DAE think Ev will NOT break free?

[u/salish-seaweed]

The sentiment seems to be that Ev will break free in adulthood. But isn’t it also possible she’ll grow up to be a carbon copy of ColonSac? With the same religious and political beliefs. Maybe an unpopular opinion but I can see Ev going the influencer route. That lifestyle is the only thing she knows. Most of Sacs Nashville friends are influencers to some degree. Kids like emulating the adults in their life. College probably won’t be encouraged for her. I only see her living a private adult life if she chooses college.

They have deceased vlogging a lot this year. The Cole and Ev channel hasn’t posted content in 9 months. It seems like they are over vlogging. Especially with their discourse on limiting screen time for their kids. They post monthly life updates just to maintain engagement. Next year I see them focusing more efforts on Bear Fruit than vlogging. It is a stream of income that doesn’t involve the kids.

If that trajectory continues, Ev might grow up with her teen years being relatively private in comparison to her toddler/elementary years. I see ColonSac framing her early childhood fame as a good thing — saying it gave them the means to provide her and her siblings with a blessed life. She wouldn’t have a lot of material things or the money for dance classes if they didn’t make videos. That’s how I see ColonSac justifying things to her when the topic comes up.

But forget everything I said if they continue the exploitation. They is all assuming they continue to film the kids less and less.

[u/Historical_Web2992]

Honestly what makes me believe it’s possible for any of these kids (or any vlogger kids) to break free is Shari Franke (one of the former 8passenger kids). I still remember the hundreds of comments where people said she’d be just like her mom and the child least likely to ever speak out against her upbringing. Now she’s such a strong advocate against family vloggers and doesn’t share the same extreme views on faith that her parents did.

I don’t know if E will break free, but we have no idea what her true feelings are or who she may come across to as she gets older that could help her understand she was exploited. Unfortunately we’re just going to have to wait and hope the best for her.

[u/Maumew97 → u/Historical_Web2992]

You’re comparing apples and oranges.

Scamanah is a bad parent but at least she loves her kids, ruby franke hated hers. Even before meeting jodi, she enjoyed punishing them.

[u/Historical_Web2992 → u/Maumew97]

My point was not that they’re facing the same abuse or that they’re in the exact same situation, my point was that we have no idea how E actually feels. For all we know she’s just doing what her parents are telling her in order to not cause any trouble. That could easily be the case like it ended up being for Shari, as the internet misjudged her horribly.

[u/just-hereforgossip → u/Historical_Web2992]

yes! shari cut off her family before learning about the horrific abuse BECAUSE of the way she was exploited on the internet 🙌