“AMERICAN FAMILY ROAD TRIP” FAMILY VLOGGERS, 10 PEOPLE LIVING IN A BUS?! | Influencer Insanity Ep 8

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro + Background
7:09 The Videos
14:31 Things I Like + Intentions
18:26 Privacy Concerns
24:23 Logistics Concerns
31:32 Funding the Lifestyle
37:21 Van Life Connection

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[lexyhartmann]

Also - the absolute hypocrisy of them demonising screen time and phones for their kids whilst at the same time making videos of their kids for others to watch on their screen time and phones and making money from it… insane!

[Rwebs]

This family is getting away with this under the “classy if you’re rich, trashy if you’re poor” mindset. I can guarantee this would not fly if this couple was not in their privileged position.

It also boils my blood that kids can be used for social media without any protections.

[MyPaucast]

No one else finds it disturbing to imagine that 7 kids in a bus live with their parents whose main goal is to keep getting pregnant?

[jennifer]

If my husband had a "spiritual awakening" and forced us to move to a bus, I honestly think I'd have to divorce him... lol

[melissaa]

Low income parents are constantly shamed because they have kids sharing a room, but this is fine?

[Marisol]

I remember one time a daughter on one of these insanity family buses wanted to SLEEP IN A HOTEL for her birthday. It's so sad.

[megancoghlan]

As someone who grew up in a very similar situation, your points are spot on. The older kids are 100% caring for/raising the younger ones. I would also like to add that while the kids may think they’re okay with this situation, when they become adults and realize how they were treated their feelings about it will almost certainly change. Children want to make their parents happy, and probably think that they’re fine with having their lives blasted all over social media. As an adult, they’re going to realize how much their privacy was violated in order to monetize a lifestyle that they probably won’t agree with in a few years.
Using your kids to make money on social media is disgusting and shouldn’t be legal.

[evancheng]

It's actually pretty terrifying to think that the kids not having access to screens = kids not having the only remaining way to access the outside world, resources, ppl, etc.

If someone wanted to raise kids in a trapped environment, that's how they would do it: leave them with nothing to compare to, no one else to talk to, and isolated in this little family echo chamber.

[cameronspeare]

Coming from a large family, these big families often rely on the labor of the older children to run the household. Parentification is a huge problem and often results in strained and imbalanced relationships between the older children and their parents.

[SideChickASMR]

I love that you’re not afraid to call creators out.. it’s a fact that some creators are so desperate for fame that they forget regular human values

[rachelm]

I’m one of 8 kids myself, and I love all my siblings and wouldn’t trade them for the world, but I wish I grew up in a somewhat smaller family. To this day, it is weird for me to spend time alone with my parents. They came to visit me last year and I spent an entire day with them by myself, and it felt so strange, like I wasn’t sure what to say to them or how to act. I realized I had never had their full attention before and I was receiving it for the first time at 30 years old.

[ND-iwnr]

@HannahAlonzo: As the second to last of a family about this size, I was an afterthought. In every single aspect, throughout my entire childhood and after. My parents didn't give a damn about my health, physical growth, hobbies, school, anything.
In fact, it was a TEACHER who not only caught my poor vision, but actually took me to GET glasses, after she tried and failed to convince my parents of the need for a pair.
The glasses would have been free if my parents had taken me, as our universal health care covers it. But they just did not want to, my mother even said "She's faking it for attention."
My teacher paid for them herself. One of my greatest regrets is that I can't tell her how much she meant to me, she was very special.

I vividly remember staring out the window on our way back, amazed by the trees. I had no idea they were so beautiful, with leaves. Obviously I knew about leaves, but I'd never seen them ON trees, they'd always been a big green blob.

[abbybanks]

It’s extremely concerning that the oldest daughter has no privacy. Imagine going through puberty as a girl and not having your own space or being around other girls your age. Same with the teen boy. You share space with your sisters and have no other teens to befriend

[CarolMarieReads]

A man gets a calling to make an “ark”. Isolates family … is this the start of a true crime doc?!

[radicalKT]

If the baby was born in the bus and hasn't even been to a doctor, then they probably never got a birth certificate. I recently learned that this is a big problem for a lot of children whose parents try to keep them out of the system. It makes me wonder about the other kids and how many of them are going to be unable to get a job or a bank account when they get older.

[erinclarke]

The answer to the “spread too thin” question is that the older children take on parenting roles

[larissabrglum]

If I were a UPS worker and a family of ten rolled up in a bus to weigh their baby on one of my scales, I would probably call social services

[flatlandtigress]

Oldest of four here: there is zero chance that the ONLY DAUGHTER in a “Christian family” of this size is not the auxiliary parent. There’s a good chance she’s doing more of the housekeeping (buskeeping?) and toddler care than Mr. Just-My-Baby-Daddy.

[steffa.]

Hannah, unrelated to the topic - I just want to express my gratitude towards you, for the high level of english you provide. I am not a native speaker, so I always look for proper examples of how to form my thoughts with complicated words, in a logic and well structured way. Your words are so carefuly picked up, your thoughts are logic and easy to follow and understand and at the same time - one is able to enrich their vocabulary so much while listening to you ❤ You should become a teacher, you know ❤ Thank you for helping me upgrade my english ❤

[n.r.m.]

You nailed it. 👏
The lack of PRIVACY is absolutely traumatizing theses kids. The lack of proper MEDICAL CARE for these children, including newborns, is ATROCIOUS and DANGEROUS. The lack of proper EDUCATION is neglectful and ridiculous.

I cant believe this type of thing is actually happening.