Taina Licciardo-Toivola

[Commonlove]

King-James is accepted. I guess that is how his name is spelled.

[Lyanna]

Leonardo and Jenna's last vlog title is a complete clickbait. Don't fall for it. They're not expecting a baby they're just taking care of a couple of dogs for a week or so.

[Dibs]

There's a bunch of other rejected names from recent years which have this family written all over them. Finland is a small country and we don't have a lot of people with this special kind of crazy.

Pinkbutterflytaina
Southerncross
Sweethoneybeebambi
Lyricpoet

Pinkbutterflytaina and Sweethoneybeebambi were 2014 so I guess Nefertiti was supposed to be Nefertiti Pinkbutterflytaina Sweethoneybeebambi but due to Finland's strict name standards they had to "settle" with Nefertiti Butterfly Bambi.

Southerncross and Lyricpoet were rejected same year as KingJames. I guess there's a slim chance that Lyricpoet was someone else but Southerncross totally was them with the Aussie connection.

Sadly I can't find info for 2017. Some newspaper usually runs a story on these because they are funny.

[Irrrrr5]

Hi!
I've been following this thread for a while and I'm as intrigued as everyone. I've found some pics of the mother from 2016 in the oldest's girl twitter:


I also found pictures of the house, so it seems that the moved there on 2016:



I'm really concerned with som things I've recently found: if you search on facebook Jenna Licciardo-Smith and you click on her friends, you can see all her friends. In her friends, there's Jerusalem Licciardo-Smith (WTF?) and Cleopatra Taina Bride Licciardo-Toivola (WTF?). Jenna's got added in facebook ALL Taina's family, but I couldn't find any of Jenna's family members or close friends. Neither could I find it on instagram, where I could just find a single picture that seemed to be taken on high school last March in which Jenna appeared. Did she really have friends?

Why the Smith on Jerusalem and Jenna? And Taina Bride? Really? Does she hate all her children or what?

One last thing that's really bothering me. Why did all bad comments disappear from her videos? I'm freaking out because on her last video, where she shaves her 2-year old like a punk everybody keeps vomiting rainbows. Does she erase all bad comments? And why on earth do "her children" comment on her videos like this? Are they trying to act like a normal family?

It's getting creepy as days go by...

[Dibs]

They are all officially Licciardo-Smiths. Licciardo-Toivola is what they apparently choose to call themselves, maybe to emphasize the bilingual aspect.

[Bexterzzny]

Do we know who th born Finn is? The mum or the dad?

[Haulnarse]

Do we know who th born Finn is? The mum or the dad?

I would say mum based on her accent

[AthenaA]

The Mum is Australian based on her accent.

[Dibs]

Mum was born Finn but apparently her family emigrated to Australia when she was a child. Her Finnish, especially written, is also not great. But I think she may talk Finnish to the kids outside the videos based on how the younger ones tend to favour Finnish when talking to her.

It's interesting. They are really far from stereotypical large religious Finnish families although there are certainly some aspects that fit like the general wholesomeness, apparent total conformity by everyone, and elder children getting a lot of responsibility taking care of the younger. The aesthetic is quite Finnish although nobody takes it that far. Names on the other hand are straight up insane, especially the middle names. I mean, there's unusual and then there is Pinkbutterflytaina. And it's highly unusual for religious youngsters to have dreadlocks, mohawk hair or tongue piercings. Especially basically pushed on by their parent.

Still, when watching them interact, it seems... nice? The kids are very well behaved, playful and their bond is clear. And they do fun things as a family. I get that they only present their best front and even there there's plenty to be weirded out about. But still.

Apparently the 3 and 4 year olds are out of nappies now so that's something.

[wowiewow]

I made an account just to say this.

Taina is so conniving. They created this channel with the obvious intent to draw attention. They decided to come on here out of nowhere with bizarre interactions and cult-like appearances. They knew what they were doing would make people want to know more. They have been teasing a Q&A since their channel blew up. She has zero intention of making it.

She posted a video on the 17th of December that had in the title "Q&A questions here". She knew this would bring more views to said video. She said the Q&A would be up the following Monday or Tuesday. Since then, she has posted multiple videos, none being the Q&A. She knows the views will rise because everyone is waiting for the video. She has zero intentions of answering any questions because she knows that once she does, the traffic will slow tremendously to her channel.

While I'm still intrigued, I refuse to give this fame hungry family any more of my views.

[celestialll]

Did anyone notice in the video of the kids cleaning up the toys, the hands were removed from the clock? like she didn't want anyone to know how much time passed or what time it was... 0___o . it was super weird

[celestialll]

Everything looks so forced and set up to convey an image

[Tiger27]

Did anyone notice in the video of the kids cleaning up the toys, the hands were removed from the clock? like she didn't want anyone to know how much time passed or what time it was... 0___o . it was super weird

Adds to the culty feel. Take away their individuality with the clothes and their sense of time with the clocks and that whole weird (alleged) 3 am wake up thing.


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[celestialll]

Did anyone notice in the video of the kids cleaning up the toys, the hands were removed from the clock? like she didn't want anyone to know how much time passed or what time it was... 0___o . it was super weird

Adds to the culty feel. Take away their individuality with the clothes and their sense of time with the clocks and that whole weird (alleged) 3 am wake up thing.


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it was just weird because the clock hands were always present in the other videos, but she also avoided any question that asked how long her kids took to clean up all those toys. Tbh if I was alone (I'm a grown adult) it would take hours. She claims her kids did everything themselves, which is fair, but why make the time it took a secret. I feel it was intentional. She wants her family to look perfect.

[celestialll]

Taina is so conniving. They created this channel with the obvious intent to draw attention. They decided to come on here out of nowhere with bizarre interactions and cult-like appearances. They knew what they were doing would make people want to know more. They have been teasing a Q&A since their channel blew up. She has zero intention of making it.

THIS completely. I have no doubt they are a nice family (the children) but i get weird vibes from the videos, as if it's just for views/money. The videos seem planned, completely unnatural, and discretionary. The older kids always seem awkward as if they were told to say things and behave a certain way. She is using the Q+A as a teaser because so many people have so many questions, but after she answers them, no one will care anymore. People are watching because they are curious and they portray themselves as mysterious, a Q+A will ruin that image. If for whatever reason she does make that video, she will still leave so many questions unanswered that people will continue to come back.

[Dibs]

Seriously, hours? It's 4 kinds of toys. You put the animals in one box, wooden blocks in another, baby dolls in third and all the rest are basically duplos which you can mop up. It will take 15 minutes tops because they weren't even mixed on the floor but pretty much all in their own areas.

I agree she filmed it to show off her "perfect" kids but I kind of admire this type of "minimalism" when it comes to toys. It would be so much easier to handle just a few kinds of quality toys instead of all the random plastic crap. If only I could stop the incoming flood of plastic toys from grandparents and aunts.

[pennyajdg]

The family is so weird but I have to say I overall enjoy watching them the kids seem happy, smart and educated so there’s nothing wrong with that but the names are insane

A few things I’ve noticed
Each older kid has a younger one to take care off like it’s there whole life responsibility. she even mentioned it in one video which older kid has which younger kid
Romeo’s responsibility is Aphrodite I had noticed him always chasing after her and taking care of her in other videos before she actually mentioned it, it’s practical but still weird you had all those kids and it’s up to the older ones to take care of the ones that are not attached to your boob

Leonardo is a grown man child, his vlogs show this it’s like he never grew up, his marriage had to be arranged, They don’t even seem like they know each other, Jerusalem is way more mature

She’s obsessed with the girls particularly Nefertiti, with her own special room, the girl gets way with yelling at everyone all the time, you can just tell by her behavior she’s the terror of the bunch, after all those back to back boys she spoiled her big time. And why is she the only one who seems to not know English? Even the babies seem to know more then she does.




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[kayuhsee]

Each older kid has a younger one to take care off like it’s there whole life responsibility. she even mentioned it in one video which older kid has which younger kid
Romeo’s responsibility is Aphrodite I had noticed him always chasing after her and taking care of her in other videos before she actually mentioned it, it’s practical but still weird you had all those kids and it’s up to the older ones to take care of the ones that are not attached to

It's a very fundamentalist christian thing to have a "buddy system". It's clear Taina has picked some things from fundies to implement such as blanket training, homeschooling, and pairing off the older kids to a younger one.

[lizpuff2006]

She has said in comments that the younger kids are not allowed to speak english at home. They must speak Finnish. While that isn't a bad thing considering they live in Finland, it sure is a confusing message for her to speak just English in the videos all the time

[Dibs]

She really said that? Where? That's just stupid. The usual instruction for bilingual families is that each parent talks to the kids in their own language, and kids can use whatever language they like, or a mix. If they use the other language, parent is simply supposed to repeat the child's words in their own language and move on.