the worst family channel

[DAngeloWallace]

yeah it takes a lot at this point for family channels to surprise me but they somehow managed that

[jennifer]

“I couldn’t shove a camera in the child’s face. So I decided to simply not adopt them”

[keisha_james]

"exploiting our kids but putting an IG filter over it so it looks cute not illegal" THE ACCURACY.

[milorodriguez]

they talk like they're shopping for an exotic pet

[Kakorrhaphiophobe]

That literally needs to be a law EVERYWHERE, if not being able to profit off of your adopted child is a deal-breaker for you... maybe you don’t deserve kids

[iwantpastries]

Can you imagine the audacity of being like "Hey we're not adopting a kid from Thailand because we can't film them for a year, soooo. NOPE!" Like God dang

[Whatlander]

Makes me think of how Grace and Ryosuke from "Texan in Tokyo" straight up left Youtube when they were about to have a child. It's been four years, and they haven't posted a thing since their goodbye videos explaining how they refuse to vlog with kids until they're old enough to give consent.

[Moxilock]

Whenever chat hears "Being held hostage" they just start freaking out and that's fantastic. Let them suffer

[kt_jpg]

As an adopted child from China this is so disgusting. They are acting like they are adopting a puppy that can be pranced around on their channel for clicks and ignored when its not making them money

Edit: Not advocating for maltreatment of animals whatsoever but ppl on the internet always assume the worst of everything

[LC-fhui]

Reminds me of the mommy vlogger that “rehomed” her “adopted son” (never just son) from China because he wasn’t the “quiet, sweet, shy” stereotype she wanted.

[soupcorvus]

as a korean kid, them going “and we found out we could get a baby from korea that’s so exciting!!” made me just about throw up in my mouth, we are not some sort of decorations for white people to feature in their lives just because they think we’re all a certain way, that’s so gross

[par]

As an adopted kid, I would’ve been so unbelievably upset that the people that were gonna adopt me decided to not because they wanted to exploit 6 year old me (that’s when I was adopted) but couldn’t. Absolutely disgusting

[ritasprinkle]

Honestly, the dad is a creep. The way he stands there. The way that adopting from Korea "excites" him. Like... what is actually going on with him? I just kinda get the feeling it is more than a white savior complex.

[starilvara]

Them/the adoption agency: "Can you make an exception because their whole lives are online, it's their business?"
The Thai government: "Okay but that's worse... You do get how that's worse, right?"

[Emily-uisc]

they make the child sound so expendable. like, they dropped the kid as soon as they heard they couldn't film them. like, i'd think if you wanted to adopt a child you'd love them enough not to put them on the internet for a year. them not going through with it just proves they didn't adopt the child because they wanted another and loved them, they just wanted views

[piper_says]

"it" is bad enough, but saying that "it" "wouldn't be theirs" for a year is REALLY telling, if you were serious about adoption that child would be YOUR child before you even bring them home

[weeginboots]

That year long rule from Thailand is GENIUS, and needs to be rule/law everywhere... But also, how crazy is it that enough people over there recognized this would deter a certain type of person from adopting for the wrong reason.

[kale]

The way they talk about adopting a human child is like a kid trying to pick a toy that has the coolest look

[easternflower]

As someone with adopted sisters from Guangzhou China, this is so hurtful to me- the country of origin is such an important part of an adopted child’s identity. I could never imagine discounting any country or any child for SOCIAL MEDIA REASONS. My sisters are my sisters, I could not imagine life without them for any reason, let alone something as dumb as that.

[robinmitchells]

IMO, if you “accidentally” Snapchat while signing an NDA, that’s social media addiction at that point and you need an intervention stat.