00:00But I want to be clear that there is never, ever a good reason for posting your children online for money or fame.
00:06There is no such thing as a moral or ethical family vlogger.
00:10Many child influencers are paid for their work, as I was, and this money has helped me in my adult life.
00:15However, this payment was usually a bribe.
00:17For example, we'd be rewarded $100 or a shopping trip if we filmed a particularly embarrassing moment or an exciting event in our lives.
00:25There is no long place to guarantee that child influencers get any money from their work.
00:29Any payment that does happen is under the table with no paper trail.
00:32And how do we determine how much a child should make from appearing in family content?
00:36What price is worth giving up your childhood?
00:38The camera never stops, and there is no such thing as a break from filming.
00:42At the time, I tell you I had a choice in what was filmed.
00:44But I've come to learn that every child influencer, in a way, suffers from Stockholm Syndrome.
00:49Most child influencers would probably tell you they have full control over what is posted.
00:53But the reality is that their parents bribe and shame them into posting their most vulnerable moments.
00:58But as children, we do not understand the consequences of filming our lives and posting it for the world to see.
01:03In any other context, it is understood that children cannot give consent.
01:06But for some reason, people think family vlogging is different.
01:09In addition, pedophiles stalk the internet, specifically seeking out child influencers.
01:13I promise you that the parents are aware of these predators and choose to post their children anyway.
01:18I understand that this is a big issue to tackle, and I am not asking you to ban family vlogging, though that is my end goal.
01:23But when it comes to protecting children, it should be a bipartisan issue.
01:27If I could go back and do it all again, I'd rather have an empty bank account now and not have my childhood plastered all over the internet.
01:33While I don't have all the answers or many feasible solutions for this problem,
01:37I am proud to be one of the first child influencers in the state of Utah to speak against this issue.
01:41Family vlogging ruined my innocence long before Ruby committed a crime.
01:45I promise you that my experiences are not unique and are happening to child influencers all over Utah and the country.
01:51So let's tackle this issue before it becomes a bigger crisis than it already is.
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