8 Passengers: Emotional Abuse Galore & Making Kids Sleep on The Floor | Part 17

[Ducklings4]

Sometimes I think Shari behaves the way she does to survive. Other times I think she is totally indoctrinated into her mom’s beliefs. I don’t say the Church of LDS because I think the Griffiths clan uses the Church to justify their behavior. They conform the church to their liking vs conforming to the church’s teachings.

[ghostboy]

yes I am loving her videos, she is also a social worker so she has that knowledge as well. I wonder if we can send her topics to cover haha

yeah more praise for her here, she's brilliant. this is the best i've seen yet and i've watched a ton of them. someone put her in charge lol.

on a related note, idk if this has already been suggested but i feel like we have years worth of ruby's bullshit covered in depth on here - maybe we could make a thread listing the instances everyone can think of with timestamps etc so that newcomers/people making videos can get to it quickly?

some examples that spring to mind:
- russell not getting lunch like eve
- femur fracture
- eve's 9 cavities
- ruby deliberately pulling chad's tshirt off wrong (when he'd dislocated his shoulder) for the views
- him being so worked up about school that he thought he had to take an exam with a dislocated shoulder
- chad's sunburn after anasazi
- everyone berating julie for eating the sandwiches
- ruby throwing all chad's clothes away
- abby asleep on the bathroom floor throwing up
etc etc

i feel like everyone here could reel off a similar list in a couple of minutes - we'd have quite the resource lol

I looked into just a couple of these. I haven't been able to find anything about Russell's femur anywhere, I think that's been wiped or is just hard to find as it wouldn't have been a video just about that.

Eve's 9 cavities: "Really BAD News" 9:55 - get to see the dentist's reaction and everything! Ruby seems more embarrassed than actually concerned. Blames it on her kids. Goes on to promote cook book. 6 months before, in "Dentists Don't Like SUGAR TEETH" the dentist tells Ruby Eve has 4 cavities emerging and tells Ruby to make sure to floss Eve's teeth. (It's also the video where Ruby tells Eve to put some shoes & a tiara back in a store and Eve dumps them on the ground which Ruby shows as they leave the store. Not neglect, just being a shit person.) And to come full circle, Ruby filmed Eve in the fragile state that mother herself caused in "Coming Out of Sedation" (dinner that night was leftover roast beef on a tiny amount of mac n cheese, which Ruby called 'a delicacy'.)

Chad's clothes: Shari's "CHAD'S HOME: Now What?" First of all, 2:02 "And you sleep on the couch, right... cus Russell kicked him out of his own room". 2:18 Shari: "You have like, 3 shirts" ... Chad: "k look when I went to Anasazi mom got mad and there were a ton of clothes on my floor so she donated all the clothes that were on the floor. So I came home to like 3 pairs of pants and like 5 shirts" and I think the important note here is Chad had to buy his own new clothes to replace them because she was only willing to buy him the private school uniform.
In "It's Not My Fault" Ruby says "Chad has gone to school and is realizing he's short on clothes". She says it's a good chance for him to learn responsibility, and Chad says "I still think you should pay for my clothes." Ruby says they met in the middle because she bought him ONE jacket. She says he needs to pay himself because she knows he has $200. Yet Shari got her uniforms and extra clothes all bought for her, and I'm certain she has more money. In "Chad's 1st Day of School, FINALLY" Chad says he doesn't have a backpack and Ruby says just carry your books, she thought having a backpack was uncool anyway. Ruby cackles about it at 9:20 as Chad tells her it's embarrassing, along with being dropped off in her Youtube van. All the other kids had Fjallraven Kanken bags bought for them this same year. And when she was talking about those bags over summer she said she'd get one for each of the kids. I guess she meant all but one.

awesome, nice work!
the clothes thing is so fucked up - god forbid he spends his $200 dollars on something he can actually enjoy
also oh my god i totally forgot about the backpack! i remember that stupid sponsor and her yapping on about the bags - chad had almost MORE right than all the other kids to one of the fancy backpacks since his "behavioural problems" pretty much paid for them

idk how to make a thread though so if someone could help me out i'd appreciate it

[emma2948]

I was looking at Beau's instragram and he had a picture of his son playing on the sand dune and in the background you can see Ruby setting up her camera on a tripod so I think she is vlogging again............time will tell if, when and what she posts.

I did see her in the background of Bonnie's vlog and she looked sad and pretty miserable (or maybe just tired) but she knew she was being filmed and did NOT put on a show for the camera and play it up like she normally does when she know's she being filmed.

I really can't stand Bonnie's boring ass vlogs, what was the timeatamp for when she filmed Ruby so I could go check that out?

[Alycat_2001_uk]

Sometimes zI think Shari behaves the way she does to survive. Other times I think she is totally indoctrinated into her mom’s beliefs. I don’t say the Church of LDS because I think the Griffiths clan uses the Church to justify their behavior. They conform the church to their liking vs conforming to the church’s teachings.

I completely agree. I'm hoping that if she mixes with others outside of the family (even if she goes to the local Mormon university the majority of them won't be quite as mad as Ruby) she'll be able to grow and break the cycle.

[emma2948]

yes I am loving her videos, she is also a social worker so she has that knowledge as well. I wonder if we can send her topics to cover haha

yeah more praise for her here, she's brilliant. this is the best i've seen yet and i've watched a ton of them. someone put her in charge lol.

on a related note, idk if this has already been suggested but i feel like we have years worth of ruby's bullshit covered in depth on here - maybe we could make a thread listing the instances everyone can think of with timestamps etc so that newcomers/people making videos can get to it quickly?

some examples that spring to mind:
- russell not getting lunch like eve
- femur fracture
- eve's 9 cavities
- ruby deliberately pulling chad's tshirt off wrong (when he'd dislocated his shoulder) for the views
- him being so worked up about school that he thought he had to take an exam with a dislocated shoulder
- chad's sunburn after anasazi
- everyone berating julie for eating the sandwiches
- ruby throwing all chad's clothes away
- abby asleep on the bathroom floor throwing up
etc etc

i feel like everyone here could reel off a similar list in a couple of minutes - we'd have quite the resource lol

I looked into just a couple of these. I haven't been able to find anything about Russell's femur anywhere, I think that's been wiped or is just hard to find as it wouldn't have been a video just about that.

Eve's 9 cavities: "Really BAD News" 9:55 - get to see the dentist's reaction and everything! Ruby seems more embarrassed than actually concerned. Blames it on her kids. Goes on to promote cook book. 6 months before, in "Dentists Don't Like SUGAR TEETH" the dentist tells Ruby Eve has 4 cavities emerging and tells Ruby to make sure to floss Eve's teeth. (It's also the video where Ruby tells Eve to put some shoes & a tiara back in a store and Eve dumps them on the ground which Ruby shows as they leave the store. Not neglect, just being a shit person.) And to come full circle, Ruby filmed Eve in the fragile state that mother herself caused in "Coming Out of Sedation" (dinner that night was leftover roast beef on a tiny amount of mac n cheese, which Ruby called 'a delicacy'.)

Chad's clothes: Shari's "CHAD'S HOME: Now What?" First of all, 2:02 "And you sleep on the couch, right... cus Russell kicked him out of his own room". 2:18 Shari: "You have like, 3 shirts" ... Chad: "k look when I went to Anasazi mom got mad and there were a ton of clothes on my floor so she donated all the clothes that were on the floor. So I came home to like 3 pairs of pants and like 5 shirts" and I think the important note here is Chad had to buy his own new clothes to replace them because she was only willing to buy him the private school uniform.
In "It's Not My Fault" Ruby says "Chad has gone to school and is realizing he's short on clothes". She says it's a good chance for him to learn responsibility, and Chad says "I still think you should pay for my clothes." Ruby says they met in the middle because she bought him ONE jacket. She says he needs to pay himself because she knows he has $200. Yet Shari got her uniforms and extra clothes all bought for her, and I'm certain she has more money. In "Chad's 1st Day of School, FINALLY" Chad says he doesn't have a backpack and Ruby says just carry your books, she thought having a backpack was uncool anyway. Ruby cackles about it at 9:20 as Chad tells her it's embarrassing, along with being dropped off in her Youtube van. All the other kids had Fjallraven Kanken bags bought for them this same year. And when she was talking about those bags over summer she said she'd get one for each of the kids. I guess she meant all but one.

Yeah the bag thing was ridiculous. I also remember that in Shari's back to school video she talks about how she's not gonna be using the Kanken backpack anyway because it's to small, and that she was only gonna use it for the first day of school anyway because Ruby wanted to take pictures of the kids with their matching backpacks. Would Ruby let Chad use Shari's backpack that she couldn't use, or would it be too small for him to use too?

[FollowTheRainbow]

I'm probably slow on this thing but I do scan the posts.

I feel for those children & how they're treated especially Chad. For some reason Ruby irritates me and annoys me how some videos are staged.

She allows Russel and Eve to get away with anything like the time they poured Bird food all over Julie's bed, Ruby just laughed... I have a feeling if that was Chad who did that he would have come off worse & Chad who sometimes behaves the same way gets punished.

The video today of the gravestone hunting.. I found it wrong how they were walking/running over other people's graves.... maybe that's just me. When I was younger going to the cemetery & I accidentally walked over a grave my mum would tell me that it's not respectful. Maybe that's just my family though, and still now I feel guilty when I do.

I wonder if any other of their family members have noticed & spoken to Ruby and Kevin and notice their parenting skills aren't good. I'm not a parent but I'd hope I'd never treat my kids like they do... how do they expect a 6 year old to make their own lunch and not take food when its forgotten? Did she not feel any guilt knowing her kid was going hungry? Especially when it sounded like she had no remorse when the teacher had phoned her to say even the teacher felt guilty.... hopefully the teacher had given her something. I know when I was her age if we forgot our lunch we'd get given a lunch that school provided although things maybe different here in England.

I hear Ruby says in some videos her parenting skills have got better then in her old videos but if you ask me they've got worse. The children should be out having fun with friends and doing what they enjoy... they need friends their own age instead of just playing with siblings and whatnot.

Anyway I'll stop now. I just hope for their children's sake things improve.


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[athyker]

I'm feeling rather disgusted that they had a scavenger hunt at the cemetery. Also, did I miss it did they have a family serve in the military and lose their life because of it? Last I checked that's what Memorial Day was for. I'm ready to see the videos coming up to see how different Ruby tries to act. I pray to god that Chad has not been punished.

[nesland300]

I'm feeling rather disgusted that they had a scavenger hunt at the cemetery.

Mormonism. Gotta know who all our dead relatives are so we can proxy-baptize all of them.

[Ducklings4]

I'm feeling rather disgusted that they had a scavenger hunt at the cemetery.

Mormonism. Gotta know who all our dead relatives are so we can proxy-baptize all of them.

No reverence, no respect, and yes they have no clue that Memorial Day is to honor those who died fighting for our freedoms. They should be visiting these relatives on Veterans’ Day.

[lmmomSD]

I'm feeling rather disgusted that they had a scavenger hunt at the cemetery.

Mormonism. Gotta know who all our dead relatives are so we can proxy-baptize all of them.

No reverence, no respect, and yes they have no clue that Memorial Day is to honor those who died fighting for our freedoms. They should be visiting these relatives on Veterans’ Day.

I think they know. They just don't care. Ellie did some post this year about how wonderful she is because she spent Memorial Day at the cemetery instead of at a lake, even though they made it a "fun" day. I think she has been told in past years that Memorial Day is for remembering those who gave their lives so that they can have the freedom to make big bucks on YT exploiting their kids and worship how they please. And she just answered (if memory serves) that this is how _they_ celebrate Memorial Day, thank you very much.
This whole family just doesn't give a rat's ass about anyone else. And they certainly haven't served their country. Service to your country requires believing that others are worth sacrificing for.

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[Bollie_Dollie_4_Life]

I was looking at Beau's instragram and he had a picture of his son playing on the sand dune and in the background you can see Ruby setting up her camera on a tripod so I think she is vlogging again............time will tell if, when and what she posts.

I did see her in the background of Bonnie's vlog and she looked sad and pretty miserable (or maybe just tired) but she knew she was being filmed and did NOT put on a show for the camera and play it up like she normally does when she know's she being filmed.

I really can't stand Bonnie's boring ass vlogs, what was the timeatamp for when she filmed Ruby so I could go check that out?

9:40

[Happy+Charlie]

I'm feeling rather disgusted that they had a scavenger hunt at the cemetery.

Mormonism. Gotta know who all our dead relatives are so we can proxy-baptize all of them.

No reverence, no respect, and yes they have no clue that Memorial Day is to honor those who died fighting for our freedoms. They should be visiting these relatives on Veterans’ Day.

Veterans Day is also service related, thanking our veterans for serving. Memorial Day is to remember those who have served and fought for us.

If the Griffiths have a relative in either of these categories, it's appropriate, but the party games sure as hell are not.

Griffiths have to take any opportunity to make it about how special their family is. They are weird!

[Happy+Charlie]

I'm feeling rather disgusted that they had a scavenger hunt at the cemetery.

Mormonism. Gotta know who all our dead relatives are so we can proxy-baptize all of them.

No reverence, no respect, and yes they have no clue that Memorial Day is to honor those who died fighting for our freedoms. They should be visiting these relatives on Veterans’ Day.

Veterans Day is also service related, thanking our veterans for serving. Memorial Day is to remember those who have served and fought for us.

If the Griffiths have a relative in either of these categories, it's appropriate, but the party games sure as hell are not.

Griffiths have to take any opportunity to make it about how special their family is. They are weird!

[lmmomSD]

Memorial Day is specifically for honoring those who have died in the service of their country. Veteran's Day is for everyone who served in the armed forces.
The Griffiths use Memorial Day as some kind of "celebrate everyone who has died" day. I suppose it's nice to have a day like that, but they should A) pick another day, and B) if they are going to be so tone deaf, don't publish vlogs about it. It's really insulting to people who have lost loved ones in the armed forces. I'm lucky in that with all the military in my family, nobody has died, but I certainly know a few who have. I would hate for my friends whose husbands died flying for the Navy to see these bozos and their "Memorial Day traditions".

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[Bollie_Dollie_4_Life]

And also maybe not lay down on the ground like you are dead in a casket and have your family stand over you and act like they are at your funeral. It's not cute. It's not funny. And you certainly shouldn't put in a vlog. And of course Jennifer said she wants everyone to cry over her dead body and be miserable without her. This entire family is CRAZY!!!

[missbelle]

these drama channels need to focus on Jennifer! licking ice cream off of Julie's leg, calling Ruby "cinderella" because she had to take care of the family like Shari, and so much more..shes the reason her daughters are the way they are.

[YTIG60]

I posted a video on Instagram last night and it was Ruby saying 'Don't take it if it's abusive'

My account disappeared shortly after that.

She is definitely scrambling to cover her own backside. It's really apparent.

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Was it a reportable video that Ruby or her lawyer could have it taken down your account...I'm guessing it wasn't? I bet with a lawyer going after a video on IG, it might be taken down faster. After all, several of us non lawyers have reported real problems with children being exploited on social media and have seen no results. They haven't been able to take down TikTok clips.

[Happy+Charlie]

these drama channels need to focus on Jennifer! licking ice cream off of Julie's leg, calling Ruby "cinderella" because she had to take care of the family like Shari, and so much more..shes the reason her daughters are the way they are.

Oh, you bet! The 4 girls seem to have the same issues....I would guess it comes from their upbringing. Jennifer comes across as a sweet grandma but she gives herself up many times with her actions and the comments she makes. My favorite, "it's too good for children." She even looks the crazy part when she has her eyes popped open talking at the camera.

Ruby has now posted Memorial Day. They really think their families escapades at the cemetery are goals.

[Namm]

I've been gone and shocked but pleased with what's been happening to 8passengers channel. What a mess!
I remember wishing for their channel to loose viewers like Bonnie to give Kevin and Ruby a wake up call and for them to show some respect and gratefulness to their viewers but this is beyond. Still, the narcissism in Kevin and Ruby aren't getting it. But the world is on a karma rant and no one is safe anymore.

My next wish is to get Kevin. I used to defend him thinking he cared for his children and I believe he did once but I was wrong. Karma please expose him like you've done with Ruby (and then continue with B&J ).

[Kattiness Everdeen]

these drama channels need to focus on Jennifer! licking ice cream off of Julie's leg, calling Ruby "cinderella" because she had to take care of the family like Shari, and so much more..shes the reason her daughters are the way they are.

I was looking for a Bonnie video and I came across this classic Jen moment at 9:46, where Bonnie explains that is was silly to try and hide her lipo, because the girls are felt up and down for fat rolls every time they meet. No wonder they are all so f-ed up.