Please watch the above video. Then come back and tell me that clear emotional and physical abuse did not occur here. In particular emotional abuse, which can be just as damaging as physical abuse to over all health. They mentally torture Cody in particular, bringing him to tears over and over again by telling him he is kicked out of the house or being given up for adoption, just for the lulz.
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YouTube "pranksters" Daddyofive deny abuse (Up: mom gets custody of two youngest)
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Please watch the above video. Then come back and tell me that clear emotional and physical abuse did not occur here. In particular emotional abuse, which can be just as damaging as physical abuse to over all health. They mentally torture Cody in particular, bringing him to tears over and over again by telling him he is kicked out of the house or being given up for adoption, just for the lulz.
I like how they say it bothers them to see Cody cry like that and they just got carried away, but there are several more videos where he cries like that and they didn't give a shit, they didn't stop, they just kept making it worse.
Such BS.
ChemicalCutthroat
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Right? If someone is crying, it is time to stop whatever it is you're doing.
Unless of course, you're actively causing mental and physical anguish, that is how you know it is working!
Chairmanchuck
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And the Mom: "Cody. I love you, but I dont like you. Sorry. I dont like you."
They even laugh about that....
"Why are you crying?" Crackling laugh.
The thread made the guy sound like a piece of shit, but when I actually watched the compilation of abusement towards Cody, and, I started to cry, he looks so much like my nephew who is on the spectrum, and saying him cry really broke my heart.
I can't even describe how kind of punishment I will love to see for those 2 parents
I can't even describe how kind of punishment I will love to see for those 2 parents
autumnleaf
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You know at some point down the line when their channel/success has dried up because of this they are going to blame Cody instead of understanding why they were wrong in the first place.
It's true what that video said about destroying the crafts that Cody made is gonna stick with him. When I was a kid, I was so proud of making this clock out of constructed paper. Wrote my name on the back and all and left it in my desk. The next day, it goes missing. One of the students has what looks to be the exact clock I made. The teacher takes a look at the back of it and clearly my name was erased, but you could make out the imprint. I complained and was upset and the student that stole it kept denying it. The teacher pulled me aside and told me to just let them have it because in all honesty, they were a very troubled child.
That was my proud work as a child and I remember that to this day. Cody seems like a really sensitive kid. They were wrecking his shit left and right that he cared so much about. He's not going to forget that at all.
That was my proud work as a child and I remember that to this day. Cody seems like a really sensitive kid. They were wrecking his shit left and right that he cared so much about. He's not going to forget that at all.
ChemicalCutthroat
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"You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses! ... You know, like I hit my own child who wears glasses."
jack_package_200
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I doubt they were smart enough to consult a lawyer
My guess is they are legit worried of losing Emma and Cody to the Mother. Being that motive I have a hard time believing their sincerity.
TheJollyCorner
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I'm assuming more crocodile tears and 'sorry I was exposed' more than 'sorry I have been legitimately terrorizing my children' backpeddling.
I refuse to click on that assuming it's giving his page/video views. Fuck him and his despicable wife.
There is definitely conflicting information even though they try to be 100 percent sincere. For example, the Mother says she understand how it could look bad from the outside, implying that people just don't understand it was never really bad, just looked that way.
Looking at the comments in that new apology video, half the comments appeared to be supportive of their videos. Three of the four supporter profiles that I looked into were clearly pre-teens. Some of them uploading filthy mouthed videos themselves.
Anecdotal, of course, but undoubtedly wide spread, and ultimately disappointing.
Anecdotal, of course, but undoubtedly wide spread, and ultimately disappointing.
Yep. Most of it is "Sorry it came off that way" in attitude. They do say they've started family counseling to understand what they've done wrong and to help the kids but who knows. Really baffles me how a parent would do that to their kids and how it managed to exist this long on YouTube.
Nope.
Kain-Nosgoth
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mom: Yeah, let me put some makeup, have my hair done, let show them that i'm respectable!
dad : Yeah same, i'll put my glasses, that make me look legit and intelligent, don't forget the nice shirt!
i don't believe them.... but i really hope they're sincere and they're really going through councelling... I really doubt that they do, we still need the cops or child protection to check on it again
also the video is heavily edited.... would have been more genuine to do it in one take
dad : Yeah same, i'll put my glasses, that make me look legit and intelligent, don't forget the nice shirt!
i don't believe them.... but i really hope they're sincere and they're really going through councelling... I really doubt that they do, we still need the cops or child protection to check on it again
also the video is heavily edited.... would have been more genuine to do it in one take
Yeah I said earlier that it seems like their fans are mostly children and teens. Immature enough not to understand what abuse is, or perhaps using as an outlet for their own crummy lives. That or they really don't understand how it can't be fake.
That's not to say they don't have adult fans. They do. People that like to watch kids getting emotionally abused.
ChemicalCutthroat
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I'll wait till someone else sums up the video rather than watching it and giving them views.
I imagine they'll be all weepy and not really apologize, but the motivation isn't because they give a shit about their children, it's because their source of income just went into an insane talespin. I doubt either of them are employable unless there's a new MMA League for adults to beat up children.
All about that money for YT. Racists, child abusers, sexual harassment, terrorists, bigots, women haters, scam artists, paedo's etc. Doesn't matter if you making cash.
Well that's just it. You don't just accidentally get the urge to abuse your kids. These people enjoyed it, like their faces went primal looking with sadistic joy as they watched their kids crying and screaming with terror and tears. There is no oops! You have to be seriously fucked up and counseling isn't going to help that, not enough where Cody and Emma in particular should be anywhere near these two.
ChemicalCutthroat
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Truth.
They're probably still monetizing the apology videos, so even their fake apologies still get them revenue.
They try to look more moderate with every video
Surprised the bookshelf isn't filled with bibles
CloudyTuba
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..."to see how we come across."
..."if I didn't know the people and I saw those things, I'd be thinking the same thing"
It sounds a lot like an apology, but it's one of those "I'm sorry you feel that way" apologies.
Yeah, I completely agree.
DontBeThatGuy
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It's a bit of a shock to see the most abrasive comments, and then watch what those commentators upload, and it turns out to be what sounds like a 10 year old girl.
Yeah, seems to be collective of young folks defending them to the death. Parents need to do better, just in general.
Eeeh, while this is much better than the first obnoxious video where they explained and made excuses for their actions. It's hard for me to think that this is suddenly sincere. My first thought is that this is because of fear for even more repercussion than really understanding the wrongs and trying to change that.
Ofcourse I wish that would be the case, there's still needs to be investigation though. Absolutely nothing can take that back. But I do wish that they also understand what fucked up things they've done. They do need to feel regret and guilt over this, not because of the backlash. But for what they've put those kids through.
Nothing is forgiven. But for the love of anything that is good, please be sincere and change.
TheJollyCorner
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Absolute narcissists.
Turn the goddamn camera off, shut the site down, and deal with this very serious situation privately (or as privately as is now possible) and maybe allow these poor kids some respite from constantly draping their emotions over YouTube. They already have an unthinkable amount of healing to go through assuming these pieces of filth are really serious about changing and bettering themselves. Turn the camera off.
But no. They need to keep their 'audience' updated. They need to see themselves on the screen. Oh how much they've changed in an entire week (or less?)...
I'll just continue waiting in the hopes that there are some real consequences for their behavior. My cynical side tells me I'm going to be let down on that front. I hope I'm wrong.
Turn the goddamn camera off, shut the site down, and deal with this very serious situation privately (or as privately as is now possible) and maybe allow these poor kids some respite from constantly draping their emotions over YouTube. They already have an unthinkable amount of healing to go through assuming these pieces of filth are really serious about changing and bettering themselves. Turn the camera off.
But no. They need to keep their 'audience' updated. They need to see themselves on the screen. Oh how much they've changed in an entire week (or less?)...
I'll just continue waiting in the hopes that there are some real consequences for their behavior. My cynical side tells me I'm going to be let down on that front. I hope I'm wrong.
It's at least attempting sincerity, but I have almost no reason to believe it. The father literally admits he "uploaded videos that should never have been on the internet" before saying he "did things he never should have done". They admit that what they did was wrong, and if they were to have seen other people post those videos, they would be horrified and worried about the kids.
They claim the're going to start going to family counseling so the kids can understand why it was wrong, and none of it is their fault.
I might believe them if I didn't witness them literally physically and emotionally torture their kids while cackling in between bouts of swearing, physically dominating them, and telling them they don't like or want them around. As it stands, it looks like they understand that their original apology and attempt at deflection was bullshit, so they wrote a script where they have to admit they were wrong.
Because this took a second attempt, I don't believe any of it is sincere.
Also, according to the biological mother of the two youngest children, they allegedly forged her signature on documents that relinquished her custody to them. These people are scum.
Correct. We're supposed to believe they have completely changed their ways and their stance after just 48 hours or so after their first apology. Had this came perhaps months later after counseling, I could see it actually being sincere. It's just words to get them out of trouble because they feel the heat now. They are not sorry for what they did, they are sorry they are in trouble.
Laieon
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Not sure if its true, but according to this reddit comment they're going through and deleting negative comments.
Some folks in the comments are claiming the same:
TheJollyCorner
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Not sure if its true, but according to this reddit comment they're going through and deleting negative comments.
Some folks in the comments are claiming the same:
Ah. Deleting negative comments, too? Color me shocked.
depths20XX
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Wow, that new apology vid I'm guessing they had a lawyer consult them? Way different tone. They even removed the old "aquisations" video.
They probably monetized the apology video so I'm not clicking that shit.
ChemicalCutthroat
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I, for one, will never forget "aquisations".
I'm not getting ads. Some people on twitter were saying they did, but I'm not.
clay_ghost
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So many kids defending them..........
SuperStiltzkin
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Dude looks like General Zod. No wonder.
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