Family Vlogger Arrested for Aggravated Child Abuse

[frejasface]

Ruby Franke, Popular Parenting YouTuber, Arrested for Alleged Child Abuse https://t.co/YBWXgM3NF5 pic.twitter.com/dUkeWVL2Tb
- Jezebel (@Jezebel) August 31, 2023
Ruby Franke, the mom behind the family YouTube channel 8 Passengers, has been arrested in Utah on two counts of aggravated child abuse. Franke is a Christian family influencer who frequently

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[peachypearl]

I don't trust family vloggers at allll. There is something deeply unsettling about the thought of children growing up only knowing what their parents look like behind a camera and having to play up every little thing for views. Everything is so amplified it's unhealthy.

Anyway let's not even begin to talk about safety concerns...

[insomniachobs]

I just always think - you're not giving your kid a chance to grow up and decide how they want to present themselves to the world before it's way too late, and everybody already has the permanent "kid" image in their head. It's hard enough for child actors who don't spend every waking moment of their actual lives on screen to get away from that image of themselves. Never mind a bunch of prospective friends, partners, employers who can just Google your childhood tantrums any time they feel like

[peachypearl]

Yeah I couldn't get all of my thoughts into a coherent message at all. There are just so many things that are truly despicable about this whole concept and new ones keep popping up into my head. This post could go on for 30 pages and we'd still be uncovering new things that will damage these kids for life.

[fauxkaren]

yep.

and the parents are making SO much money off of exploiting their kids. are their kids getting their cut?

you know they aren't.

[theactualworst]

These kids will also have access to everything their parent has ever thought about them, good or bad, and I feel like that would fuck anyone up.

[veracity]

Kate Gosselin times 10.

[ladgertha]

ita. it's so weird how anything a child goes through in life becomes a reel for instagram, for people to criticize and make assumptions about them. just a bizarre timeline

[swissbeauty23]

they also can't consent