Squeegee Beckenheim
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39627969/youtube-pranksters-daddyofive-deny-child-abuse-claims
The three main issues appear to be whether the "pranks" are actually funny and fair or whether they're emotional abuse, whether the children and the parents hitting the children is playful or whether that is physical abuse, and why the majority of the "pranks" seem to be played on just the one child, Cody.
The quoted article mostly talks about a a video by Philip DeFranco, a survivor of abuse himself. I'd say that the video is worth watching, as it's quite an in-depth analysis and contains several clips from the videos in question, helping you to make up your own mind. The relevant portion is about 10 minutes (there's a little nsfw language):
There's also a follow-up video, which is worth watching. The relevant portion is about 7 minutes. My linking to the correct time has failed, so it starts at 5:50 in:
For those who don't want to watch, the main focus is a video in which the whole family are preparing to leave for Disneyland - all except Cody, who didn't "earn" the right. It appears that he's been misbehaving and as such forfeited his right to go. The thing which is perhaps significant is that the form of this misbehaving has been him smearing his faeces everywhere, which is certainly not conclusive evidence of anything, but is one thing which is often done by victims of abuse or people who are traumatised.
Another video with some more clips, which starts off with the dad forcing one of the boys to slap the girl in the face. There's also a summary of an interview with Cody's mother (a little nsfw language, again):
The interview with the mother in full:
The key points to sum up are that she claims that the father's new wife forged papers saying that the mum gave up her rights to the kids (after 7 years of the father being completely absent from their lives), and that these forged papers stood up in court. When she became aware of the videos she tried to have action taken, but apparently in the state where they live this kind of thing is just counted as corporal punishment.
Now, obviously, it's impossible to know what life in that house is like when the camera isn't rolling, but I personally don't think the videos are indicative of a healthy environment for the kids. If the various authorities won't or can't do anything about this, there is at least a petition to attempt to get YouTube to stop allowing the family to earn from ad revenue on the videos.
The three main issues appear to be whether the "pranks" are actually funny and fair or whether they're emotional abuse, whether the children and the parents hitting the children is playful or whether that is physical abuse, and why the majority of the "pranks" seem to be played on just the one child, Cody.
The quoted article mostly talks about a a video by Philip DeFranco, a survivor of abuse himself. I'd say that the video is worth watching, as it's quite an in-depth analysis and contains several clips from the videos in question, helping you to make up your own mind. The relevant portion is about 10 minutes (there's a little nsfw language):
There's also a follow-up video, which is worth watching. The relevant portion is about 7 minutes. My linking to the correct time has failed, so it starts at 5:50 in:
For those who don't want to watch, the main focus is a video in which the whole family are preparing to leave for Disneyland - all except Cody, who didn't "earn" the right. It appears that he's been misbehaving and as such forfeited his right to go. The thing which is perhaps significant is that the form of this misbehaving has been him smearing his faeces everywhere, which is certainly not conclusive evidence of anything, but is one thing which is often done by victims of abuse or people who are traumatised.
Another video with some more clips, which starts off with the dad forcing one of the boys to slap the girl in the face. There's also a summary of an interview with Cody's mother (a little nsfw language, again):
The interview with the mother in full:
The key points to sum up are that she claims that the father's new wife forged papers saying that the mum gave up her rights to the kids (after 7 years of the father being completely absent from their lives), and that these forged papers stood up in court. When she became aware of the videos she tried to have action taken, but apparently in the state where they live this kind of thing is just counted as corporal punishment.
Now, obviously, it's impossible to know what life in that house is like when the camera isn't rolling, but I personally don't think the videos are indicative of a healthy environment for the kids. If the various authorities won't or can't do anything about this, there is at least a petition to attempt to get YouTube to stop allowing the family to earn from ad revenue on the videos.
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