What is the pain of a child whose life has been 'contained' by an influencer's parent?
In recent years, many people have been sending content on TikTok and YouTube, and some parents are making money by publishing photos, videos, manga, etc. featuring their children. Teen Vogue, an overseas media that focuses on teenagers, has picked up the voices of children who have had their childhood turned into content by their parents behind the scenes where influencers who make their daily lives profitable are being touted. increase.
Influencer Parents and Their Children Are Rethinking Growing Up On Social Media | Teen Vogue
If you search for the real name of Claire (a pseudonym) interviewed by Teen Vogue, you will find a YouTube channel with millions of subscribers and over 1 billion views. Hundreds of videos have been posted on the channel from Claire's childhood to teenage years, with people commenting on her on Instagram and other social networking sites, and fans in public. It seems that there are times when you can be talked to or asked to take a picture.
However, of course, Claire in her childhood did not start posting videos, and it is Claire's parents who are posting videos. For Gen Z young people, it is not uncommon for their parents to post their daily photos and videos on the Internet, and like Claire, it is even monetized as content without the consent of the person.
Claire became popular on the Internet when she was an infant, and her family quit their jobs and started making a living from YouTube video revenue. Claire once told her parents that she didn't want to appear in YouTube videos anymore, but they objected that doing so would mean that they would have to go back to a normal job and not be able to live an affluent life. that's right. In an interview with Teen Vogue, Claire said, 'It's unfair that I have to feed my whole family.I try not to get angry, but I'm really angry.'
The fact that her parents, who should be in a private relationship, are also her bosses at work, puts a lot of pressure on Claire, so when she turns 18, she plans to leave home and cut ties with her parents. It seems that If she can separate from her parents, Claire would like to speak publicly about the issue of 'becoming a YouTube channel star' under her real name.
Claire wants her parents and others to know how being a social media star has cast a shadow over her childhood because of her parents. 'No matter what my parents do now, they can't make up for the years I had to work,' Claire said.
Also, Claire's parents say they are saving money for college, but Claire doesn't know the exact amount. In the state of California in the United States, there is a law called
Meanwhile, some influencers are changing their behavior to keep their children from suffering.
In fact, Mr. Althoff and others used their real name, date of birth, name, face, etc. to appear in the content until their eldest daughter turned 2 years old. However, in 2022, when I posted a joke video saying 'My eldest daughter is a genius who started talking at 6 months old', comments slandering her eldest daughter began to be written. Said it was changed.
``I'm an adult on the Internet, but it's still hard to read malicious comments about myself,'' Althoff said. It is explained that it is gone. Althoff deleted all posts and content showing his daughter later that day, and no longer includes them in videos. 'Richard won't be my little girl forever. She'll be an adult someday.' I decided to do it, but it's not my child's job, and I don't want it to be my child's job,' Althoff said.
Also, not including children in the content posted helped Althoff find an identity other than 'being the mother of the children'. According to Teen Vogue, it is natural for parents in their 20s to post their photos and videos online, and although they tend to post content showing their children online as well, they should change their minds as they grow up. says there is also.
In recent years, besides Althoff, the number of influencers who do not show their children's faces is increasing. Maia Knight , who posted a video of twin daughters `` Violet '' and `` Scout '' on TikTok and gained more than 8.5 million followers, will show the children's faces from December 2022. Emojis and hands are now hidden. User reaction to the decision has been mixed, but Knight said in a TikTok post, 'They are toddlers now and I have decided not to show them anymore.' in order to protect the
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In addition, Laura Fritz , who has 2.7 million followers on TikTok, announced that she will stop posting on TikTok, which has been ongoing for about two years. In a post on Instagram, Fritz wrote, 'This is the end of our TikTok account. It was a huge part of our lives for about two years and it's hard to let go, but this is what our family does. It's the best thing, I want my kids to live normal lives without the pressure of social media.'
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In recent years, more and more influencers have warned against sharing photos and videos of their children online. When Mr. softscorpio , who has 160,000 followers on TikTok, was 12 years old, personal information was posted on his mother's Facebook account with 10,000 followers, and an unknown man said, ``I'm riding a bicycle with my friends. I saw it.' I have received a message. Mr. softscorpio, who felt uneasy about this experience, seems to have stopped wanting to talk about himself to his mother.
A bill submitted to the Washington State Legislature in 2023 includes giving children of influencers 'the right to request that their photo or name be permanently removed.' Addressing legislators in the video, softscorpio said, 'I plead with you to listen to the voices of the children of this generation, because I will leave a digital footprint that I did not create for the rest of my life.' Because I know firsthand what the option of going around is.'
In addition, influencer caroline_easom , who usually posts comedy videos, read aloud a ``children's letter from a family Vlogger' ' that was sent to him anonymously. In the letter, the child said, ``Here is my advice to parents looking to start a family Vlog or monetize their children's lives on the public internet. The money you make will be overshadowed by suffering over the years.Your child will never be normal.I did not agree to exist on the internet.'
@caroline_easom This is hands down the most important video I 've ever made .
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