Dadrules
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Oh of course there is plenty who will and do keep the best interest of the child at heart but are you really that 100% sure that the steps you take are taken by every single parent who's doing this ?. I have watched videos with kids in where they are commentating on the toys them selves and don't get any word wrong or have normal child hiccups, even adults do so it is obvious these videos have been re taken and re taken until said video is perfect to script. I have even heard 5 year old speak words in which they could not possibly understand the meaning of, so its is obvious these have been scripted and placed in the child's mouth so to speak. Millions could put their hands up and say yes i do everything to protect my child but it takes one that doesn't, only one for me to say ban itI totally agree! My son also asked to have a channel after he started watching other kids. I wasn't sure about it at first, and neither was my husband but we decided it would be fun. We had a long hiatus during the late summer and fall because we were busy with our photography business and my son kept begging to do a video so we got back into the swing of things. He doesn't even care too much about watching the videos, he wants other kids to. He LOVES the process of making the videos. He gets to play with a toy or game, and we just record it. We do everything else.
To address some comments above, there are no "blistering lights" and working "for hours". With the videos we make, unless I am documenting an experience like trips and such (which in that case, it doesn't even matter- everyone is just doing what they would normally do), our shooting time is like 30 minutes tops. If my son decided or acted like he was done during a shoot, we'd be done. Also, a lot of people who use lights in the kid videos most likely use LED (as we do) and they do not get hot at all. If they did, I would find an alternative and Im sure other parents would too.
When you say they don't work for hours, yours my not but its is obvious from some videos that some do. Its a legal obligation of adverts or modelling company's to provide on set guidance in these matters and have breaks according to health guidelines and so on. I doubt homes and parents have these on set at home, so why should they be allowed to do this yet advert companies and modelling agencies not.
Family videos and normal activities being recorded and then placed on you tube like a family Vlog is far different from making your child stand in one spot for half an hour looking at a camera commenting on toys in my opinion. Does make me laugh this topic to be honest , its like every parent on you tube is being sensible and every parent cant ever be a bad one , simply so they can justify why they too make videos of kids to gain money. Words like "lot" or most is not everyone and its my opinion that if one child is, just one out of millions is being used in an un-healthy way then it should be banned or they should have to pay for proper health licences. There's no " most, " or a lot or maybe 90% are being good parents. Its take one for me to see it as bad for kids and i can guarantee there is at least one person on you tube using their children in an un - healthy way to grow their bank account.
Its our job to protect kids, not say well i'm not doing it and im pretty sure others aren't so lets leave it ok so the bad ones can do it. There is a simple way to solve it , make these videos pay for proper health licences or simply do not have the kids in the videos.
Just my opinion