by people who wanted me to sign my autograph or pose for pictures or just wanted to touch me it was frightening i was the seven-year-old who was expected to be going on a mature NUMBER_TOKEN. some scary PROFANITY_TOKEN now i did a bunch of research and found some fascinating articles on this topic one of them titled the case of family vloggers are they capitalizing on the lives of children which says at the heart of family vlogging channels lie the children they are the prime attraction the very reason so many people tune into these channels making home videos of your kids is common but it's a completely different scenario when you upload those videos regularly online for millions of people to watch they can't think about you know the potential dangers of putting themselves on the internet for a child that could be really exciting but they might not realize the full impact of what they're getting into even if they do consent imagine getting your period for the first time and your mom whipping out the camera to record your reaction editing it and then uploading it daughter gushes with bloody period parents react and like poses you with a tampon for the thumbnail or like imagine you're NUMBER_TOKEN and dealing with teenage acne and dad is over your shoulder with a camera in your face vlogging you putting on acne cream telling you to be dramatic for the camera so that he can then upload that to NUMBER_TOKEN million people like the like just save that PROFANITY_TOKEN for the streets man and i can't see this heading any other direction like their whole developmental years are just splashed all over the internet forever for millions of strangers to judge them or even more scary to stalk or worship them simply for the fact that their parents upload them every morning NUMBER_TOKEN a.m pacific standard time now in an article on time a psychiatrist and the head of the child mind institute said this of children in family vlogs all children want to please their parents we trust the caretakers in our lives that they're looking out for us if they're not it makes us very anxious and uncomfortable as they grow into adolescence he adds kids need some privacy to be able to make mistakes and they need parents who are their protectors not their employers and what about the comments you know the words of millions and millions of strangers about the kids every single video that live on the internet forever even in the beginning people would leave really rude comments christine of family fun pack has said really disturbing things she never knew how seriously to take them is this a kid or a legitimate adult you never really know the ab parents don't allow the kids to be online unless they're in the room with them honey listen listen okay kids are going to figure out how to get online without you knowing one way or another and when they do what's the first place that you think they'll go i'll wait could it maybe be to see these videos where you've been uploading for like NUMBER_TOKEN million people and read through all of the comments about them i'm just wondering what do you what do you all think like leave me a comment and let me know do you think that family vloggers are healthy do you think they're harmful or like somewhere in the middle do you think austin and catherine are exploiting their children do you think it's okay just like let me know your thoughts
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