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Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Re: Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Post by watwut »

lp0_on_fire wrote: post #36
snapplebobapple wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I find parents doing this extremely concerning I am personally really hesitant to change anything because I can't think of any way to change it that doesn't seriously hinder normal and not creepy parental uses of images/videos of their children. We are already running into overreach problems trying to curtail the stuff we clearly need to curtail (i.e. that guy having to deal with the police for sending his kid'…

I think it's a relatively easy line to draw. If you're posting content to the public (i.e. random strangers), you're on one side of the line. If you're posting content in a controlled manner to people consisting of friends and family you actually know, you're on the other side of the line.

This would made half summer family albums on Facebook illegal. People share fotos of swimming kids on public spaces all the time. And no, those fotos are not sexy nor meant to be.

Re: Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Post by joenot443 »

> When the family’s channel started to rake in the views, Claire says both her parents left their jobs because the revenue from the YouTube channel was enough to support the family and to land them a nicer house and new car. “That’s not fair that I have to support everyone,” she said. “I try not to be resentful but I kind of [am].”

Maybe I was raised differently, but it sounds like her family got the deal of a lifetime. Supporting your parents financially is just part of life for a lot of people, some even get a lot of happiness out of it. I know folks here on H1B that live shoestring and send more than half of what they make back home to their family, and are happy to do so. I know it's easy to paint Claire as having been exploited here, but can one not look at the bigger picture and see that this is clearly a positive thing for their family?

If I was 17 again and had the opportunity to post videos of myself talking instead of my parents working 50h weeks, I know I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Re: Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Post by mablopoule »

colechristensen wrote: post #27
snapplebobapple wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I find parents doing this extremely concerning I am personally really hesitant to change anything because I can't think of any way to change it that doesn't seriously hinder normal and not creepy parental uses of images/videos of their children. We are already running into overreach problems trying to curtail the stuff we clearly need to curtail (i.e. that guy having to deal with the police for sending his kid'…

For starters, zero monetization of any social media content involving children. Second step, zero public posts involving children, maybe with some narrow carveouts.

Yes, let's narrow even more the kind of content allowed in platforms with draconian laws.

"I'm sorry mister, but we can see chidren playing in the park at 44:28 in the hour-long documentary you've produced, so we had to remove the video."

/s

Re: Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Post by bragr »

joenot443 wrote: post #43

> When the family’s channel started to rake in the views, Claire says both her parents left their jobs because the revenue from the YouTube channel was enough to support the family and to land them a nicer house and new car. “That’s not fair that I have to support everyone,” she said. “I try not to be resentful but I kind of [am].” Maybe I was raised differently, but it sounds like her family got the deal of a lifeti…

Well that's your choice in retrospect though, she wants out and is effectively being forced, which is not ok. Just a bit father down:

>Once, she told her dad she didn’t want to do YouTube videos anymore and he told her they would have to move out of their house and her parents would have to go back to work, leaving no money for “nice things.”

Re: Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Post by dingusdew »

joenot443 wrote: post #43

> When the family’s channel started to rake in the views, Claire says both her parents left their jobs because the revenue from the YouTube channel was enough to support the family and to land them a nicer house and new car. “That’s not fair that I have to support everyone,” she said. “I try not to be resentful but I kind of [am].” Maybe I was raised differently, but it sounds like her family got the deal of a lifeti…

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Re: Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Post by sneak »

joenot443 wrote: post #43

> When the family’s channel started to rake in the views, Claire says both her parents left their jobs because the revenue from the YouTube channel was enough to support the family and to land them a nicer house and new car. “That’s not fair that I have to support everyone,” she said. “I try not to be resentful but I kind of [am].” Maybe I was raised differently, but it sounds like her family got the deal of a lifeti…

> Supporting your parents financially is just part of life for a lot of people, some even get a lot of happiness out of it.

Yeah, lots of people find happiness in things done with consent. Those same people find unhappiness, resentment, and anger when those same things are done without consent.

Consent matters!

Children are not born owing their parents anything.

This take is disgusting, frankly, because it ignores the core issue: that it was nonconsensual. It would be like commenting on a marital rape story "but many wives love having sex with their husband!"

The article says that this child is considering cutting off all contact with her parents when she turns 18 and can move out. Does that sound like happiness to you?

Monetize your kids at your own risk.

Re: Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Post by teerak »

joenot443 wrote: post #43

> When the family’s channel started to rake in the views, Claire says both her parents left their jobs because the revenue from the YouTube channel was enough to support the family and to land them a nicer house and new car. “That’s not fair that I have to support everyone,” she said. “I try not to be resentful but I kind of [am].” Maybe I was raised differently, but it sounds like her family got the deal of a lifeti…

At 17 you are an adult and have a choice. By the time this kid could reason about this stuff she already had her privacy taken away forever.

Re: Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Post by SoftAnnaLee »

tqi wrote: post #34

"that was supposed to be our racket!" -Teen Vogue

Teen Vogue has actually been something of a respectable journalism outlet for some time. It's not the Post, but it's one of the few outlets I've found respectable journalism when I've come across their articles.
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