through the same thing. I stopped watching as soon as I saw her children were safe and at home as I felt if I watched beyond that I would feel icky.
It’s definitely ok for moms to talk about our experiences especially with childbirth bc I think more people need to know the brutal realities behind pregnancy and birth. But sharing details about your kids and showing their faces definitely crosses the line. There’s definitely a big difference between mom centered content and child centered content. I used to love her channel but I haven’t watched in years.
Could not agree more! My son was in the Nicu even though he was 2 days away from being dangerously overdue. I still don't know if I had undiagnosed pre-eclampsia or gestational diabetes, I had those tested but these were 30 min to an hour tests so I don't feel it was thorough testing. While my son was crowning, my stomach got hard as a rock and I couldn't push. when I tried, the pain in the hard spot is all I could feel, baby's heart rate was going up or down I dont remember so I had emergency c section & woke up without my baby just screaming wheres my baby. I remember only hearing that he had acidosis, blood too acidic? They were going to transfer him to another hospital nicu, without me even seeing him 💔 my partner pushed and pushed for me to be able to see him only for like 5 seconds, I could only hold his hand and off he went. They wouldn't transfer me to his hospital, they told me I couldn't be released until my pain was controlled. But then they wouldn't give the meds that worked until the fourth day, I left the fifth day. They had to cool him & keep him asleep until his acidosis was resolved. About 8 days? To make sure and watch him for seizures etc. Nothing prepared me for needing to advocate so hard for myself, my baby, and the bonding that is so essential. My son is on the spectrum & has sensory processing disorder 😕 being a new mom is so stressful and just alot to deal with on its own. Having other moms experiences in videos online is an incredible resource. So many different aspects of becoming a mom or parent, you definitely don't learn in school. You have to proactively be searching for every bit of information you could need. The one thing I couldn't believe that no doctor or others moms, any resource told me: was the intensity of the pain in your uterus, whether it was from umbilical cord placenta attachment ripping or bursting, or c section. I had no doctor or any moms let me know why the pain was so out of control (I have a high pain tolerance, I broke my collar bone off of my shoulder joint a few yrs before, it was poking out of my back & I remember the dr & tech in emergency room asking me if I was okay because I was just chill & silent, when they said they had seen big guys like football players sobbing and moaning in pain from this kind of injury)
@@gillypiexo I am so sorry you went through that! I had gest. diabetes and preeclampsia with my second and it was scary enough going through an early induction and praying she wouldn’t need oxygen or any other treatment. I can’t imagine going through that undiagnosed… and then for them to not even be able to give you a reason for why your pain was that high? That’s awful. I hope you and your baby are both healthy and ok now ❤️
THIS!! I agreed completely. Her pregnancy videos were super cool and I don’t have a problem with them. And even now if she just posted about her parenting experience I wouldn’t mind, but like showing their faces and everything makes me uncomfortable 😅
When I was a child I liked watching Coleen and the labryant family but now that I’m older family channels are awful and shouldn’t be a thing. When these kids get older they’re going to feel some type of way because their whole entire life is on the internet. It’s insane to me.
This. I watched Ellie and Jared a lot when I was younger. Luckily now (as in a few years ago) I realized how weird and awful those types of channels are.
I looked at Colleen's videos. One of the top results on TH-cam is her giving birth to one of her children (I honestly did not know she had multiple), and the thumbnail is her holding the newborn. She's been filming her children since the second they were born, you could argue even before that. It's really upsetting for her to be like "oh I'm not like the rest of them" when she clearly is the rest of them.
I don't like talking about this publicly, but my dad is well known locally because of his music career. he posts a lot of videos of me and my siblings without our permission and we get a lot of attention too as a result. we've had people come up to us and speak to us before thinking they know us. I'm scared for the day people start coming to our house. I'm scared for when I turn 18 in a year and half and how this will effect my own career and life apart from my father. I don't wanna live publicly and I'm scared I won't have a choice in that.
I don't talk about this and I'm a lot older but I also had a famous dad. Old enough I wasn't online but was in the paper a few times, went on his TV show, etc. It was very hard living in his shadow and I really resented the continual connection to him. I think one thing not being considered here is how robbed you feel. I remember my dad gave this kinda speech one and said I, specifically, used the word magic to describe things. It was common enough slang at the time in the country I lived in (Ireland) but I didn't actually use the word. I know as an adult it was just a cute way to write the line, including his own kid, but I was furious and confused. For me it was all about wanting to be seen as someone apart. Go by a different name. It makes things a lot easier.
@@Huh-pi2op HAHAHAHAAA fuck no he doesn't. I've spoken to him about it since I was 11. he doesn't care. he won't care until I'm 18 because then my words will have value to him. for now I'm "under his roof" and have to "do as he says"
Even if she doesn't show her house or the area it wouldn't make any difference. If you google there is an article showing her house inside out with address and the previous owners who were also well known. Celebrity addresses can always be found online if they talk about it/ show it or not.
That’s one thing I do really like that H3H3 does is that they censor their kids faces once they start to become like recognisable and once they’re not babies like they showed Bruce when he was born but once he grows they’ll censor him. I really admire that.
@@Banana12813yeah, they still censored Theodore, they didn’t censor Bruce because he’s not going to be recognised from being on the internet 3 months from now let alone a year or two.. so what’s your point. Idk if you comprehended the original comment 😅
“People are people and sometimes they want privacy”………too bad she doesn’t feel this way about her children. I guess she doesn’t view them as people or deserving at that kind of human right.
This is the thing. If people are showing up to her house, I can be near certain most or all of them are younger fans who truly believe they know her, and she actually loves them or they see her as a genuine older sister/mom figure. She encourages that parasocial relationship everyday when she says she loves them, asks for their advice, or cries to them about things because they feel she's being open, and vulnerable with them. It's truly sick what she's doing. And worse because she has 3 babies to look after and shes actively putting them in danger daily.
Agree 100% protect the children! But please don’t lump yourself in with DCP, he is a secondary exploiter of these children for money. He started out with great intentions, but as his Chanel gets bigger he gets uglier. There are loads of videos about him, and his hypocritical ways.
I completely agree with you Adam, I would even go as far to say it’s not just TH-cam personalities, I feel like everyone has become desensitized to putting their children online. Just because people think it only happens to celebrities that it’ll never happen to them. I recall an episode of catfish where a girl shared pictures of her and her daughter and the daughter was holding up a certificate from her elementary school and of course the mom mentioned her daughter’s name in the post so now if in the wrong hands someone could’ve used that information for bad intentions. Children should remain off the internet as long as possible in my opinion. Keep pictures of them to yourselves cause it’s easy to get carried away and over share things about them or if you do share your children take the necessary steps to protect them, blur information, don’t share locations etc. Their safety should always be first priority.
i’m fully convinced the only reason she claimed all this security stuff is because people were talking about her new house and how extravagant it was. she was catching heat for whining about it.
This is exactly what it's about. She got so much heat for being Complainleen about a mansion, she had to come up with something to take the heat off. She's so gross and emotionally manipulative towards her very young impressionable fans.
You’re 💯 right. As a parent, I do EVERYTHING I CAN to protect my kids by just keeping them as inconspicuous as possible. Because if someone sick becomes “obsessed” with your child for some reason.. I know it’s Impossible to 100% watch them 24/7 and someone sick could spot a moment to take them. IMAGINING PUTTING THEM ONLINE AND THAT RISK GROWING BEYOND CONTROL… ummmm… NEVER. It’s negligent.
A content creator that respects their child's privacy is Moriah Elizabeth. She had one face reveal video wheb her kid was young ebough to have their appearance change greatly as her kid grows. As a parent, I admire her ethics surrounding her kid as a TH-cam celebrity.
I just got to the point where she's talking about stalking and how there's nothing to be done about it. 1) Stop posting anything. Retire. 2) Consult with agencies and companies that specialize in celebrity victims of stalking. 3) Make police reports and petition for stalking orders, which are a bit like protective and restraining orders.
Before youtube my mom used to film me and my brother for family but to the degree of wanting to catch our every reaction and directing us. Can't imagine that being put out to the internet
The amount of mothers i know whos social media is nothing but pictures of their kids is honestly shocking. I understand that theyre proud and think their kid is the best thing ever but its beyond cringey. Im glad that my bestie mostly only posted pictures of say, family gatherings or age milestones [like once a month for his first year] and other than that the regular day to day stuff is in a family group chat which is dedicated to seeing pictures of him. Like, no one wants 50 pictures of your kid a day and frankly if they do, thats a red flag. I understand that you want loads of pictures, but maybe put them in a private album, not public.
@Chrissy 123 yeah there is that. i understand that a lot of arents kind of loose their identitdy after having a kid purely because kids really are all consuming.
@Chrissy 123 you’re clearly not a parent. Mothers are proud of their babies, and becoming a mother is a whole new identity in its self. If you’re not a mother, you wouldn’t understand.
@@ashleyk9209 lmfao you are loud and wrong. You don’t have to be a mother or even want to ever have kids to know wrong from right loser. Not everyone needs to have kids or even become a mother and that’s a fact. I can’t believe it’s sick people like you justifying this. Parents are supposed to protect not put their child in harms way
I'm really glad that you ended up kind of reopening this Avenue of conversations with the whole family, channel thing, and Trisha, and all of those other dudes. I really hope that you don't ever stop talking about this, because I think that it is absolutely disgusting when people are out here acknowledging that they know what they're doing is putting their children in danger, and possibly if they live in an area with other children, it could be putting them in danger as well. Do you think that you are ever going to talk about Ruby from the 8 passengers?
These kids online are going to have serious issues. They’ll feel like they always need to perform and be “on” so mommy can make her mortgage payment. It’s so intrusive.
AGREED! I have three children (nearly grown) and these “family channels”/people who showcase their children are wrong. These kids cannot consent and it is opening them up to criticism, exploitation, and being sexualized. 🤢
What I always found strange about Colleen is that she had this HUGE wedding with SO MUCH coverage of the engagement and the wedding. The testimonies from their friends and from the couple were OVER THE TOP. Then they got divorced and she remarried pretty quickly and so did her husband. I very much don't trust a person who could be so sincere about something so serious and so quickly split and then remarry. There's something disingenuous about Colleen, and that vibe continues to grow. I don't think she's a trustworthy person.
I don't think this is a good argument, people break up, get married get remarried quickly quite often. To say that how quickly she moved on from her divorse means she's untrustworthy isn't something I think should be judged or overanalyzised. The best option in this case to to try and keep the conversation about the consent of her children within her youtube videos, instead of trying to throw in more crap that'll confuse the topic at hand when there isn't much legitimacy to it.
@@kathleen9104 people move on after divorce, absolutely. It's the extreme public displays of emotion and devotion that's super problematic. The crying, the speeches, so much about "their LOVE." Then, divorce. That's just effing WEIRD and disingenuous. Just my opinion. :)
Sadly adam I feel it will take the murder of a child to get TH-cam to do something about it . Frankly it should never come down to that but I feel it will take something big to get the point across that kids shouldn’t be on the net unmonitored 😢 but ppl don’t listen to the warning till it happens to them
@@mayae850 I’m a mom of six and I ask my kids if I am allowed to post anything about them … there not all over the place there teens mind you but I feel I’ve educated them enough on dangers etc to feel confidant that they can be left alone on the net but I all ways ask for concent first if they say no I don’t do it behind there backs any ways
Honestly i just feel like as a whole the channels who put their kids in a lot if not all of their videos is not something that should be pushed or praised by everyone it basically exploits the kids. I could never imagine the kids actually understanding what being put into the videos until later. Nobody knows what people are gonna do to the kids and personally i wouldnt want to rick kids safety or privacy to anyone
When my 1st grandchild was born, I posted a picture on FB where I had all of 5 "friends" & my son made me take it down. I've never posted another picture of my adult children or my grandchildren. I don't post selfies either. Too many creeps everywhere
No I love this whole convo but i was really shocked when i saw trisha at her twins birthday party, It’s crazy bc they both claimed they would never be mommy vloggers before they had kids. It’s sad too colleen freaks out missing a day but when she gets emotional talking about it’s more like why do it then if it really affects you that much?? I’ve watched her since her earlier days and I feel like she’s just burnt out and is just choosing the easiest route for her even though it’s going to hurt in the long run. I hope she eventually goes back to writing and isn’t afraid to take an actual break to do so
Jeez, it only took 7 minutes on Zillow sold to find her address. No, I will not stalk her, but it just goes to show how easy the internet makes it for a stalker. She is putting her and her family at risk.
I don't understand why she doesn't take her kids off youtube because she is one of the few Mommy vloggers who will still make tonnes of money without them. I am not going to lie, I would watch her if she was not doing family vlogging. As a female with ADHD I can relate when she speaks about her ADHD and I think she could still do well if she spoke more about stuff like that. I think it would be awesome if you and DCP did a video together.
I agree. I don’t think she would lose many views if she stopped showing her kids in the videos. I always skip over the kids playing. It’s boring to me. I do enjoy hearing her speak about motherhood, and her own personal struggles and life experiences. Even if she scaled kid content back or stopped it all together I think her core fan base wouldn’t mind at all. I know I would be happy to see that.
I don't like that she imitated and made fun of special needs people as Miranda sings for many years. It wasn't even funny and she doesnt deserve a pass on that either.
YES Adam, she did get a BIGGER house...check it out theres a whole article on it it costed 6 MILLION DOLLARS and has 7000 sqm. That whole video is just her doing damage control and finding more reasons to victimize herself when theres people who cant feed their children in this economy. She makes me legit furious.
@@FreeTheTrolls LMAO A couple times my husband has asked who I am watching, and I will say Colleen. That's when he says, "She still saying how hard her millionaire life is?" I honestly don't think she is an awful human, but I think she needs to do some self reflecting.
For the record, a lot of people have family channels without the bad intentions. A lot of new mothers like to watch the content in order to get inspiration and lifestyle motivation etc. She doesn't show the front of her house and never will.
You got Colleen using her children for money. You got Rachel who traveled and partied all through out the worst parts of the pandemic without a care for anyone. And you got Tim who is excited for Thanksgiving, specifically the after-meal bloat. What a winning family.
@@carlitabonita That's exactly when and why I stopped watching her. She traveled to Hawaii when the state was pleading people not to. She took multiple cross-country trips, etc. She was/is very uninterested in Covid safety.
@@cdn0199 Yeah I remember there were family get togethers that Rachel wasn’t at because she wasn’t willing to self isolate for 2 weeks before being around her pregnant sister AND pregnant sister-in-law.
@@saskia7214 It's not her health she's risking. It's everyone else's. Hawaii (like much of the world) had no resources/space in their hospitals. So even if Rachel/a tourist suffered a broken leg, they'd be placing more strain on an already collapsing health system.
For her new house it's already on the internet!! Just look her up then type new house and it's right there! Also NOT a DOWNSIZE at all she paid $6 million
This is the same thing I say when I watch Dad podcast videos, He and you are right! all family videos should be removed from TH-cam I mean all of them! There are so many family vlogs out there and nothing is getting done, The more people talk about it the more no one will watch them, and then TH-cam will have to do something about it.
You know, if she wants privacy for her and her children she shouldn’t be showing THE INTERNET everywhere she’s going and she could have simply put down an alias on the house instead of her own name, celebrities do it all the time.
She’s aware of how f-ing awful she is. She doesn’t care how exploitative she is concerning her children and thinks she’s doing nothing wrong, as per usual.
On Reddit people would talk about her blatant favoritism with two of her children, the oldest boy and her daughter who is a twin. She always ignored the other twin boy. Now all of a sudden she has her twin boy more on camera and is holding him more. She's a horrible mom, not only because it took reddit calling her out for her favoritism, but also the fact that it's all for show. I truly cannot stand her, she is despicable.
Sweetheart you see 10/20 min of her day. How can max 20 min show who her favorite is? What if one was crying so she was holding that child and then the next day she was holding thag child again. Is that favoritism bc she’s holding her child? Bffr
Actually, anyone who speaks out about the child abuse that is going on on family channels needs to be recognized. If he gets paid for his research and thoughts, why does it really matter? We don't expect emergency services to work out of the kindness of their heart. We don't throw in surgeon's faces that they are saving lives just for money. We don't get mad at lawyers who put predators or something along those lines in jail because they are getting paid. He is using his platform in a very outspoken way against this growing issue. I don't give a fuck if he gets paid if he continues (he has been consistent on this issue for a long time now) to speak out against the way family channels are exploiting their children for money. He isn't making money off showing their faces, he isn't making money off their most embarrassing moments such as their first period. I'd much rather someone get paid fighting on the side of the children than exploiting them. 🤷♀
So from what I’m hearing at 15:20 even if she doesn’t show her kids, or show her house, they could still find out where she lives. Also if it was happening before the children were born, it was still gonna happen after they were born regardless of her putting the kids on the internet
That lady is incredibly smart, she didn't move for safety. She moved to get closer to her mom so she can parent her kids while she's on tour. *Edit: I don't doubt creepy people, I doubt that's her main reason for moving. She clearly doesn't care about safety.
@@aprilmay5123 so you know her personally? and know her education? you can't say that someone is not smart when all you see is 30 minutes of her life Monday- Friday. you're obviously going to see her kids it's her life they are in it... you need to get one for yourself, and I'm not talking about kids.
@@hanaba222 all of you people defending her are nuts 🤦🏼♀️ completely disregarding all the dangers of posting your children online. It’s honestly gross.
As someone who watches all of your videos and all of Colleen’s, I will say that I would be interested to see that stats and screen time of how much her kids are in the blogs because they are not what I see as the center point of her content. Like the clip you showed a lot of it is just her in front of the camera doing things around the house, opening packages, and discussing her mental health journey. It does seem like the kids are used in thumb nails more than actual screen time and I would agree that she shares details about her kids lives on the internet which can be a bit unsafe but I would also note that she only ever shows certain rooms in her home, and has been careful to keep her children fully clothed on camera. I don’t know that that’s enough but I have never seen them as the center point of her content, she discusses her journey of motherhood and parenting but it’s not showcased by throwing a camera in the kids faces all the time, sometimes they just happen to be there while she goes through her day and that of course is a part of her day. I think she has tried to continue vloging because she enjoys it and doesn’t want to loose that connection just because she is a parent now
I agree with you. I've been watching her for years. She doesnt center her videos on her kids. She just happens to be a vlogger that has kids. She shares moments, yes, but never inappropriately. You cant expect her to not do so, when they are the center of her world. I agree also, children should never be used to get views ( Labrants)- she does not do that. Didn't hit the right mark here.
@@carolsumner2807 at the end of the day, she’s a clogger, and she only blogs the kids when they’re happy it’s not sic they’re having a meltdown and a camera stuck in their face, her kids are happy and not the centre of her content in my opinion Adam really missed the mark here
She definitly shows her kids but it’s by no means their entire lives nor is it the majority of most of her videos nor is the majority of her income from her vlog channel. I don’t personally care if someone wants to share videos of their kids online, it’s their decision, their the parent. The hate online from people “protecting her children” is gonna be read by her children one day and probably cause way more harm than anything else.
Even if she is just a Vlogger that has kids then maybe she should not include them, I know many streamers that just happen to have kids that don’t include them for their safety and I fully support the responsible decision maybe she should follow suit it would be very classy on her part
@audiblyalayna has several in depth, well done videos about Colleen Ballinger that are very worth the watch if anyone wants to go down the larger rabbit hole of how inappropriate Miranda sings is as a whole
i never watched her videos, but i remember the only video i watched from her she talked how she wanted privacy for her first baby, how she didnt want to be like the channel that exploit the kids for views, so i was sooo surprised years later when i saw all the videos she was doing with her kids and im like "didnt... didnt she say she didnt want to be ... this?" like bruh
I always thought the same about reality TV shows, such as Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Real Housewives Of * insert city here * etc. I did like however, how when Kourtney and Scotts eldest child, Mason, asked to not be filmed any more unless it was for very specific reasons and then only with his prior explicit consent, they agreed straight away and stopped filming him. Unfortunately his and his siblings and cousins births were broadcast to the whole world but at least they respected his wishes when he eventually expressed that he was no longer happy with the situation
People would figure out her address if she did or didn’t put the kids online. She films only fun activities she does with the kids, never anything intrusive like meltdowns or potty training. Yes, they can’t consent. That’s valid. I put my sons photos on my instagram so I can’t judge… I’m not famous though so I see it’s different. I think she’s just got a disconnect between wanting to do normal things and realizing you kinda can’t as a public persona. I think this is nuanced and your take is heavily influenced on your feelings about her. I also think you’re not a parent and don’t understand how much this person definitely works to be the best for her children. Idk this is just a meh take imo.
Also if you look at her thumbnails compared to like the labrant fam, jesssfam etc, Colleen’s don’t prominently feature her kids in every single one as an edited thumbnail. If they’re in it, it’s a random thumbnail from the video
She should at least blur their faces and background and anything unique about the layout of the home.. But yeah like you said, the kids ARE the content.. Ugh.
This video shocked me, yes she is a “mommy vlogger” but that’s not all she does, she’s never once showed her kids sick or if they didn’t want to be filmed she wouldn’t film them. And yes her being popular online could definitely cause many issues, even before that though she wanted to move FOR her children, she’s said that the new house is better for them and mainly did it for their safety and where that would grow up. She loves her kids so much. She has said in the past that when her kids can give consent and understand what she is doing that she will ask about filming, I don’t see the harm in recording a baby laughing. This is not a teenager getting filmed without consent. Colleen’s vlog community is so kind and understanding with everything they’ve gone through, nothing is staged like other vlog channels I’ve seen. It’s all real. She is here to share her experiences, if you don’t like it don’t watch it🤷♀️ Pls tell me what I’m not understanding here
also if she said that she can ask to film when her kids can give consent why is she filming them when they can’t give consent??? that statement is so weird dude.
its the fact that she KNOWS there are child predators online that could potentially be watching her kids and she still posts them. her babies cant give consent and flynn doesn’t know any different. the second he was born there was a camera in the room. she isn’t doing anything to protect her children from the dangers of being online
One big issue is that kids can't really consent, they don't understand what it means to have their life be on the internet permanently. Their brains literally aren't developed enough to understand the scope of things, and when they get older odds are they'll feel incredibly violated, especially when they know that child predators watched videos of them as kids. I can't imagine how badly I'd want to jump out of my skin if I knew that.
It took me 4 and a half minutes to realize who you’re talking about and now I’m really sad to know she’s turned into this kind of mommy channel. I thought it was maybe that 8 passengers mom or something because I’m bad with names. I never watched her but it was kind of hard to not know who she is and I’m pretty sure she really struggled with her mental health during her first pregnancy from what I remember. I felt really bad about that but thought it was great she was normalizing pregnancy and body changes not being a walk in a garden for every pregnant person. It’s disturbing to know she struggled with privacy herself and then knowingly took away her kids privacy.
KEEP YOUR KIDS OFF THE INTERNET it's not a hard concept. These are your babies, protect them! She's not that concerned about safety if she intends to do this again in a new house!! SHE'S NOT Getting IT
As a mom from 2003- now, I have been diligently protecting my son’s image from the internet and allowed him to control the use of his own face/body representation . Refuse to watch it.
She has Gardners nannies pool boys probably housekeepers and corey yet she can't hire security? She wasn't that terrified then. I'd give away all that up for security. Surely she could have afforded it or downsized to afford it.
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Josh is a good guy. He comes across a brash to some( not me) but his message is on Point!! Stop the exploitation of kids on YT!!! I have been on yours and his channel on since you both posted your first video's!! I always fight for you both whenever anyone is critical of you because I believe you speak from the heart 💛 and that's worth fighting for!!!
It’s really bad that there are p-words and children shouldn’t be putting children online etc. but it’s through a screen (does not make it any less disgusting), people know where she lives, which rooms the kids are in, and their routine. What if someone takes this real life? 😢
Some things she say make no sense. She said a few months ago about re mortgaging or that it is mortgaged her old house so i dont think she owned it
@@CC-tc1yi i always say even though i have a content channel i would never show any child of mine esp if i had another I genuinely would not vlog
DCP is not a good guy, all he does is exploit those children a second time purely for money. Do not get sucked in.
She’s upset about people spreading her address but she called spreading a minor’s legs wide open in front of thousands of people and publicly humiliating them a “fart joke”.
There's laws against kids working in show business. I'm wondering when laws will start appearing to protect children on social media from their parents ruining their identity before they even get the chance to have it.
They’ll make laws against child labor on social media when our legislators aren’t 50 billion years old. (I’m in the US.) They probably have no idea because they have to ask their grandkids to set up their youtube videos for them.
@@mekaylarobles Although, those elderly legislators are probably some of the few who know that the "Coogan Act" was named after Jackie Coogan! So they should know about protecting children in film / tv / entertainment.
Trisha used to talk about this... smh
@@mekaylarobleslol That’s the problem with a bunch of hella old farts running everything.
It should be illegal along with adding INFANTS as authorized users on credit cards!
I feel so strongly about kids not being online until THEY choose to be. It’s their digital footprint and should be totally theirs to control, whether you’re a celeb, an influencer or a regular person.
Amen 100% agree!
you will never be a celeb or influencer so you will never understand. EVRYONE and their mothers posts about their kids on their own pages, public or not. i’ve seen celebrities say they will never show their childrens face but it just happens it’s their fucking kid. she can do whatever she wants if she feels comfortable enough to show what she shows she’s fine. it’s her kids. you guys are so pressed about people who don’t even know you exist it’s actually so funny 😂and this guy making a full video … like he obviously has nothing going on in his own life so he has to talk about other people it’s pretty sad 😔
@@wilsonverno I meeeeean, I'm a public figure and a mother and I somehow manage to keep my kids offline so maybe raise your standards, ya knoooow?
@@ravenismygod she doesn’t need to, it’s her kids she can do whatever she wants with them. and anyways her brother had kids frist and always talk about how it’s for their sake to have all the memories and videos so all the kids can look back on it, that’s exactly how my family was and i’m glad they were. i’m sorry they had a good childhood and me. i’m sure you were shelters and don’t even know what spongebob is.
@@wilsonverno FYI kids aren't possessions, but ok. You can take photos of your kids without sharing them online. Maybe try not to get so invested in influencers' lives because I guarantee they don't give a crap about yours. Not sure what to say about the spongebob thing..?
I’m really shocked that Family Vlogging is still a thing. It is SO FREAKING DANGEROUS. Much less how it will mentally mess with the kids as they get older. INSANE
Not to mention the kids’ friends will most likely see the videos of them as babies, which might embarrass them
I think making family blogs FOR YOURSELF is totally fine, but not posting them online. But like filming your special adventures with your kids to look back on when they get older could be a great way to preserve memories. Like filming your big trip to the zoo. As long as you are still present with your kids of course! Again though I am talking about doing it FOR YOURSELF and your family to look at not to post for strangers to look at and possibly creeps to look online!
I don’t understand how it’s not considered child labor and made illegal
I don't mind hearing about pregnancy experiences and birth experiences, they really helped me understand what was going on when I was pregnant. Was a very reassuring thing and helped to get prepared. I draw the line at the second that baby exits your body, its done for them. No camera time, only personal memories. It's insane to me that people essentially use these children as props and a way to gain money. These poor babies/ toddlers have no idea what is happening. Posting on a large platform full of complete strangers is so wrong
It is great for mothers to talk about and share their experiences online. But they definitely don't have to show their kids at all to do that.
@@JunkieSama thank you for agreeing
I agree 100%
Absolutely agree! And if your kids are your life you can still talk about your experience being their mother it’s just so weird with ALL the information we are given now a days to exploit your child’s whole life like they are on the Trueman Show…
I agree. I even think talking about parenthood and what you're going, and sharing advice and tips is fine only if the kids are not involved in the videos.
She gives her husband more privacy than she gives their kids.
100% THIS!
Because he can consent. Or rather not consent. Their kids can't decide for themselves yet because they don't understand so she has all power over them and she's using it to exploit them. That's why I stopped watching her. It felt wrong watching their kids this privately.
she’s dragged him into this too. he is also an accomplice of his children’s exploitation
That's because he has a voice and says No. Her kids can't say No
@@TA-zy7lg yeah he dont care when she first came on the scene on mtv etc acting like a whinny ugly bratty unkempted kid she makes me sick and was not at all funny
CANCEL HER ASAP!!!!
I just find it wildly inappropriate to be posting your children’s personal/home life online for the world to see. Minors cannot consent, period. I would feel so embarrassed and violated if my parents recorded everything I did as a child and put it online where it stays forever, that’s just so beyond damaging and I don’t even think parents really realize that.
As someone who has been fighting to
be safe from stalking for 10 years now I know how hard it is. I would NEVER do what she has done. She’s playing victim while knowing you are doing so many things to allow this to get this bad. Like stop it.
My six year old asked me recently why she can’t make TH-cam videos or Tictok’s. I didn’t want to scare her TOO bad… but I did tell her not everyone out there is a good person, and we didn’t want a bad person “taking a liking to her” and tracking her down. I still hope that wasn’t too honest, but I didn’t want her sneaking and doing it when she got a little older and figured out how to post a video… she asked if maybe she could when she turns ten. I said I would prefer not, but we would revisit the conversation and consider it when the time comes. She likes to record herself pretending like she’s a TH-camr and it is quite cute, but I am WAY too paranoid to put any videos of her on here. Social media just freaks me out. I’m from the generation of internet anonymity. ✌️😀
Its so odd navigating being a parent in the age of the internet. I think its causing our kids to grow up too fast
My 10 year old has wanted a tik tok account forever. I've just told him that legally he can't make one until he is over 13 years old. Then when he is 13 ill be able to better explain predators online. I've given him the basics of how no everyone is a good person as of now. Its wild I see his friends all have smartphones with tik toks and instagrams and even snapchat!! They are 10?!?!?!?!?! Freaks me out like especially snap chat. There is no way to know who or what your kids are chatting about
Maybe try setting up a tik tok account that’s private, only invite family to follow and set it up so only friends only videos can be posted. Might stop possibility of her sneaking around with it!
You can private their account that way they can post safely. Or it can be private with only family following so you can enjoy the videos and then the kid will get excited seeing the vids have views 🥰
@@danichesney1876u're a good parent for that!!! I grew up on the internet at a very young age and saw/experienced a lot of things i shouldn't have, if i was a parent i wouldn't want my kids on the internet PERIOD until they're 13 or mature enough
10 years old! Gosh… not to sound like a boomer but I didn’t get a phone until 13 and I truly believe that’s how it should be
(Well okay, 12 is a good enough age to, but I mean for a basic phone. Not like a crazy iPhone with the must have stuff on it)
It’s pretty scary a random person could come across them and tell the kids their parents names and all extended family names and specific things about their lives that could make them trust a stranger
As a mom it baffles me why she continues to do this to her children that she claims to love so much. Its a scary world these days and its difficult navigating kids growing up in the age of the internet for sure. But how about don't plaster them all over the internet when you have millions of psychotic fans that think they are members of your family.
Sad bc I didn’t even think about how crazy people are. She does make family friendly content but considering her past brand image I haven’t even thought that there may be some weirdos still after her
@@lunarialoonatic it's not even about "brand image" just get it through your head that there are sick people on the internet
Bc she doesn't actually love them at all
If my job made me fear for my family's safety, I would quit IMMEDIATELY. This is a CHOICE to prioritize money over safety.
True but I think its also due to the fact she's been on TH-cam for 10+ years and it never started out as a job for her but just something she loves to do, I can't imagine she would want to give that all up and I don't think anyone would be extremely willing to give their whole job up if there was precautions she could try and take first which has done by moving from her dream home to somewhere else so her family are safer.
Love this video. KIDS CANNOT GIVE CONSENT. I don’t post anything about my kids on any of my social media. It’s weird and not okay.
Thank you it’s so so true and it’s really weird. Consent is so important and too many people ignore it
"We are moving because people kept coming to our house....
Anyways I'll show you the new house" 🤪
Make it make sense😆
@@insanelittlefangirl we are wrong because we care that she exploits her children for money? Or the fact that she's a hypocrite and says how she's worried about her children's safety but will show her whole ass house and back yard for the internet to see?? If she was so "concerned " she wouldn't have done a tour of the house they rented, and she would take her children off the internet, but unfortunately she will never do that, because her children make her $$$.
The house tour wasn’t the new house
@@bryannacloutier4018 thank you captain obvious
@@fairydust720 clearly it wasn’t obvious since people keep saying it was the new house
Boo hooing over a 6 million dollar house is something! 😂 “Downsizing in some ways.” Homegirl has a luxury home! 😂 She needs to log off and protect her kids. 90% of her TH-cam videos are filmed at her houses. Girl! Stop filming at your house! Btw- am I crazy? I thought she said in another video that they moved to be near her parents?! And we all know where her parents live! She talked about it frequently. I cannot with her!
And she cried about moving to a new/unknown city… Didn’t she grow up there?????
I don't think it has anything to do with the size of her new house. She never wanted to move from her old house as she said it was her dream home and the only reason they felt they had no choice in moving is because people would show up to her house so she needed to protect her family. She's 'boo hooing' because she felt at risk in her old house therefore she HAD to move even though she loved it.
They said they moved to somewhere they never thought they'd move to so I don't think she lives in Santa Barbara, their rental home was there though I believe (which I agree, she shouldn't have made that so obvious)
@@AYESHASAYLE it is in Santa Barbara
The kids could get kidnapped. One day somebody might offer them a ride home. They might say they know mommy. Scarily, they will go with them. They will repeat things that their mom has said. Making them believe they are trustworthy. Legit the scariest outcome.
So many mommy channels depend on viewers/other moms finding them relatable and that’s why she will never stop showing the cafes they go to and what parks they frequent. It’s really awful though, to know that people are using that info to get to see her or her kids, and that she knows all of this and still does it and is still wanting to show her new house…. Super bad, in my opinion :(
It’s insane! Even the home she temporarily lived in recently was SO SO unsafe. I’m from Santa Barbara myself and swear to god, JUST from seeing a clip of that yard I knew exactly where it was. Her neighbor at that house is my best friend, I grew up basically right around the corner.
One day I drove by to go visit my friend, and literally THE WHOLE FAMILY was in the front yard playing around. Fully, fully visible from the road. No fence, just a bar you can easily step over. I felt sick even seeing it honestly, knowing that if a creep found the address they could’ve literally walked right up and done something really fucked up.
This is literally information I didn’t want to know about this family!! But it was just HANDED to me, which shouldn’t be possible. Moral of the story, if you’re gonna show your kids at the very least STOP SHOWING YOUR FUCKING LOCATION. It blows my mind.
jesus christ that's so scary
For some reason I never thought of Colleen being a mummy volgger but you are 100% right and she needs to protect her children. She is playing victim to a situation she created. Now I’m not saying people going to her house is ok, it’s gross and that should not happen.
So, she’ll talk about being terrified but then goes on to show her complete house inside and out, and then she says she can’t do anything about it…. What??? You’re literally showing a blueprint of the inside of your house and showing enough in general to let people figure out your address. They wouldn’t be able to if you weren’t making it so easy for them. And the fact that she’s including small children in this is infuriating.
There was an article written online about what house she bought and shows the inside and whose house it was before, way before she even posted the house and that she was moving. You just can't hide anything if you're a social media influencer. It's not hard to figure out anything about someone.
She doesn’t live there anymore..
She actually moved from that house even though it was her dream house and she didn't want to but she did it to PROTECT her family, that's the whole reason they moved, not because she wanted a new house.
Yeah I was taken aback when she said she was going to do a house tour…keep this new house private so you don’t have to move again??!!
I can’t believe I didn’t make that other connection about experience and with the dangers of TH-cam. I would want to avoid that happening with my hypothetical children, especially if I’ve experienced it myself already and KNOW how scary it is.
It's not possible for her to keep her house private because there's an article online talking about how she bought a new house and whose house it was before hers which was a really well known person and the article showed the whole inside of her house.
I stopped watching/following her as soon as I found out she had made an instagram for her first child. BEFORE HE WAS BORN. Beyond icky, and to me it just demonstrated that she was planning to make the kid a part of her brand/business.
That just proves that she's doing this not out of naivety but because she knows crafting a social media personality for her kids will get her followers and money. So sad
My first Adam video was his video about what Colleen did to him so seeing him talk about her again is so surreal.
Right?! I did a double take
Yea, same. Must of been difficult
I know right it’s crazy.
I cannot stand Colleen for a multitude of reasons, this being one of them. Not a fan of her at all. Adore Adam and as a parent, it really bothered me.
ME TOO
The minute she plastered that child’s face all over the internet was the second she became a bad parent in my eyes
Same fr
Cool! That’s your opinion but If you ever take a moment to see her blogs, she is an awesome mother who takes good care of her children.
@@ThatCurlyChick11 i have watched a lot of her videos a lot of them when she was pregnant with the twins and yes she is a great mom in so many ways but she is putting their whole life on the internet and for me that puts a shadow on everything else but yes I do agree she is an amazing mom
Just the fact that she had certain convos with you shows she's not particularly weary of exploiting children
THANK YOU THANK YOU for talking about this. it is should be a non negotiable that a child has privacy from millions of strangers online. It's unfortunate that she would only view a video like this as "hate" when really its a wake up call for her call-out that is loooooong overdue.
I completely agree. As a mother myself, if you want to keep them safe, you don’t show people where you live. A house tour is fine if they can’t find your house, but to give away the location you’re living in, you can’t be mad that your home is not safe. You doxed your own location. Internet safety is important.
Why is she doing the same thing twice and expecting different results... I don't understand how she thinks it won't happen again :/
“Friend of the channel..” the shade 😂
color me surprised that the woman who thought it was a good idea to send underwear to a child doesn't understand basic parasocial boundaries. yeesh. tell me you haven't learned anything without telling me you haven't learned anything
As a minor you would think he would be more protected
@@ashleyk9209 Not sure what you mean there. Pretty sure it's the responsibility of the adult to know not to send their underwear to children. Luckily if I'm remembering things right but it was a while ago, Adams mom was on her game though and confiscated it and explained how inappropriate it was :)
Did you not watch her video responding to all of that?
@@AYESHASAYLE I did. She admitted it wasn't okay so I'm getting really tired really fast of people defending her for it
you actually believe that story?
I saw a reddit post recently from a teenager/young adult pov of these family vlogs, whose family was a vlog channel, and they talked about how now as an adult they still have paranoia about cameras being there watching them. They mentioned that at one point they'd have to change in a dark bathroom with the door locked because they were so afraid of having the parents walk in on them to film something. The parents only stopped filming/uploading completely when one of the siblings had a su!cide attempt from the stress/paranoia
She must not be that terrified if she continues to film her kids daily routine. 🙄
I totally disagree and dislike family channels but the one thing that I personally enjoyed that Colleen was very open and candid about her experience with giving birth weeks before the due date and how she felt while her twins were in icu. I believe those videos will genuinely help other mothers going through the same thing. I stopped watching as soon as I saw her children were safe and at home as I felt if I watched beyond that I would feel icky.
It’s definitely ok for moms to talk about our experiences especially with childbirth bc I think more people need to know the brutal realities behind pregnancy and birth. But sharing details about your kids and showing their faces definitely crosses the line. There’s definitely a big difference between mom centered content and child centered content. I used to love her channel but I haven’t watched in years.
@@brisprague3187 yes, just yes
Could not agree more! My son was in the Nicu even though he was 2 days away from being dangerously overdue. I still don't know if I had undiagnosed pre-eclampsia or gestational diabetes, I had those tested but these were 30 min to an hour tests so I don't feel it was thorough testing. While my son was crowning, my stomach got hard as a rock and I couldn't push. when I tried, the pain in the hard spot is all I could feel, baby's heart rate was going up or down I dont remember so I had emergency c section & woke up without my baby just screaming wheres my baby. I remember only hearing that he had acidosis, blood too acidic? They were going to transfer him to another hospital nicu, without me even seeing him 💔 my partner pushed and pushed for me to be able to see him only for like 5 seconds, I could only hold his hand and off he went. They wouldn't transfer me to his hospital, they told me I couldn't be released until my pain was controlled. But then they wouldn't give the meds that worked until the fourth day, I left the fifth day. They had to cool him & keep him asleep until his acidosis was resolved. About 8 days? To make sure and watch him for seizures etc. Nothing prepared me for needing to advocate so hard for myself, my baby, and the bonding that is so essential. My son is on the spectrum & has sensory processing disorder 😕 being a new mom is so stressful and just alot to deal with on its own. Having other moms experiences in videos online is an incredible resource. So many different aspects of becoming a mom or parent, you definitely don't learn in school. You have to proactively be searching for every bit of information you could need.
The one thing I couldn't believe that no doctor or others moms, any resource told me: was the intensity of the pain in your uterus, whether it was from umbilical cord placenta attachment ripping or bursting, or c section. I had no doctor or any moms let me know why the pain was so out of control (I have a high pain tolerance, I broke my collar bone off of my shoulder joint a few yrs before, it was poking out of my back & I remember the dr & tech in emergency room asking me if I was okay because I was just chill & silent, when they said they had seen big guys like football players sobbing and moaning in pain from this kind of injury)
@@gillypiexo I am so sorry you went through that! I had gest. diabetes and preeclampsia with my second and it was scary enough going through an early induction and praying she wouldn’t need oxygen or any other treatment. I can’t imagine going through that undiagnosed… and then for them to not even be able to give you a reason for why your pain was that high? That’s awful. I hope you and your baby are both healthy and ok now ❤️
THIS!! I agreed completely. Her pregnancy videos were super cool and I don’t have a problem with them. And even now if she just posted about her parenting experience I wouldn’t mind, but like showing their faces and everything makes me uncomfortable 😅
When I was a child I liked watching Coleen and the labryant family but now that I’m older family channels are awful and shouldn’t be a thing. When these kids get older they’re going to feel some type of way because their whole entire life is on the internet. It’s insane to me.
Omg the LaBrant family should have those kids taken away
This. I watched Ellie and Jared a lot when I was younger. Luckily now (as in a few years ago) I realized how weird and awful those types of channels are.
@@averylouise1024 I thought it was just me I watched ellie & Jared too. And I was like super young too idk why I watched💀
When adam said 'colleen ballinger- friend of the channel' I LAUGHED OUT SO HARD I LOVE YOU AHAHAHA
I looked at Colleen's videos. One of the top results on TH-cam is her giving birth to one of her children (I honestly did not know she had multiple), and the thumbnail is her holding the newborn. She's been filming her children since the second they were born, you could argue even before that. It's really upsetting for her to be like "oh I'm not like the rest of them" when she clearly is the rest of them.
I don't like talking about this publicly, but my dad is well known locally because of his music career. he posts a lot of videos of me and my siblings without our permission and we get a lot of attention too as a result. we've had people come up to us and speak to us before thinking they know us. I'm scared for the day people start coming to our house. I'm scared for when I turn 18 in a year and half and how this will effect my own career and life apart from my father. I don't wanna live publicly and I'm scared I won't have a choice in that.
Communicate with your father about it perhaps he will understand
I don't talk about this and I'm a lot older but I also had a famous dad. Old enough I wasn't online but was in the paper a few times, went on his TV show, etc. It was very hard living in his shadow and I really resented the continual connection to him. I think one thing not being considered here is how robbed you feel.
I remember my dad gave this kinda speech one and said I, specifically, used the word magic to describe things. It was common enough slang at the time in the country I lived in (Ireland) but I didn't actually use the word. I know as an adult it was just a cute way to write the line, including his own kid, but I was furious and confused. For me it was all about wanting to be seen as someone apart.
Go by a different name. It makes things a lot easier.
@@Huh-pi2op HAHAHAHAAA fuck no he doesn't. I've spoken to him about it since I was 11. he doesn't care. he won't care until I'm 18 because then my words will have value to him. for now I'm "under his roof" and have to "do as he says"
@@plutonium2 thank you for the advice!! means a lot
@@vivitronn no problem. And talent can be genetic don't let people try and take your shine. What you can do belongs to YOU
I really do hope theres law put in place soon to stop this..
Even if she doesn't show her house or the area it wouldn't make any difference. If you google there is an article showing her house inside out with address and the previous owners who were also well known. Celebrity addresses can always be found online if they talk about it/ show it or not.
I think your right that she just wants people to feel bad that she had to move . When really she just wanted a bigger house and yard.
No family channels care about their kids. They just care about revenue. Colleen needs a wake up call to stop using her kids for profit.
Amen
If it supports her family so they have what they need, why are you angry about it?
@@Yuliette29 theres a lot of reasons to criticise it lol like a lot, shes not thinking about the kids.
@@Yuliette29 giving your kids no privacy, and putting them in danger is supporting them to you? Seriously?
That’s one thing I do really like that H3H3 does is that they censor their kids faces once they start to become like recognisable and once they’re not babies like they showed Bruce when he was born but once he grows they’ll censor him. I really admire that.
Have you not seen his recent podcast lol
@@Banana12813yeah, they still censored Theodore, they didn’t censor Bruce because he’s not going to be recognised from being on the internet 3 months from now let alone a year or two.. so what’s your point. Idk if you comprehended the original comment 😅
@@Banana12813 they didn’t show Theodore and Bruce is still small enough ??
“People are people and sometimes they want privacy”………too bad she doesn’t feel this way about her children. I guess she doesn’t view them as people or deserving at that kind of human right.
This is the thing. If people are showing up to her house, I can be near certain most or all of them are younger fans who truly believe they know her, and she actually loves them or they see her as a genuine older sister/mom figure. She encourages that parasocial relationship everyday when she says she loves them, asks for their advice, or cries to them about things because they feel she's being open, and vulnerable with them. It's truly sick what she's doing. And worse because she has 3 babies to look after and shes actively putting them in danger daily.
Agree 100% protect the children! But please don’t lump yourself in with DCP, he is a secondary exploiter of these children for money. He started out with great intentions, but as his Chanel gets bigger he gets uglier. There are loads of videos about him, and his hypocritical ways.
I disagree
There is stuff she CAN do….but what she is really saying is she WON’T do it.
I completely agree with you Adam, I would even go as far to say it’s not just TH-cam personalities, I feel like everyone has become desensitized to putting their children online. Just because people think it only happens to celebrities that it’ll never happen to them. I recall an episode of catfish where a girl shared pictures of her and her daughter and the daughter was holding up a certificate from her elementary school and of course the mom mentioned her daughter’s name in the post so now if in the wrong hands someone could’ve used that information for bad intentions. Children should remain off the internet as long as possible in my opinion. Keep pictures of them to yourselves cause it’s easy to get carried away and over share things about them or if you do share your children take the necessary steps to protect them, blur information, don’t share locations etc. Their safety should always be first priority.
i’m fully convinced the only reason she claimed all this security stuff is because people were talking about her new house and how extravagant it was. she was catching heat for whining about it.
This is exactly what it's about. She got so much heat for being Complainleen about a mansion, she had to come up with something to take the heat off. She's so gross and emotionally manipulative towards her very young impressionable fans.
You’re 💯 right. As a parent, I do EVERYTHING I CAN to protect my kids by just keeping them as inconspicuous as possible. Because if someone sick becomes “obsessed” with your child for some reason.. I know it’s Impossible to 100% watch them 24/7 and someone sick could spot a moment to take them. IMAGINING PUTTING THEM ONLINE AND THAT RISK GROWING BEYOND CONTROL… ummmm… NEVER.
It’s negligent.
A content creator that respects their child's privacy is Moriah Elizabeth. She had one face reveal video wheb her kid was young ebough to have their appearance change greatly as her kid grows.
As a parent, I admire her ethics surrounding her kid as a TH-cam celebrity.
I just got to the point where she's talking about stalking and how there's nothing to be done about it.
1) Stop posting anything. Retire.
2) Consult with agencies and companies that specialize in celebrity victims of stalking.
3) Make police reports and petition for stalking orders, which are a bit like protective and restraining orders.
DanTDM and H3H3 are also content creators who protect their kids privacy as well
Before youtube my mom used to film me and my brother for family but to the degree of wanting to catch our every reaction and directing us. Can't imagine that being put out to the internet
Family channels should be ABOLISHED...all i see is negative stuff regarding them
Agreed.
The amount of mothers i know whos social media is nothing but pictures of their kids is honestly shocking. I understand that theyre proud and think their kid is the best thing ever but its beyond cringey.
Im glad that my bestie mostly only posted pictures of say, family gatherings or age milestones [like once a month for his first year] and other than that the regular day to day stuff is in a family group chat which is dedicated to seeing pictures of him.
Like, no one wants 50 pictures of your kid a day and frankly if they do, thats a red flag. I understand that you want loads of pictures, but maybe put them in a private album, not public.
@Chrissy 123 yeah there is that. i understand that a lot of arents kind of loose their identitdy after having a kid purely because kids really are all consuming.
@Chrissy 123 you’re clearly not a parent. Mothers are proud of their babies, and becoming a mother is a whole new identity in its self. If you’re not a mother, you wouldn’t understand.
@@ashleyk9209 lmfao you are loud and wrong. You don’t have to be a mother or even want to ever have kids to know wrong from right loser. Not everyone needs to have kids or even become a mother and that’s a fact. I can’t believe it’s sick people like you justifying this. Parents are supposed to protect not put their child in harms way
@@maya-uz4wc I never said any of that, and I’m not a loser lol. Get a life. Why are you so angry 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
it's very turman show.. the whole world watching since the time they're born.
I'm really glad that you ended up kind of reopening this Avenue of conversations with the whole family, channel thing, and Trisha, and all of those other dudes.
I really hope that you don't ever stop talking about this, because I think that it is absolutely disgusting when people are out here acknowledging that they know what they're doing is putting their children in danger, and possibly if they live in an area with other children, it could be putting them in danger as well.
Do you think that you are ever going to talk about Ruby from the 8 passengers?
These kids online are going to have serious issues. They’ll feel like they always need to perform and be “on” so mommy can make her mortgage payment. It’s so intrusive.
AGREED! I have three children (nearly grown) and these “family channels”/people who showcase their children are wrong. These kids cannot consent and it is opening them up to criticism, exploitation, and being sexualized. 🤢
Finally someone in the comment section who is a parent that is advocating for children’s autonomy and privacy no matter if you are famous or not!
everyday i go outside and have my smoke sesh and watch your videos and i am so glad you make them so long tbh
What I always found strange about Colleen is that she had this HUGE wedding with SO MUCH coverage of the engagement and the wedding. The testimonies from their friends and from the couple were OVER THE TOP. Then they got divorced and she remarried pretty quickly and so did her husband. I very much don't trust a person who could be so sincere about something so serious and so quickly split and then remarry. There's something disingenuous about Colleen, and that vibe continues to grow. I don't think she's a trustworthy person.
She went ahead with the first wedding for the views. I heard they made hundreds of thousands of dollars on it
I don't think this is a good argument, people break up, get married get remarried quickly quite often. To say that how quickly she moved on from her divorse means she's untrustworthy isn't something I think should be judged or overanalyzised. The best option in this case to to try and keep the conversation about the consent of her children within her youtube videos, instead of trying to throw in more crap that'll confuse the topic at hand when there isn't much legitimacy to it.
@@kathleen9104 people move on after divorce, absolutely. It's the extreme public displays of emotion and devotion that's super problematic. The crying, the speeches, so much about "their LOVE." Then, divorce. That's just effing WEIRD and disingenuous. Just my opinion. :)
you don´t know the whole sotry, none of us do
Idk I’ve always had a strong feeling she cheated on Joshua with Eric while she was filming her Netflix show 😬
Sadly adam I feel it will take the murder of a child to get TH-cam to do something about it . Frankly it should never come down to that but I feel it will take something big to get the point across that kids shouldn’t be on the net unmonitored 😢 but ppl don’t listen to the warning till it happens to them
Or a kidnapping
@@mayae850 or both but ppl should listen before it’s way to late and we loose a sweet babe you know
@@mayae850 I’m a mom of six and I ask my kids if I am allowed to post anything about them … there not all over the place there teens mind you but I feel I’ve educated them enough on dangers etc to feel confidant that they can be left alone on the net but I all ways ask for concent first if they say no I don’t do it behind there backs any ways
We still haven't forgot what she did to you. OF COURSE someone like that isn't protecting their own kids!!
She’s not his mom
Before you even said it, I figured the reason was because they just wanted a bigger and better house but wanted to stay relatable. lmao
Honestly i just feel like as a whole the channels who put their kids in a lot if not all of their videos is not something that should be pushed or praised by everyone it basically exploits the kids. I could never imagine the kids actually understanding what being put into the videos until later. Nobody knows what people are gonna do to the kids and personally i wouldnt want to rick kids safety or privacy to anyone
When my 1st grandchild was born, I posted a picture on FB where I had all of 5 "friends" & my son made me take it down. I've never posted another picture of my adult children or my grandchildren. I don't post selfies either. Too many creeps everywhere
The fact that Colleen defended getting ad revenue from peds
No I love this whole convo but i was really shocked when i saw trisha at her twins birthday party, It’s crazy bc they both claimed they would never be mommy vloggers before they had kids. It’s sad too colleen freaks out missing a day but when she gets emotional talking about it’s more like why do it then if it really affects you that much?? I’ve watched her since her earlier days and I feel like she’s just burnt out and is just choosing the easiest route for her even though it’s going to hurt in the long run. I hope she eventually goes back to writing and isn’t afraid to take an actual break to do so
Jeez, it only took 7 minutes on Zillow sold to find her address. No, I will not stalk her, but it just goes to show how easy the internet makes it for a stalker. She is putting her and her family at risk.
Bffr you did not find her
@@Aliza.b2004 what does Bffr mean?
@@wandasays5438 be freakin for real
I don't understand why she doesn't take her kids off youtube because she is one of the few Mommy vloggers who will still make tonnes of money without them. I am not going to lie, I would watch her if she was not doing family vlogging. As a female with ADHD I can relate when she speaks about her ADHD and I think she could still do well if she spoke more about stuff like that. I think it would be awesome if you and DCP did a video together.
I agree. I don’t think she would lose many views if she stopped showing her kids in the videos. I always skip over the kids playing. It’s boring to me. I do enjoy hearing her speak about motherhood, and her own personal struggles and life experiences. Even if she scaled kid content back or stopped it all together I think her core fan base wouldn’t mind at all. I know I would be happy to see that.
I don't like that she imitated and made fun of special needs people as Miranda sings for many years. It wasn't even funny and she doesnt deserve a pass on that either.
YES Adam, she did get a BIGGER house...check it out theres a whole article on it it costed 6 MILLION DOLLARS and has 7000 sqm. That whole video is just her doing damage control and finding more reasons to victimize herself when theres people who cant feed their children in this economy. She makes me legit furious.
Don’t have kids if you can’t feed them.
I don't dislike Colleen, but she does show her children way too much, and she does whine a lot about sh*t.
I agree about exploiting her kids for $$$$$ & her constantly crying is maddening. She's a freaking adult ffs & she cries all the damn time.
Whine is an understatement. She gives me narcissistic vibes. She’s ALWAYS the victim. She also has a 6 million dollar house. Cry me a river! 😂
@@FreeTheTrolls LMAO A couple times my husband has asked who I am watching, and I will say Colleen. That's when he says, "She still saying how hard her millionaire life is?" I honestly don't think she is an awful human, but I think she needs to do some self reflecting.
For the record, a lot of people have family channels without the bad intentions. A lot of new mothers like to watch the content in order to get inspiration and lifestyle motivation etc. She doesn't show the front of her house and never will.
Oh man... im a dedicated viewer of both of yours and this makes me anxious lol
don’t support child exploitation
You got Colleen using her children for money. You got Rachel who traveled and partied all through out the worst parts of the pandemic without a care for anyone. And you got Tim who is excited for Thanksgiving, specifically the after-meal bloat.
What a winning family.
Did you even watch Rachel during the pandemic? I'm sorry you're not exactly correct about the worst part of the pandemic part.
@@carlitabonita That's exactly when and why I stopped watching her. She traveled to Hawaii when the state was pleading people not to. She took multiple cross-country trips, etc. She was/is very uninterested in Covid safety.
@@cdn0199 Yeah I remember there were family get togethers that Rachel wasn’t at because she wasn’t willing to self isolate for 2 weeks before being around her pregnant sister AND pregnant sister-in-law.
@@saskia7214 It's not her health she's risking. It's everyone else's. Hawaii (like much of the world) had no resources/space in their hospitals. So even if Rachel/a tourist suffered a broken leg, they'd be placing more strain on an already collapsing health system.
What's wrong with being excited for Thanksgiving??? You obviously watch their channels. Why watch if you don't like them?
Yes thank you Adam!! Hope you’ve had the best day ever too!!
For her new house it's already on the internet!! Just look her up then type new house and it's right there! Also NOT a DOWNSIZE at all she paid $6 million
This is the same thing I say when I watch Dad podcast videos, He and you are right! all family videos should be removed from TH-cam I mean all of them! There are so many family vlogs out there and nothing is getting done, The more people talk about it the more no one will watch them, and then TH-cam will have to do something about it.
Once upon a time, I tried to like her. Always felt guilty that she buuuged me. Cool I have a valid reason now.
You know, if she wants privacy for her and her children she shouldn’t be showing THE INTERNET everywhere she’s going and she could have simply put down an alias on the house instead of her own name, celebrities do it all the time.
She’s aware of how f-ing awful she is. She doesn’t care how exploitative she is concerning her children and thinks she’s doing nothing wrong, as per usual.
Shes not awful stfu
I think Erik is to blame too. He keeps quiet but he knows how much colleen vlogs. TH-cam should be 18+
She's not worried about the Ps on the internet bc they're all in her family....allegedly
On Reddit people would talk about her blatant favoritism with two of her children, the oldest boy and her daughter who is a twin. She always ignored the other twin boy. Now all of a sudden she has her twin boy more on camera and is holding him more. She's a horrible mom, not only because it took reddit calling her out for her favoritism, but also the fact that it's all for show. I truly cannot stand her, she is despicable.
Sweetheart you see 10/20 min of her day. How can max 20 min show who her favorite is? What if one was crying so she was holding that child and then the next day she was holding thag child again. Is that favoritism bc she’s holding her child? Bffr
Thank you so much for always standing up for kids 🖤
For money
for views... he is doing no good
Actually, anyone who speaks out about the child abuse that is going on on family channels needs to be recognized. If he gets paid for his research and thoughts, why does it really matter? We don't expect emergency services to work out of the kindness of their heart. We don't throw in surgeon's faces that they are saving lives just for money. We don't get mad at lawyers who put predators or something along those lines in jail because they are getting paid. He is using his platform in a very outspoken way against this growing issue. I don't give a fuck if he gets paid if he continues (he has been consistent on this issue for a long time now) to speak out against the way family channels are exploiting their children for money. He isn't making money off showing their faces, he isn't making money off their most embarrassing moments such as their first period. I'd much rather someone get paid fighting on the side of the children than exploiting them. 🤷♀
@@approx4ft yeah it’s his job stupid
@@coralwh3448 well you are here so he’s obviously doing something good
Tbh Flynn is FOUR and very intelligent and speaks his mind, he can say himself no.
Not this
he's too young to understand the consequences of being online. like you said, he's FOUR
So from what I’m hearing at 15:20 even if she doesn’t show her kids, or show her house, they could still find out where she lives.
Also if it was happening before the children were born, it was still gonna happen after they were born regardless of her putting the kids on the internet
That lady is incredibly smart, she didn't move for safety. She moved to get closer to her mom so she can parent her kids while she's on tour.
*Edit: I don't doubt creepy people, I doubt that's her main reason for moving. She clearly doesn't care about safety.
She's actually not very smart but she is very calculated
@@aprilmay5123 so you know her personally? and know her education? you can't say that someone is not smart when all you see is 30 minutes of her life Monday- Friday. you're obviously going to see her kids it's her life they are in it... you need to get one for yourself, and I'm not talking about kids.
@AprilMay sierra is right. she said that she moved closer to her family and she hated LA.
@@hanaba222 all of you people defending her are nuts 🤦🏼♀️ completely disregarding all the dangers of posting your children online. It’s honestly gross.
Oh you’re friends with her? You spoke to her? She told you she moved bc she wants to be closer to her mom when she tours?
As someone who watches all of your videos and all of Colleen’s, I will say that I would be interested to see that stats and screen time of how much her kids are in the blogs because they are not what I see as the center point of her content. Like the clip you showed a lot of it is just her in front of the camera doing things around the house, opening packages, and discussing her mental health journey. It does seem like the kids are used in thumb nails more than actual screen time and I would agree that she shares details about her kids lives on the internet which can be a bit unsafe but I would also note that she only ever shows certain rooms in her home, and has been careful to keep her children fully clothed on camera. I don’t know that that’s enough but I have never seen them as the center point of her content, she discusses her journey of motherhood and parenting but it’s not showcased by throwing a camera in the kids faces all the time, sometimes they just happen to be there while she goes through her day and that of course is a part of her day. I think she has tried to continue vloging because she enjoys it and doesn’t want to loose that connection just because she is a parent now
I agree with you. I've been watching her for years. She doesnt center her videos on her kids. She just happens to be a vlogger that has kids. She shares moments, yes, but never inappropriately. You cant expect her to not do so, when they are the center of her world. I agree also, children should never be used to get views ( Labrants)- she does not do that. Didn't hit the right mark here.
@@carolsumner2807 at the end of the day, she’s a clogger, and she only blogs the kids when they’re happy it’s not sic they’re having a meltdown and a camera stuck in their face, her kids are happy and not the centre of her content in my opinion Adam really missed the mark here
She definitly shows her kids but it’s by no means their entire lives nor is it the majority of most of her videos nor is the majority of her income from her vlog channel. I don’t personally care if someone wants to share videos of their kids online, it’s their decision, their the parent. The hate online from people “protecting her children” is gonna be read by her children one day and probably cause way more harm than anything else.
Your also right the thumb nails make it look like she shows her kids way more than she does. But if you actually watch them it’s really not that bad
Even if she is just a Vlogger that has kids then maybe she should not include them, I know many streamers that just happen to have kids that don’t include them for their safety and I fully support the responsible decision maybe she should follow suit it would be very classy on her part
yea how rich do people need to be!? we need laws to protect these children! thx for posting for the kids
@audiblyalayna has several in depth, well done videos about Colleen Ballinger that are very worth the watch if anyone wants to go down the larger rabbit hole of how inappropriate Miranda sings is as a whole
Love her sm
i never watched her videos, but i remember the only video i watched from her she talked how she wanted privacy for her first baby, how she didnt want to be like the channel that exploit the kids for views, so i was sooo surprised years later when i saw all the videos she was doing with her kids and im like "didnt... didnt she say she didnt want to be ... this?" like bruh
I always thought the same about reality TV shows, such as Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Real Housewives Of * insert city here * etc.
I did like however, how when Kourtney and Scotts eldest child, Mason, asked to not be filmed any more unless it was for very specific reasons and then only with his prior explicit consent, they agreed straight away and stopped filming him.
Unfortunately his and his siblings and cousins births were broadcast to the whole world but at least they respected his wishes when he eventually expressed that he was no longer happy with the situation
People would figure out her address if she did or didn’t put the kids online. She films only fun activities she does with the kids, never anything intrusive like meltdowns or potty training. Yes, they can’t consent. That’s valid. I put my sons photos on my instagram so I can’t judge… I’m not famous though so I see it’s different. I think she’s just got a disconnect between wanting to do normal things and realizing you kinda can’t as a public persona. I think this is nuanced and your take is heavily influenced on your feelings about her. I also think you’re not a parent and don’t understand how much this person definitely works to be the best for her children. Idk this is just a meh take imo.
Also if you look at her thumbnails compared to like the labrant fam, jesssfam etc, Colleen’s don’t prominently feature her kids in every single one as an edited thumbnail. If they’re in it, it’s a random thumbnail from the video
She should at least blur their faces and background and anything unique about the layout of the home.. But yeah like you said, the kids ARE the content.. Ugh.
This video shocked me, yes she is a “mommy vlogger” but that’s not all she does, she’s never once showed her kids sick or if they didn’t want to be filmed she wouldn’t film them. And yes her being popular online could definitely cause many issues, even before that though she wanted to move FOR her children, she’s said that the new house is better for them and mainly did it for their safety and where that would grow up. She loves her kids so much. She has said in the past that when her kids can give consent and understand what she is doing that she will ask about filming, I don’t see the harm in recording a baby laughing. This is not a teenager getting filmed without consent. Colleen’s vlog community is so kind and understanding with everything they’ve gone through, nothing is staged like other vlog channels I’ve seen. It’s all real. She is here to share her experiences, if you don’t like it don’t watch it🤷♀️
Pls tell me what I’m not understanding here
also if she said that she can ask to film when her kids can give consent why is she filming them when they can’t give consent??? that statement is so weird dude.
its the fact that she KNOWS there are child predators online that could potentially be watching her kids and she still posts them. her babies cant give consent and flynn doesn’t know any different. the second he was born there was a camera in the room. she isn’t doing anything to protect her children from the dangers of being online
@@maddieward9681 ik tiktok is a bad place to post ur kids but youtube? youtube’s fine. get over it
@@ariannaclevelandjust bc it's a different platform doesn't mean it's safe 💀
One big issue is that kids can't really consent, they don't understand what it means to have their life be on the internet permanently. Their brains literally aren't developed enough to understand the scope of things, and when they get older odds are they'll feel incredibly violated, especially when they know that child predators watched videos of them as kids. I can't imagine how badly I'd want to jump out of my skin if I knew that.
It took me 4 and a half minutes to realize who you’re talking about and now I’m really sad to know she’s turned into this kind of mommy channel. I thought it was maybe that 8 passengers mom or something because I’m bad with names. I never watched her but it was kind of hard to not know who she is and I’m pretty sure she really struggled with her mental health during her first pregnancy from what I remember. I felt really bad about that but thought it was great she was normalizing pregnancy and body changes not being a walk in a garden for every pregnant person. It’s disturbing to know she struggled with privacy herself and then knowingly took away her kids privacy.
KEEP YOUR KIDS OFF THE INTERNET
it's not a hard concept. These are your babies, protect them! She's not that concerned about safety if she intends to do this again in a new house!! SHE'S NOT Getting IT
As a mom from 2003- now, I have been diligently protecting my son’s image from the internet and allowed him to control the use of his own face/body representation . Refuse to watch it.
She has Gardners nannies pool boys probably housekeepers and corey yet she can't hire security? She wasn't that terrified then. I'd give away all that up for security. Surely she could have afforded it or downsized to afford it.
Something that makes me super angry is parents who make their kids their own social media accounts 😑 Why does your 1 yr old need social media!