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Hello, I have been a long time lurker but finally made an account today because I think I have discovered the nuttiest family on Youtube! I am honestly still appalled by their content two days after watching a few videos. I was surprised they didn't already have a thread because they are whack jobs and provide so much material to discuss!

First, I had seen this family come over for dinner with the Schmovies family once or twice and Tim always says to go check out their channel. Never did but figured they were probably another relatively boring, vanilla, run of the mill, Christian, homeschool vlogger family form Ohio. Boy was I wrong.

This video popped up in my recommendations. The whole family runs an entire marathon together, including their 6 year old. I was both shocked and impressed. One thing that stood out to me and should have been a warning sign was that the 6 year old has to see a doctor at the end of the race and it is mentioned that this is the first time she has ever seen a doctor. Like, what??! I decided to watch a few more videos. Thats where things really went down hill.

Side note: Their names are: Ben (DAD), Kami (MOM), Dove (16), Eden (14), Seven (12), Memory (10), Filia (6), Rainier (1) ....lol this should have been a red flag too.

I started with their most recent Q&A and it's about as much as I could stomach. The husband basically states that he does not believe in pregnancy tests and doesn't want the wife to take one despite her thinking she may be pregnant. He describes pregnancy tests as a luxury and doesn't understand the point of them. The wife clearly does want to take one but is submissive to the husband and they compromised to take a test in two weeks. It was bizarre. They ramble on about all sorts of other things and then got to a question about drinking and smoking during pregnancy. They said they prefer to follow common sense over medical advice and remind viewers that in the 50's, doctors actually promoted smoking. She then says she plans to keep drinking around 3 glasses of alcohol a week and smoke 3 cigars a week (and maybe more if on vacation). I was shocked. What freaking ignorant, selfish assholes!! To blatantly deny science and known facts and put your future children in harms way like that...people like this irritate me to no end. It's a miracle all their children have turned out okay (as far as we know). They go on to discuss their whacky views on religion and healthcare (lack of) and all sorts of other strange topics, including sex. It was painful for me to watch.

A few more videos in, I realized the dad is a recovering sex-addict who openly talks about his struggles with that. He "relapsed" and watched porn for an hour a few months back and made a video about it. There's all sorts of videos about sex on the page. I was really shocked by this after assuming they were somehow similar to the ultra conservative Schmoyers. I don't have an issue with sex being discussed but it's just odd to me to have a video about your porn addiction or makeup sex with your wife right next to a video of your 10 year old daughter vlogging.

They also have a ton of videos addressing "hate" comments that I couldn't bother to watch but I am sure they are filled with all sorts of bizarre tidbits. Other random facts...they homeschool (I question the validity of their homeschooling though) and are taking Hebrew lessons as a family 5 days a week. They don't follow a specific region, just follow Jesus. None of their videos are monetized but a ton of time seems to go in to editing them. He mentioned in the Q&A that the videos felt sort of like a religion and ministry of his own and he'd like to build on that more. They believe sibling relationships are more important than anything else including peer relationships and focus on doing everything together as a family (hence, Fight for Together).

They have some redeeming qualities...like the marathon thing was pretty cool. But none of that matters to me when they hold such ignorant beliefs about health and science. The husband appears to run things in the marriage and I don't like that either. Has anyone else watched and have opinions on them?? If you haven't you should go check them out because I'm sure theres all sorts of juicy stuff to gossip about.
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They sound very Sam and Nia

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Does anyone watch them now? I would love to resurrect this thread.
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timmytommy wrote:Does anyone watch them now? I would love to resurrect this thread.
I haven't watched in some time because I was pretty turned off by all their ridiculous antics. I was kind of sad no one ever joined in on this thread...there is just so much craziness to discuss! Anything new in their lives..are they pregnant again yet?
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If people would only watch a week of this vlog, they would know that it is great for this gossip site! They aren't pregnant yet, but they certainly talk about their sex life enough. I wish Ben would cut his greasy long hair. They've been taking extravagant trips this summer to Israel, Mexico, and New York City. Ben likes to claim that they live modestly, but they certainly spend a ton of money. He is so arrogant! I can't imagine living with him.
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I'll check it out when I get home
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Those are some interesting names. Seven makes me wonder if the parents are Seinfeld fans...
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I saw this thread and decided to check them out. The first thing that came to mind when I saw them was white trash. I hope that doesn't offend anyone, but that's what I thought when I saw them. And I guess he is only half-white, but idc. I don't like the names, they are ridiculous, like Seven? No. Also that drinking and smoking while pregnant is disgusting, I hope they don't have more kids they could potentially harm by doing that. I watched their New York City vlogs because I live near the city and I love going, so I was interested to see it from other people's perspective. But not theirs lol. They were so whiny and annoying especially the mom. The Statue of Liberty vlog, for example. They complained it wasn't great cause it was too touristy. Like, what were you expecting. I don't care if they spend their money traveling, I think it's awesome and one of the best investments but I can't with them. The preaching is annoying too.

But I'll probably keep watching just out of curiosity hahaha
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My first impression was "trash" as well. And the mom has absolutely no personality or expression in her face (which I can relate to, my face looks stone cold unimpressed 24/7). She just doesn't keep me entertained whatsoever. The drinking and smoking while pregnant pisses me off and tells me that they're morons. I don't think I'll be able to continue watching them, nothing about them draws me in.
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I agree with the trash thing...maybe because one of the first videos I watched was them sitting on their back porch in grimy clothes (and I'm pretty sure no bra) talking about philosophical hippy nonsense and smoking and drinking during pregnancy. I don't care what color you are, if you think that is okay, you deserve the title trash.
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Anyone watching this shitshow? Hiking the Appalachian trail with a 2 year old? Can’t be good for his legs/hips to be cooped up all day. In an earlier vlog they asked the children if they wanted to do the AT and all of them said they didn’t want to do a thru hike. Making your unwilling children do something that most adults cannot accomplish is bad parenting. I feel bad watching them get so excited to take a zero day only to face the harsh weather the next six months of this will be killer
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And apparently having cps called on you wasn’t enough to make you second guess your choices *sigh*. You literally had to beat a mouse to death in front of your sleeping children, how is this a good life for them. Sorry but I think a stable life is more important for children then going on an adventure for months on end.


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Updates. They finished the AT. They acted like victims because they couldn’t bring Rainier to the top — they should have made an exception for them bEcAuSe tHeY’rE sPeCiAl. Ben had he audacity to call the organization in charge “CULTIC”. L O L the irony

Anyways, I listened to one of their podcasts and Ben’s response to Kami telling Ben about this book she’s reading is along the lines of “I really don’t care just take your shirt off and show me your boobs.”

Yeah. He’s a keeper.
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I feel like I need to watch this seemingly shit show purely for the AT vlogs. I follow a family on social media that last summer took their one year old to thru hike, and completed it with zero issue and it was amazing to follow. This summer they biked the Continental Divide with her (she’s 2 now) and they had an amazing time. The parents are both former outdoor survival trainers, have hiked the AT both together and the father hiked it alone in his college years. These people were more than prepared and had the perfect background to do all this with a child.
All in all I have zero issue with people taking their kids on the AT, as long as they are prepared, know what they are doing, have the appropriate training and safety equipment and have several backup plans. But these idiots seem to throw all safety issues to the wayside for a “hippie” lifestyle. What a shit show this will be...
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This is a very old thread, but i recently discovered Fight for Together and i'm speechless. The first thing i watched was their AT documentary, which was shocking to me. Forcing your kids to go on a nearly 6 month hike? What the hell. Keeping your 2 year old in a seat (cold, sometimes wet from the rain too) for hours upon hours every day while hiking is not good.

Then i started watching their vlogs from january of this year. Holy shit. They started a "No Rules" policy. No chores, no responsibilities, absolutely no rules. On one hand, sure, it's good that the older kids now don't have a ton of responsibilities like they used to have. But no nothing? Children need some limits.

They also use corporal punishment. In a video from a few weeks ago, Kami talked about how hard it was to spank her smallest child (Rainier nearly 3yrs old) when he didn't want to nap and how she got confused when he wanted her to say sorry. So maybe Kami isn't the one enforcing the rules about punishments, i think it's mostly Ben.

By every video, it makes me feel like Ben really dominates Kami in every way. Their relationship isn't healthy at all. He always speaks for her, like he doesn't want her to talk. He interrupts her all the time. Kami just doesn't look happy at all.

But what do i know, i don't even have kids. This family just creeps me out so much. Ben has a sexual predator history and that creeps me out even more.
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