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Family-themed YouTube channels can sometimes get embroiled in serious controversies, leading to public backlash and legal consequences. Here are some of the most infamous scandals involving family YouTubers:
1. **Fantastic Adventures**: This channel came under fire when it was revealed that the mother, Machelle Hobson, was abusing her adopted children to force them to perform in videos. The channel was eventually taken down, and Hobson faced legal consequences.
2. **8 Passengers**: The Franke family, who run the 8 Passengers channel, have faced backlash for their strict parenting methods. Viewers have accused them of emotional abuse and exploitation of their children for content.
3. **Spiritual Tasha Mama**: Tasha Maile, known for her Spiritual Tasha Mama channel, faced criticism for her controversial views on parenting and breastfeeding, including breastfeeding while having sex. Her content sparked intense debate and backlash.
4. **Ryan's World**: While not embroiled in a scandal as severe as others, Ryan's World faced criticism for not clearly disclosing sponsored content. The channel was investigated by the FTC for deceptive advertising practices aimed at children.
5. **DaddyOFive**: This channel became notorious for its abusive "prank" videos involving the parents targeting their children. The backlash led to a court case, and the parents lost custody of two of their children.
Despite these controversies, there are family channels that maintain a wholesome and positive image. Here are a few that are often praised for their content:
1. **The Holderness Family**: Known for their funny and relatable music parodies and skits, the Holderness Family creates content that is entertaining and family-friendly.
2. **Eh Bee Family**: This Canadian family is known for their comedic skits and challenges. Their content is light-hearted and suitable for all ages.
3. **The Ballinger Family**: The Ballingers are praised for their positive and genuine content. They focus on family adventures, parenting, and day-to-day life with an emphasis on kindness and inclusion.
4. **The ACE Family**: While they have faced minor controversies, many fans appreciate their focus on family bonding and entertainment.
5. **The LaBrant Fam**: Known for their vlogs and family adventures, the LaBrant Family often shares wholesome moments and positive messages with their audience.
Which family channel do you find most wholesome and unproblematic? Let us know in the comments!
1. **Fantastic Adventures**: This channel came under fire when it was revealed that the mother, Machelle Hobson, was abusing her adopted children to force them to perform in videos. The channel was eventually taken down, and Hobson faced legal consequences.
2. **8 Passengers**: The Franke family, who run the 8 Passengers channel, have faced backlash for their strict parenting methods. Viewers have accused them of emotional abuse and exploitation of their children for content.
3. **Spiritual Tasha Mama**: Tasha Maile, known for her Spiritual Tasha Mama channel, faced criticism for her controversial views on parenting and breastfeeding, including breastfeeding while having sex. Her content sparked intense debate and backlash.
4. **Ryan's World**: While not embroiled in a scandal as severe as others, Ryan's World faced criticism for not clearly disclosing sponsored content. The channel was investigated by the FTC for deceptive advertising practices aimed at children.
5. **DaddyOFive**: This channel became notorious for its abusive "prank" videos involving the parents targeting their children. The backlash led to a court case, and the parents lost custody of two of their children.
Despite these controversies, there are family channels that maintain a wholesome and positive image. Here are a few that are often praised for their content:
1. **The Holderness Family**: Known for their funny and relatable music parodies and skits, the Holderness Family creates content that is entertaining and family-friendly.
2. **Eh Bee Family**: This Canadian family is known for their comedic skits and challenges. Their content is light-hearted and suitable for all ages.
3. **The Ballinger Family**: The Ballingers are praised for their positive and genuine content. They focus on family adventures, parenting, and day-to-day life with an emphasis on kindness and inclusion.
4. **The ACE Family**: While they have faced minor controversies, many fans appreciate their focus on family bonding and entertainment.
5. **The LaBrant Fam**: Known for their vlogs and family adventures, the LaBrant Family often shares wholesome moments and positive messages with their audience.
Which family channel do you find most wholesome and unproblematic? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00It started out as family fun, it started with me and my kids, but then it was just about
00:07making a video and then making the next video.
00:11Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for infamous controversies about
00:17family-themed YouTube channels that shocked everyone.
00:21And my kids are literally starving. I hesitate to say this because it's going to sound like
00:25I'm like a mean barbarian.
00:26Plus, we'll explore what public backlash or legal consequences they faced.
00:33Ryan's World
00:35Ryan's World, formerly known as Ryan's Toy Review, is one of the biggest channels on the platform.
00:41The youngster, who plays and chats about toys, games,
00:44and adventure parks, captured the attention of children everywhere.
00:48Lone Gwon
00:53But in 2019, news about his mother, Lone Gwon, was disclosed.
00:58In 2002, she was an 18-year-old student attending University of Houston
01:03and was caught trying to shoplift clothes from a JCPenney store.
01:07Lone Gwon was arrested in 2002 for stealing $93 worth of clothes.
01:12Gwon received a $150 fine, 40 hours of community service, and six months of probation.
01:19Shortly after, however, she was arrested for breaking the terms of her probation
01:23and was sentenced to 60 days in prison.
01:26Gwon was released after 30 days.
01:35Jordan Cheyenne
01:36There have been plenty of accusations of YouTubers faking emotional segments for views,
01:42but few have been so exposed as Jordan Cheyenne was in 2021
01:47when she uploaded the since-deleted video titled,
01:50We Are Heartbroken.
01:54In it, Cheyenne and her son Christian film from their car,
01:57discussing the disease their dog was diagnosed with.
02:00In an accidentally left in part, Cheyenne can be seen coaching her son,
02:05telling him how to cry, where to rest his head, and what expressions to use.
02:12She even gets him to pose for the thumbnail.
02:15It's pretty spectacular, and we mean that in the most disgusted way possible.
02:19As backlash grew, Cheyenne apologized publicly,
02:23which was also criticized for being insincere.
02:26She then scrubbed her channel and social media profiles before going on a hiatus.
02:32Micah Stauffer
02:35In 2017, after years of searching for a special needs child to help,
02:40Micah Stauffer and her husband James, the two who vlogged under the name The Stauffer Life,
02:46finally found a preschool-aged child to adopt into their family.
02:50The parents, who share three biological children,
02:53as well as Micah's daughter from a previous relationship,
02:57adopted Huxley from China in 2017.
03:00Beyond asking for donations to help raise him, it all seemed to be going well.
03:05But by 2020, things changed drastically.
03:08After months of speculation, Stauffer posted a video that they had rehomed their adopted child.
03:14The couple said that the stress of caring for a severely special needs child
03:22was the leading factor for their decision.
03:24Of course, there was a massive amount of backlash from the public.
03:28So much so that Stauffer deleted her channels and has been inactive on social media since.
03:38Spiritual Tasha Mama
03:40Going by Spiritual Tasha Mama and now Spiritual Natasha on YouTube,
03:45Tasha Miley is a controversial figure on the platform.
03:49On one hand, she has helped promote nursing children and the vegan lifestyle.
03:54On the other, Miley has been criticized for a certain story.
03:58In 2017, she spoke about the time she and her husband were intimate
04:03while she was in the act of breastfeeding her son.
04:07She later clarified that the child was sleeping at the time,
04:10but it still seems like an icky situation that made many uncomfortable.
04:17The public has also pointed out other videos that have been interpreted as inappropriate
04:21between Miley and her children.
04:34Sam and Nia
04:35Pregnancy announcement videos are often endearing.
04:38Other times, not so much.
04:41One released by the channels Sam and Nia, Christian family vloggers, was more of the latter.
04:49In 2015, they filmed a video involving Sam sneakily dipping a pregnancy test
04:55into Nia's unflushed toilet water, then surprising her with the positive result.
05:00Regardless of whether it was staged,
05:03this sparked a debate about privacy in relationships and women's autonomy.
05:09Not long after, it was discovered that Sam had, at one point,
05:14had a profile on the infamous affair dating website Ashley Madison.
05:18The duo released an apology video where Sam mentioned that Nia and God forgave him,
05:24which only drew further criticism.
05:26After a brief hiatus, the family returned to the platform.
05:33The LeBrant Fam
05:34As one of the most popular family-themed channels,
05:37you'd expect the LeBrant Fam to be squeaky clean of scandal.
05:41But nope.
05:42Firstly, in 2018, as the wildfire swept over California,
05:46the family put out a video that they were ordered to leave their home.
05:54However, neighbors of the LeBrants claim their area was never given the evacuation order.
06:01Secondly, in 2021, the channel released a video that implied their child had cancer
06:06when it was a health scare.
06:12Thirdly, in 2022, they put out a documentary on abortion,
06:16taking a pro-life stance but calling it pro-love instead.
06:20In it, they shockingly compare the number of lives lost to the Holocaust to those from abortions,
06:26implying that the latter is worse than the former.
06:29Understandably, people were livid.
06:36Toy Freaks
06:37With family channels, there's always a conversation about parents
06:41potentially exploiting their children for views.
06:44With Toy Freaks, it's no misunderstanding, as it was clear this was the case.
06:50Gregory Chisholm encouraged his daughters to act like babies
06:54and do humiliating things on camera.
06:59It was pretty uncomfortable.
07:03But the final straw came when he filmed multiple videos of himself
07:07walking into the bathroom as they bathed
07:09and throwing an animal at them in what he claimed was a joke.
07:17One clip featured a frog that terrified the girls.
07:20Experts stated that these antics could have a lasting and damaging effect on their mental health.
07:26With the litany of incidents, the Toy Freaks channel was terminated in 2017.
07:34Fantastic Adventures
07:36Created by Michelle Hobson, the Fantastic Adventures channel showcased Hobson's
07:40biological and adopted children and their antics.
07:44But in 2019, horrible things came to light.
07:48How, after all of those details, Michelle managed to keep the kids is a mystery.
07:53Hobson's adult daughter called authorities, and when they arrived,
07:57the cops found the children in a tragic state, clearly malnourished.
08:01Allegations soon surfaced that Hobson and her two adult sons
08:05had physically abused the children if they refused to appear in a video
08:09or didn't perform the way Hobson wanted.
08:12Her Fantastic Adventures YouTube channel had over 800,000 subscribers.
08:17While Hobson was indicted on 30 counts and pleaded not guilty,
08:21she passed away before the trial, and the charges were dismissed as a result.
08:25In 2023, however, the Hackney brothers were charged with multiple counts of misconduct.
08:33Family 05
08:35Originally known as Daddy 05, before creating the other channel Family 05,
08:41Michael and Heather Martin were known for their daily vlogs and joke videos.
08:49But as their popularity increased, so did the video's content.
08:54So-called pranks seemed to involve the physical and mental abuse of their children.
09:00As the scandal grew, two of the kids were taken from the household
09:03and into the care of their biological mom.
09:06In 2017, facing charges of child neglect, the Martins handed in an Alford plea,
09:16which allowed them to acknowledge the evidence but maintain innocence.
09:20As such, they received five years of probation.
09:23While their channels were terminated by YouTube,
09:26Michael would return in a new channel called The Martin Family,
09:30which is supposedly run by their kids.
09:33I really wish we had a crowbar right now.
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09:518 Passengers
09:53After starting her channel 8 Passengers in 2015 about family life with her husband Kevin
09:58and their six children, there were several concerns with Ruby Frankie
10:02when it came to allusions to her extreme disciplining methods.
10:07In 2023, no one was ready for how far she went.
10:11I just had a 12-year-old boy show up here at my front door asking for help.
10:16One of her children managed to escape the house and get help,
10:19which led to the police arresting Frankie, Kevin,
10:22and their business partner, Connections Jodi Hildebrandt.
10:26Without bail and behind bars sits a woman who once freely roamed around her home filming her family.
10:32Most of their children had signs of abuse and were taken into care after getting treatment.
10:37Frankie and Hildebrandt were charged with six felony child abuse charges and held without bail.
10:42Unsurprisingly, 8 Passengers was banned from YouTube,
10:46and Frankie's other social media profiles were deleted.
10:49Experts say Frankie's videos, even the deleted ones, could be used against her in court.
10:54On a lighter note, let us know which YouTube family channel you think is wholesome and unproblematic.
11:00Guess what? Someone's going to be going to public school very soon.
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