Saw this abhorrent take on Instagram today. Basically this assistant principal thinks that parents should check their children's phones often because kids don't know how to act.
I'm primarily a kidfluencing account, but the idea of being anti-kidfluencing is inherently intertwined with the idea of youth liberation.
The idea of kids having online safety can and should co-exist with the idea of kids having privacy. Full stop.
The post goes on to say that parents should conduct regular and random phone checks on their children. It also says they should "make content" with their children, which just hurt more to see this rhetoric posted by an anti-kidfluencing advocate I admire, mom.uncharted.
This article undermines the intelligence of children while also giving the parents the rights to literally everything their child is doing. And it comes from a leader of one of the most oppressive institutions for children- school.
Can we talk about dhmis as a metaphor for kidfluencing and family youtube channels? (BTW I'm not saying this is the correct point of view or not because its probably not) just pointing out that a lot of the themes in dhmis line up with the practices of family channels.
Roy makes a kid a part of his content, and when other people point out how that's wrong, they get kicked from the show.
Yellow guy says that his dad is a computer, a possible reference to the disconnect he feels towards his own father, as his father is more of his online boss instead of a nurturing figure.
A lot of the harmful messages found in children's TV is even more prevalent on children's youtube, and we need to talk about that.
I can advocate for child safety on the internet without kicking kids off the internet completely.
I can admit that children need support from adults other than their parents while also remaining wary of adults online.
I can acknowledge the privilege of certain children while still recognizing children as an opressed group.
In the same way, I can recognize the privileges of family vlogger children while still condemning the family's actions, no matter how much money they've made.
I am capable of the logical procressing to make both true. I am able to protect myself.