ThisGatheredNest | Part 2

[wasteoftime]

maybe unpopular opinion here but i really like angie i think shes funny and they seem real unlike a lot of yt moms. We adopted 2 of our kids form foster care so i think i understand why she keeps adopting, i think its totally genuine and i think its great.
The only thing is those sponsorships....so many sponsorships.

I can understand the Sponsorships, i'm sure that's the big income for them and they got to feed and cloth all those kids. It's bothersome and they take up far too much time in their vlogs, which is sad. I can see it been a massive turn off for some. Especially in the middle of a video and it's up 60 per cent of the running time. They need to cut them down shorter and put it at the end of vlogs.

I like Angie, the only fault I see with her is she and her hubby try to hard in front of the camera, that it comes off fake at times and she's a bit of a sell's woman in her vlogs, I can see that coming off like she's using the kids as a way to flog her sponsorships and her book. But I do think she adores those children as does her husband, and they are well taken care off. Especially her two oldest daughters, and she's done amazing job with Rosie who seems a happy little girl. The twins are a little wild but they are toddlers if they are still doing that when they get to Rosie's age then it's a problem. But I think Angie loves doing the vlogs, and her kids are great and she's got a nice family.

She didn't have to have so many children and she didn't have to quit her job to do YT. It was all a choice, she chose sponsorships over anything else. I don't think she appears to enjoy the vlogs. The longer I watch the more self-centred she seems, and the vlogs are just for attention. I find it all disappointing as I didn't feel this so much in the beginning.

We don't see much interaction with any of the kids outside of the twins. Just poor Rosie who continually looks bored, lonely and is watching a screen or being misunderstood. I wouldn't call forcing a smile as a happy little girl. I hope things get better for her. I never see the older girls, or any of the kids, interact with or play with her anymore and I wonder if she notices it herself.

[Beccaboom22]

I thought Angie was an amazing mother when she just had the orginal 5, she favoured Rosie a little, which irrtated me with all her medical needs, learning English etc I kind of got it. She took the N, J and R to swim lessons, brought all her kids everywhere with her, the boys went to preschool so she could properly school the girls. Took all of them out individually too. She was also funny genuine and nice.

I stopped liking her around the twins being born, she became obsessed with baby girl clothing hauls, and barely let her older kids touch the babies. Rosie went from being her prize to totally ignored and the boy's stopped appearing full stop. She also became really into money, loads of sponsers, appearance changed completely. I only watch to see what he older children are up to as the twins really bug me.

[Beccaboom22]

Also that last video made me so sad with Rosie trying so hard to talk to her Mom and all the attention going on Amellia who wasn't even asking for attention. Then her simmer down comment to JJ you've dealt with him 2 minutes today chill.

[Peachykeen]

It gave me a heart attack when Kennedy was just holding Benji with one hand and walking with him. Also Rosie being brushed aside is just so sad to see

[bananayellow]

What the heck is wrong with Benjamin (3:45 in today's vlog)?

[roseinbloom]

What the heck is wrong with Benjamin (3:45 in today's vlog)?

I just looked. I’m no expert but I just had a baby last year and yeah, he must have some sort of issue with his tongue or mouth to always have his tongue out. I wonder if they have gotten that looked at? Then again he had horrible thrush and Angie was just like he’s on meds okaaaay WhAtEvEr *ig story*

[Pina]

What the heck is wrong with Benjamin (3:45 in today's vlog)?

I just looked. I’m no expert but I just had a baby last year and yeah, he must have some sort of issue with his tongue or mouth to always have his tongue out. I wonder if they have gotten that looked at? Then again he had horrible thrush and Angie was just like he’s on meds okaaaay WhAtEvEr *ig story*

I think he is grouchy because the bottle was taken out mid feed and his tongue is out because he is still hungry.

Some babies also just have larger tongues and mouths. My friends little girls tongue stuck out much further than Benjamin's does and did so until she was around 18 months old. She was and is typical in every other way.

He just looks like a normal baby to me.

[looper007]

wow didn't know Angie was this disliked.

When you have as many kids as they have, not everyone is going to get all the attention. Rosie, is a sweet little girl and she is well taken off for her needs and is a lot better then most kids with down syndrome, she is given a lot of attention maybe you just don't see it on the vlogs. Of course the babies are going to get more attention cause they are babies for goodness sake, people making it out like it's like Angie is ignoring the other kids cause she has favorites. The fact is babies bring in the views, simple as. I agree, she probably should have waited a few years before she added another child to the family but little Benji is going to have a great chance of a great life, surrounded by a loving family. So i'm happy for the little boy.

[Teamrocketing]

wow didn't know Angie was this disliked.

When you have as many kids as they have, not everyone is going to get all the attention. Rosie, is a sweet little girl and she is well taken off for her needs and is a lot better then most kids with down syndrome, she is given a lot of attention maybe you just don't see it on the vlogs. Of course the babies are going to get more attention cause they are babies for goodness sake, people making it out like it's like Angie is ignoring the other kids cause she has favorites. The fact is babies bring in the views, simple as. I agree, she probably should have waited a few years before she added another child to the family but little Benji is going to have a great chance of a great life, surrounded by a loving family. So i'm happy for the little boy.

You’re right babies can bring in the views - which is why they bought another despite already having two toddlers. There are more couples wanting to adopt (a first child who would be doted on I might add) then there are newborns available for adoption. She’s selfish not a savior. This had nothing to do with god or love and everything to do with greed and envy.

She adopted Rosie knowing she would need tons of attention, time, support to flourish. Once the new baby smell wore off and she finished milking her for profit she moved on to have three more babie$ and left Rosie in the dust - minus some exception$. But yeah she should get credit for just adopting a special needs Chinese child who cares what kind of parent she is. I mean, Rosie cOuLd HaVe iT sO mUcH wOrSe. F off with her having it better for a child with down syndrome.

Ask yourself - Are these kids getting a proper education? Special education needs attended to? Do they have a routine life outside the home with friends and hobbies or are they isolated? Do they get adequate quality time and attention from parental figures? Do they get privacy? How often are they getting healthy homemade meals and exercise? Are their medical needs attended to? Are there unrealistic or inappropriate responsibilities given to them for their age (parenting a sibling for example)? Are their emotional needs met? Are they being supervised by adults? Are they being exploited for personal or financial gain?

Are their physical, medical, emotional, educational needs met?

Angie shows me only what she wants to in vlogs and I’m still seeing neglect. Which is a form of child abuse. You don’t get a pass because you have a lot of kids or are an influencer.




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[Pina]

wow didn't know Angie was this disliked.

When you have as many kids as they have, not everyone is going to get all the attention. Rosie, is a sweet little girl and she is well taken off for her needs and is a lot better then most kids with down syndrome, she is given a lot of attention maybe you just don't see it on the vlogs. Of course the babies are going to get more attention cause they are babies for goodness sake, people making it out like it's like Angie is ignoring the other kids cause she has favorites. The fact is babies bring in the views, simple as. I agree, she probably should have waited a few years before she added another child to the family but little Benji is going to have a great chance of a great life, surrounded by a loving family. So i'm happy for the little boy.

'a lot better then most kids with down syndrome'... what does that even mean?

She needs to be given the appropriate education, time and input so she can reach her full potential, how she compares to other children (with or without DS) is irrelevant.

[rjw754]

So I've been an avid viewer of ThisGatheredNest since 2015. I knew they were religious, but I had no idea Angie was so anti-choice/pro-life. It's not something I ever thought about until I was researching organizations against Planned Parenthood for a university paper and learned more about Live Action, I went to their Instagram...and found out that not only does Angie follow them and their founder Lila Rose BUT they did a story about The Braniffs embryo adoption on their website. I don't know how you all feel about abortion..but this has definitely changed the way I think about supporting Angie. Not to mention, their adoption agency for Benji was a part of March For Life and also took a pretty sketchy view on abortion on their website. I can be open about people's differing opinions, but a woman's right to choose is something I personally have strong convictions about. This isn't an attack on Angie or anyone who is pro-life, but I just thought I'd make anyone who feels similarly to myself aware of this. Honestly I feel stupid for never realizing this before.


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[rjw754]

So I've been an avid viewer of ThisGatheredNest since 2015. I knew they were religious, but I had no idea Angie was so anti-choice/pro-life. It's not something I ever thought about until I was researching organizations against Planned Parenthood for a university paper and learned more about Live Action, I went to their Instagram...and found out that not only does Angie follow them and their founder Lila Rose BUT they did a story about The Braniffs embryo adoption on their website. I don't know how you all feel about abortion..but this has definitely changed the way I think about supporting Angie. Not to mention, their adoption agency for Benji was a part of March For Life and also took a pretty sketchy view on abortion on their website. I can be open about people's differing opinions, but a woman's right to choose is something I personally have strong convictions about. This isn't an attack on Angie or anyone who is pro-life, but I just thought I'd make anyone who feels similarly to myself aware of this. Honestly I feel stupid for never realizing this before.


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Sorry if this has been talked about before.

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[HCB]

I knew they were “pro-life.” Seeing what they’ve seen and knowing what they do about how hard and expensive adoption is, they couldn’t be more anti-life in my opinion. Actively supporting the taking away of choice which in turn puts more women and children in horrible situations, fills orphanages, and places more kids in foster care is not being pro life.

[ughpleasee]

So I've been an avid viewer of ThisGatheredNest since 2015. I knew they were religious, but I had no idea Angie was so anti-choice/pro-life. It's not something I ever thought about until I was researching organizations against Planned Parenthood for a university paper and learned more about Live Action, I went to their Instagram...and found out that not only does Angie follow them and their founder Lila Rose BUT they did a story about The Braniffs embryo adoption on their website. I don't know how you all feel about abortion..but this has definitely changed the way I think about supporting Angie. Not to mention, their adoption agency for Benji was a part of March For Life and also took a pretty sketchy view on abortion on their website. I can be open about people's differing opinions, but a woman's right to choose is something I personally have strong convictions about. This isn't an attack on Angie or anyone who is pro-life, but I just thought I'd make anyone who feels similarly to myself aware of this. Honestly I feel stupid for never realizing this before.


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I knew she was religious and most likely pro-life, but I didn't know she was so involved with anti-choice organizations. I unfollowed her on Instagram and might unfollow her on YT. One thing is to be pro-life and one thing is to be anti-choice. She wants to adopt 20 kids and feel good about it, fine whatever, but let other women make decisions about their own body. Ugh. She pisses me off more and more each day.

She said one time that she would be okay if one of her kids was gay, but I honestly do not think so. I'm sure she wouldn't kick them out, but being fine with it? Nah.

[jle0906]

So I've been an avid viewer of ThisGatheredNest since 2015. I knew they were religious, but I had no idea Angie was so anti-choice/pro-life. It's not something I ever thought about until I was researching organizations against Planned Parenthood for a university paper and learned more about Live Action, I went to their Instagram...and found out that not only does Angie follow them and their founder Lila Rose BUT they did a story about The Braniffs embryo adoption on their website. I don't know how you all feel about abortion..but this has definitely changed the way I think about supporting Angie. Not to mention, their adoption agency for Benji was a part of March For Life and also took a pretty sketchy view on abortion on their website. I can be open about people's differing opinions, but a woman's right to choose is something I personally have strong convictions about. This isn't an attack on Angie or anyone who is pro-life, but I just thought I'd make anyone who feels similarly to myself aware of this. Honestly I feel stupid for never realizing this before.


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I knew she was religious and most likely pro-life, but I didn't know she was so involved with anti-choice organizations. I unfollowed her on Instagram and might unfollow her on YT. One thing is to be pro-life and one thing is to be anti-choice. She wants to adopt 20 kids and feel good about it, fine whatever, but let other women make decisions about their own body. Ugh. She pisses me off more and more each day.

She said one time that she would be okay if one of her kids was gay, but I honestly do not think so. I'm sure she wouldn't kick them out, but being fine with it? Nah.

I get the vibe that her idea of “being fine” with having a gay kid would be that she wouldn’t openly saying anything anti-gay to them, but she would 100% not be supportive of them and their relationship.

[devilishtenshi]

wow didn't know Angie was this disliked.

When you have as many kids as they have, not everyone is going to get all the attention. Rosie, is a sweet little girl and she is well taken off for her needs and is a lot better then most kids with down syndrome, she is given a lot of attention maybe you just don't see it on the vlogs. Of course the babies are going to get more attention cause they are babies for goodness sake, people making it out like it's like Angie is ignoring the other kids cause she has favorites. The fact is babies bring in the views, simple as. I agree, she probably should have waited a few years before she added another child to the family but little Benji is going to have a great chance of a great life, surrounded by a loving family. So i'm happy for the little boy.

I mean you said the problem right there. If you can’t give your children enough attention and some aren’t getting much you shouldn’t have more kids. All the kids should be getting equal attention to a degree. Rosie and the babies probably need slightly more due to age and disability.


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[Beccaboom22]

I don't dislike Angie or think she's a 'bad mom' i just think she's over stuffed her plate to the point nobody could do it justice. I have three kiddos (two are toddlers) and i do not home educate and it's crazy sometimes. She seemed to really struggle after the twins, time keeping getting stuff done without CR there, so why she's keeping on adopting AND home schooling is so crazy to me. And fair enough if she was putting her all into it but she keeps running off to go shopping every couple of hours.

[HCB]

Her book looks really small for the hefty price tag. Wow! When she was holding it in the vlog it’s pretty darn thin. Definitely don’t think I will give it a try any more.

[wasteoftime]

It's be on Audible on the 99c list soon enough, I might pay that out of curiosity.

[Pina]

How old are the twins now? 2.5yrs? How do they not have a bedtime routine? if travelling knocked them out of sync, i would of spent the last few weeks reintroducing/reinforcing it. Benji is over 1 month now so they have had at least 4 weeks to implement it. The pacifiers in their mouths all day is also just laziness because they dont want to address the whinging. They would probably talk a lot more too without them.