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[Hattori]

That's straight up child abuse

 

[Fluffhead14]

Watched two of them, and I dunno... parts of it look kinda.. staged? I know kids' vocal cadence can be weird, not being an adult and all, but could the kids actually be in on the joke as well?

I mean, alot of pranks in general are fake, including reactions. Just food for thought. I just clicked on a third one with him around a table playing a guessing game with his kids, and they all seem pretty amiable/caring (in a loud obnoxious father kind of way).

I don't know how malicious this is. I could be wrong though, I certainly admit.

a child is pushed into a bookcase and later is shown to have a bloody nose.

fuck that.

even if this was staged it's completely inappropriate. the mental gymnastics a 7 or 8 year old is doing to make sense of this is crazy.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Haven't watched the videos, but wouldn't the kids get wise to this after the first few pranks?

 

[ClosingADoor]

Haven't watched the videos, but wouldn't the kids get wise to this after the first few pranks?

They literally get yelled at by both their parents for 20 minutes. I'd cry even if I knew it was fake at that point.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Don't they make money if I watch? Think I won't watch.

 

[Zombie James]

Fucked up, ugh. If it helps, which I hope it does, I've reported some of the videos in the OP as child abuse.

 

[NealMcCauley]

Couldn't make it past five seconds of one video. Awful.

On their "About" page:

Really? You as a family decided this? Sure dude.

Nothing says responsible parenting like a run-on sentence.

 

[azyless]

Awful. These children are going to have issues.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Haven't watched the videos, but wouldn't the kids get wise to this after the first few pranks?

Thats what I was thinking. I know they're kids but they can problem solve. After suffering through a few bad pranks, the next time they get in trouble for something ridiculous, the first thought should become "Oh wait, I'm probably being pranked by dad again, let me call his bluff"

Maybe the kids are in on it....

 

[Dominator]

Couldn't make it past five seconds of one video. Awful.



Nothing says responsible parenting like a run-on sentence.

Invisible punctuation.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

a child is pushed into a bookcase and later is shown to have a bloody nose.

fuck that.

even if this was staged it's completely inappropriate. the mental gymnastics a 7 or 8 year old is doing to make sense of this is crazy.

Yea I agree, the two that I clicked on was one where the wife jumped out of a trash can to scare them, and another where the kid was "caught stealing" which seemed awfully planned. I've looked through a couple more now and good grief, they are a piece of work. It certainly borders on child abuse regardless.

 

[red731]

I need to exploit someone for money.....Oh wait, I'm not a fucking vulture to even do this!

Fuck them up to space.

 

[m_shortpants]

Haven't watched the videos, but wouldn't the kids get wise to this after the first few pranks?

They're kids.

If someone is yelling at you, you can't figure that out. Even if you know it would be unsettling.

 

[capitalCORN]

Thats what I was thinking. I know they're kids but they can problem solve. After suffering through a few bad pranks, the next time they get in trouble for something ridiculous, the first thought should become "Oh wait, I'm probably being pranked by dad again, let me call his bluff"

Maybe the kids are in on it....

How about they're children and being yelled at profusely by your parents is traumatic no matter what. A parent is God to a child.

 

[dcdobson]

Wow, the posts in this thread didn't even prep me for how awful this is. Absolutely terrible.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Thats what I was thinking. I know they're kids but they can problem solve. After suffering through a few bad pranks, the next time they get in trouble for something ridiculous, the first thought should become "Oh wait, I'm probably being pranked by dad again, let me call his bluff"

Maybe the kids are in on it....

Man, I'd be ruining that shit for my parents so fast. But then, I find the notion of mean pranks to be utterly abhorrent and wouldn't be standing for it past the first time it happened.

 

[Phu]

Thats what I was thinking. I know they're kids but they can problem solve. After suffering through a few bad pranks, the next time they get in trouble for something ridiculous, the first thought should become "Oh wait, I'm probably being pranked by dad again, let me call his bluff"

That's how someone raised in a safe environment would likely think, yes.

 

[SigSig]

Oh wait, I'm probably being abused by dad again, let me call his bluff

 

[HawksWinStanley]

edit: The more I skim these videos, the more extreme they are... While it still may be staged it goes too far for my liking

They do feel staged. You'd think the kids would know something's up when they know the parents have this channel and happen to be recording for no reason. i know when I was in trouble the first thing my parents did was run to get a camera and tape it.

If it is staged though then that almost seems worse because they do some fucked up things and that would mean these kids are being coerced into going along with them.

 

[benicillin]

Nothing says "prank" like verbally abusing your kid and then pushing him face first into a book shelf.

 

[Ouroboros]

Those kids are going to have relationship problems when they are older. Geez.

 

[idlewild_]

I opened the invisible ink one thinking "how bad could this possibly be" based on the title. Yikes, scary environment for that kid.

 

[AJLma]

I really need to stop checking OT in the morning.

This poor kid Cody...

 

[ModBot]

The guy is undoubtably scum, but don't make threads to drive an outrage brigade to attack someone.