Last year, I taught research for freshman composition students at a small public college. One of my best students had been deep into family vlogging, followed it for years, and then saw the crap hit the fan. She conducted a semester-long research project on family vlogging, focused on the Franke case and others, examining the insufficiency of law as it stands to deal with parents' exploitation of their children. She wrote an excellent end-of-term paper about it. I'm very proud of this student! She devised the topic and direction herself (I urge my students to research what interests them) and gave her arguments a lot of work. The last thing she sent me, a few months ago, was a clip of Shari Franke testifying before the Utah House of Representatives.
That student sounds amazing! And even though I don’t know Shari Franke, I feel proud of her for advocating against this disgusting practice. I remember once during a family dinner I mentioned how family vlogging was disturbing and how the children would grow up having their most intimate moments on the internet, and a family member said “you never know, they may enjoy it.” I didn’t argue but I thought to myself “one day we’re going to see some really terrible things come out about this.” Lo and behold, here we are.
Some people don’t deserve kids. It’s a pity there’s usually no way to know who those people are and how undeserving they are until it’s too late for the kids. Damage has been done; only then is protecting kids from abusive parents even a glint in society’s eye. With family vloggers, though, there were red flags all over the place, apparently.
Yeah, that student was amazing! I wish all my students were like her!
This reminds me of that clip that circulated online a little while ago where a little boy was crying over the death of his dog. The mother - not realising she was filming herself - kept telling the boy how to cry, which angle to cry from, how to hold his face etc. She keeps saying "act like you're crying" and the boy heartbreakingly says "I am crying." Pretty abhorrent
Last year, I taught research for freshman composition students at a small public college. One of my best students had been deep into family vlogging, followed it for years, and then saw the crap hit the fan. She conducted a semester-long research project on family vlogging, focused on the Franke case and others, examining the insufficiency of law as it stands to deal with parents' exploitation of their children. She wrote an excellent end-of-term paper about it. I'm very proud of this student! She devised the topic and direction herself (I urge my students to research what interests them) and gave her arguments a lot of work. The last thing she sent me, a few months ago, was a clip of Shari Franke testifying before the Utah House of Representatives.
That student sounds amazing! And even though I don’t know Shari Franke, I feel proud of her for advocating against this disgusting practice. I remember once during a family dinner I mentioned how family vlogging was disturbing and how the children would grow up having their most intimate moments on the internet, and a family member said “you never know, they may enjoy it.” I didn’t argue but I thought to myself “one day we’re going to see some really terrible things come out about this.” Lo and behold, here we are.
Some people don’t deserve kids. It’s a pity there’s usually no way to know who those people are and how undeserving they are until it’s too late for the kids. Damage has been done; only then is protecting kids from abusive parents even a glint in society’s eye. With family vloggers, though, there were red flags all over the place, apparently.
Yeah, that student was amazing! I wish all my students were like her!
My thoughts exactly!
Clip in question: https://www.tiktok.com/@usatoday/video/7427165288627506463
This reminds me of that clip that circulated online a little while ago where a little boy was crying over the death of his dog. The mother - not realising she was filming herself - kept telling the boy how to cry, which angle to cry from, how to hold his face etc. She keeps saying "act like you're crying" and the boy heartbreakingly says "I am crying." Pretty abhorrent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MVCpGPWpQ4
I remember when that clip was circulating online! I can’t imagine living like that, especially as a mother.