It’s R Life - Part 2: Buying, Lying, and Rudely Replying

[AlohaPineapple]

I just noticed this… in EV’s routine, the part towards the beginning where a line of them to a back handspring tuck, EV used to be in the front row but when they redid the routine for Summit, she was in the second row, basically hidden by someone else if you watch from the front. The changes they made to their dancing throughout the routine and the dance section was not as good as their old one for sure, it was so slow. Kenny said they were making the routine harder but idk, it looks like they may have actually watered it down which would lower their difficulty but increase the chance of hitting 0. It didn’t look as hard as their old routine.

Poor Brin, even when she was performing, she was trying to smile but she looked miserable even on stage. I feel so sad for her. And then for Kenny to harp on their mistakes right after they performed instead of encouraging Brin was sad. The only time Brin seemed happy was when they found out they’d be going to the next round. Kenny makes it pretty darn clear that the amount of love you get from her depends on how good you do at cheer and that’s REALLY sad (hence why Kap is the new favourite!)

[AlohaPineapple]

Sorry for another post in a row but I have some steaming hot tea for you!!!!

The team that Kap was going to be in at Fire, youth level 1, WON D2 Regional Summit against 16 (!!!!!) teams! That’s amazing!! They were in first place day 1 too! Kenny wanted her girls to be on a winning team; if only they would have stayed at Fire and at lest Kapri would have a Summit win under her belt at her first Summit! She would have a Summit ring! The other Fire teams haven’t competed yet because the regular D2 Summit is this weekend. Kenny makes Fire out to be a crappy gym, they got 1/16 while Flip got 3/4 at their Regional Summit.

[ThisIsMeCeej]

Sorry for another post in a row but I have some steaming hot tea for you!!!!

The team that Kap was going to be in at Fire, youth level 1, WON D2 Regional Summit against 16 (!!!!!) teams! That’s amazing!! They were in first place day 1 too! Kenny wanted her girls to be on a winning team; if only they would have stayed at Fire and at lest Kapri would have a Summit win under her belt at her first Summit! She would have a Summit ring! The other Fire teams haven’t competed yet because the regular D2 Summit is this weekend. Kenny makes Fire out to be a crappy gym, they got 1/16 while Flip got 3/4 at their Regional Summit.

I bet Kenny is feeling all kinds of mad about that! What was the reason they really left Fire?

Things I think and could see happening.
1. Evie only goes to cheer anymore for the socialization. She may enjoy it, but she seems to be more into it for friends, than anything else. So, she is not gaining much in skill regardless of her age, because she rather socialize. - I think Evie could be an excuse on why Kenny would move them to another gym.. "she was heartbroken and couldn't cheer at the same gym and see his family all the time, it was too hard!!" yeah, I could see that.

2. Brin doesn't seem to have her heart in cheer anymore, for whatever reason/s that may be.. she's lost her enjoyment for it. If she kept her joy for the sport, she would be surpassing Evie on skill, just like Kapri is.. but, she seems to be at a standstill (maybe that has a lot also, to do with why Kenny passes her up?). I think Brin might start dressing in all black soon, hoodies and sweats.. unless Kenny completely forbids her.

3. Kapri.. she still has the joy of cheer but, if Kenny were to switch their gyms again, I think that could break her this time possibly. I HOPE not think this time.. that Kapri gets to be put on a team that she's suited for, and not one that Kenny thinks she should be on, so she doesn't "outshine" Evie. And I think she will do well wherever she's put.

4. Sebi used to be taken places with Kenny in like every other vlog or so.. but, I noticed he's not lately.. I wonder why that is? He also doesn't look the happiest in vlogs. Kinda makes you wonder what's going on off camera.

5. Hampton as I stated before.. he just looks so sad. I just have this feeling he knows he isn't being treated as well as the others. It's a shame that someone doesn't check in on him every once in awhile.

[Glass Half Full]

What I hate about the whole cheer thing is that Kendal treats it like it’s the only thing that matters. Her girls are not at a high level. It’s not a sport that has one governing body. Worlds doesn’t mean worlds…because hardly any countries have cheerleading. Her girls will never get college scholarships for cheer. Why can’t she just breathe and take a step down. Allow her girls do do their sport and enjoy it. Without unnecessary pressure. They must be exhausted from constantly having to be upbeat and always having their competitions and practices put out there for 30k + people to see.

Just an example, our daughter is a high level track and field athlete. She is an actual national champion and has just started to compete internationally. She has an Instagram account which she uses to post what SHE wants to post. We usually keep family and close friends up to date about her training/competitions but we keep everything pretty low key. Why…because then there’s less pressure. If everyone were to know her or know about her, she would feel under pressure to perform. Even the national governing body doesn’t put pressure on younger athletes because it’s unhealthy for their mental well-being. You may think 19 is older…it’s certainly older than the Rich girls, but at 19 she has already so much going on with school, work and her sport without having outsiders speculate about her performance at upcoming competitions. Kendal’s obsession with cheer and her daughters’s performances is damaging. And it truly is an obsession over something which is fairly low level and unimportant. Worse, she doesn’t big them up when they fail. In fact, if they fail she blames someone else (judges…coaches at fire…team colleagues). Success and failure go hand in hand. Only showing one side of things creates a false perception that her girls only succeed, and therefore the viewers and subscribers only expect success.

[SwaggySpungo]

I’ll agree with those saying that Brinley looks miserable in the latest vlogs. Maybe it’s because she’s been sick lately, but it seems there’s been a change in her over the last year.

Evie seems to be doing fairly well, minus the boy troubles.

And Kapri is thriving as far as I can tell. She’s confident and happy, has lots of friends and is doing well in cheer.

Don’t know about you guys, but I’m not a fan of the cheer vlogs - only the “challenge” vlogs were worse. I find them very boring and usually skip them.

[AlohaPineapple]

I’ll agree with those saying that Brinley looks miserable in the latest vlogs. Maybe it’s because she’s been sick lately, but it seems there’s been a change in her over the last year.

Evie seems to be doing fairly well, minus the boy troubles.

And Kapri is thriving as far as I can tell. She’s confident and happy, has lots of friends and is doing well in cheer.

Don’t know about you guys, but I’m not a fan of the cheer vlogs - only the “challenge” vlogs were worse. I find them very boring and usually skip them.

I was one of the people who mentioned about Brin looking miserable. She just seems so sad I want to give her a hug and tell her everything will be ok. She has changed a lot of the last year. She seems to be annoyed by her family and their dramatic vlogging antics and just doesn’t want to be involved. I hope that whatever the case is that she starts feeling better soon or gets some help, there’s nothing wrong with therapy at all! (Although I have a feeling DK wouldn’t let that happen). Both boys seem really sad too. Hampton seems to have had his spirit crushed and he’s never smiling and dancing like he used to. Sebi just generally looks sad. Kapri & EV are thriving in their new gym; EV for the friends and having a social life for once in her life (which I am happy for her that she has a group of friends she can hang out with, it would be pretty sad going through all your teenage years with no friends) and for Kap, she’s learning so much and has improved a lot, her and her coach Michael seem to have a good working relationship, and, like EV, she has a social life now. I’m happy to see them getting to live like normal people outside the rich family bubble to an extent now that they have more of a life.

I like cheer and that’s about the only reason I watch the cheer vlogs and I like analyzing how Kenny being so obsessed with cheer is making an impact on the kids.

What I hate about the whole cheer thing is that Kendal treats it like it’s the only thing that matters. Her girls are not at a high level. It’s not a sport that has one governing body. Worlds doesn’t mean worlds…because hardly any countries have cheerleading. Her girls will never get college scholarships for cheer. Why can’t she just breathe and take a step down. Allow her girls do do their sport and enjoy it. Without unnecessary pressure. They must be exhausted from constantly having to be upbeat and always having their competitions and practices put out there for 30k + people to see.

Just an example, our daughter is a high level track and field athlete. She is an actual national champion and has just started to compete internationally. She has an Instagram account which she uses to post what SHE wants to post. We usually keep family and close friends up to date about her training/competitions but we keep everything pretty low key. Why…because then there’s less pressure. If everyone were to know her or know about her, she would feel under pressure to perform. Even the national governing body doesn’t put pressure on younger athletes because it’s unhealthy for their mental well-being. You may think 19 is older…it’s certainly older than the Rich girls, but at 19 she has already so much going on with school, work and her sport without having outsiders speculate about her performance at upcoming competitions. Kendal’s obsession with cheer and her daughters’s performances is damaging. And it truly is an obsession over something which is fairly low level and unimportant. Worse, she doesn’t big them up when they fail. In fact, if they fail she blames someone else (judges…coaches at fire…team colleagues). Success and failure go hand in hand. Only showing one side of things creates a false perception that her girls only succeed, and therefore the viewers and subscribers only expect success.

100% agree with this. Let the kids do cheer in whatever way is enjoyable for them and, if they’re not feeling it like Brin seems to be, let her find something else that will light her fire. That’s part of being a teenager - figuring out who you are as a person. The girls don’t have much of a chance to do anything high level in cheer. Maybe if Kap learn enough in Kenny’s School and can get a good SAT score high enough to get into college, she may be able to get on a university cheer team and possibly scholarships for it but less likely. Kap is advancing her tumbling quickly and, though it’s not beautiful, if she can get her level 6/7 skills by like mid high school, she would have a chance. I think that’s about it that could come out of this.

You seem to deal really well with things with your daughters. Kudos on being a good mom Glass . You’re right about the pressure of the YouTube viewers, I didn’t think of that. The pressure from Kenny is plenty, they shouldn’t have to have that extra stress. She done a bad job on teaching them how to lose: never take accountability for anything and blame it on someone/something else. Kenny can’t teach them how to fail with grace ,which is a good life skill to have, not just in sports, because she doesn’t know how to do it herself. She’s never in the wrong, EVER.

[AlohaPineapple]

Sorry for another post in a row but I have some steaming hot tea for you!!!!

The team that Kap was going to be in at Fire, youth level 1, WON D2 Regional Summit against 16 (!!!!!) teams! That’s amazing!! They were in first place day 1 too! Kenny wanted her girls to be on a winning team; if only they would have stayed at Fire and at lest Kapri would have a Summit win under her belt at her first Summit! She would have a Summit ring! The other Fire teams haven’t competed yet because the regular D2 Summit is this weekend. Kenny makes Fire out to be a crappy gym, they got 1/16 while Flip got 3/4 at their Regional Summit.

I bet Kenny is feeling all kinds of mad about that! What was the reason they really left Fire?

Things I think and could see happening.
1. Evie only goes to cheer anymore for the socialization. She may enjoy it, but she seems to be more into it for friends, than anything else. So, she is not gaining much in skill regardless of her age, because she rather socialize. - I think Evie could be an excuse on why Kenny would move them to another gym.. "she was heartbroken and couldn't cheer at the same gym and see his family all the time, it was too hard!!" yeah, I could see that.

2. Brin doesn't seem to have her heart in cheer anymore, for whatever reason/s that may be.. she's lost her enjoyment for it. If she kept her joy for the sport, she would be surpassing Evie on skill, just like Kapri is.. but, she seems to be at a standstill (maybe that has a lot also, to do with why Kenny passes her up?). I think Brin might start dressing in all black soon, hoodies and sweats.. unless Kenny completely forbids her.

3. Kapri.. she still has the joy of cheer but, if Kenny were to switch their gyms again, I think that could break her this time possibly. I HOPE not think this time.. that Kapri gets to be put on a team that she's suited for, and not one that Kenny thinks she should be on, so she doesn't "outshine" Evie. And I think she will do well wherever she's put.

4. Sebi used to be taken places with Kenny in like every other vlog or so.. but, I noticed he's not lately.. I wonder why that is? He also doesn't look the happiest in vlogs. Kinda makes you wonder what's going on off camera.

5. Hampton as I stated before.. he just looks so sad. I just have this feeling he knows he isn't being treated as well as the others. It's a shame that someone doesn't check in on him every once in awhile.

This is all spot on . You expressed all my current thoughts! This is a tinfoil hat theory meaning I don’t have a source but I really feel like something went down after Summit with EV being so pissed that they lost. I think some people, athletes and coaches, expressed that she was holding them back by not having a good work ethic and attitude, that it was her fault that, out of their two teams, the level 2 and the level 4, they were never able to compete as level 4. I suspect that they didn’t have enough athletes for level 4 without EV so, because she couldn’t get it, they didn’t get to compete. There’s things that have been said here and there and this is theory of one part of what could’ve happened that my brain concocted lol.

[Glass Half Full]

Ok so I understand that neither level two nor three is high level. However I still don’t think that either of those flip city teams looked especially polished, clean, coordinated, synchronized…call it what you will. Watching the two routines on the vlog I felt they were sloppy. I’m honestly not surprised they finished closer to bottom than top. I’d like to see the routines of the the winning teams but I’m sure they were sharper than the flip city teams. I know from gymnastics competitions, regardless of level…high or low, the gymnasts who don’t have great technique or strong body positions and are not well trained do not win. I can’t imagine it’s different in cheer. I don’t get the zero deductions thing because to the untrained eye I can’t see loads of parts in the routine where I would deduct so I’m not entirely sure what a team requires to qualify as having zero deductions .


Where’s Kendal today?
Not on IG.
But I did notice she took Hampton to Starbucks yesterday….just to show us that she does do things with him.

[disgruntled_pelican]

Where’s Kendal today?
Not on IG.
But I did notice she took Hampton to Starbucks yesterday….just to show us that she does do things with him.

Kendal filming a story while driving WITH Hampton in the car is just beyond. You could see the reflection of the road in her glasses and she was not parked and she was not at a traffic light. She was full on driving. She’s a moron to the highest degree.

[ThisIsMeCeej]

Ok so I understand that neither level two nor three is high level. However I still don’t think that either of those flip city teams looked especially polished, clean, coordinated, synchronized…call it what you will. Watching the two routines on the vlog I felt they were sloppy. I’m honestly not surprised they finished closer to bottom than top. I’d like to see the routines of the the winning teams but I’m sure they were sharper than the flip city teams. I know from gymnastics competitions, regardless of level…high or low, the gymnasts who don’t have great technique or strong body positions and are not well trained do not win. I can’t imagine it’s different in cheer. I don’t get the zero deductions thing because to the untrained eye I can’t see loads of parts in the routine where I would deduct so I’m not entirely sure what a team requires to qualify as having zero deductions .


Where’s Kendal today?
Not on IG.
But I did notice she took Hampton to Starbucks yesterday….just to show us that she does do things with him.

I don't quite understand all of the zero deductions myself. Sometimes I see someone falter and think.. yep, definitely didn't get it.. and they do. I don't get it.

And yep, Hi Kenny! Nice to have you around these parts!! But, as Pelican said, she's a moron for filming WHILE driving! I don't care if she has a kid in her car or not, she's full on moron!

Oh and Kenny, stop using your kids. It's not cute.

[Seri0usly]

So a Crumbl franchise. These people are such dorks. I looked at the website. Crumbl isn't taking franchise applications in Florida right now. The only southern states that are open for applications right now are Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana.

I swear these people aren't even functionally illiterate.

[Swiss Miss]

So a Crumbl franchise. These people are such dorks. I looked at the website. Crumbl isn't taking franchise applications in Florida right now. The only southern states that are open for applications right now are Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana.

I swear these people aren't even functionally illiterate.

Wow. I didn’t even look at the website. I just know from a friend’s experience at opening a franchise just how expensive and time consuming it is and how much red tape needs to be navigated. And what’s the deal with their vacation home purchase in Orlando. On the weekend of Kapri’s regional summit we were told there’d be news within a week. All I hear is the sound of silence. If they want an investment property why not just buy a regular vacation home near Disney that is affordable for more of the population to rent. I just don’t understand why anyone would choose to purchase a vacation home in a massively expensive resort community. It just makes no sense. Unless they have money to burn. But I don’t think they do

[Seri0usly]

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Hahaha, this says so much about your STANDARDS Evie!

How embarrassing that a 17 year old can’t spell or doesn’t understand what she’s saying.

Well, miss Evie has now removed this tiktok. Hi Evie, hi Kendal. Obviously you read here!

Evie also changed the caption on her new tiktok account to read ‘your one AND only’. At the start she had written ‘your one IN only’.

It sounds like she uses speech to text and enunciates like a drunk.

[AlohaPineapple]

Ok so I understand that neither level two nor three is high level. However I still don’t think that either of those flip city teams looked especially polished, clean, coordinated, synchronized…call it what you will. Watching the two routines on the vlog I felt they were sloppy. I’m honestly not surprised they finished closer to bottom than top. I’d like to see the routines of the the winning teams but I’m sure they were sharper than the flip city teams. I know from gymnastics competitions, regardless of level…high or low, the gymnasts who don’t have great technique or strong body positions and are not well trained do not win. I can’t imagine it’s different in cheer. I don’t get the zero deductions thing because to the untrained eye I can’t see loads of parts in the routine where I would deduct so I’m not entirely sure what a team requires to qualify as having zero deductions .


Where’s Kendal today?
Not on IG.
But I did notice she took Hampton to Starbucks yesterday….just to show us that she does do things with him.

They’re lower levels but it also means easier stunts/tumbling so they should be sharper than they were, I completely agree. Your expectations are not wrong; you should be able to hit zero and have a perfect routine at every level. I didn’t find they were great, they weren’t bad but they weren’t amazing that’s for sure. If I can find the video again, I’ll post it here but I watched the team who won 1st in one of the level 1 divisions and they looked so perfect that, if you knew nothing about cheer/gymnastics (so you can’t compare the difficulty of the tumbling and such), this level 1 team looked to be a higher level than EV. They were quite literally perfect and they maxed out on difficulty which neither EV nor Brin’s team did. Flip isn’t the level of gym that Kenny touts it to be.

What does hitting 0 mean? Explanation below.
I know a couple people mentioned about not understanding hitting zero so I will explain it to the best of my understanding. The routines are scored on a rubric where the different components (dance, baskets, tumbling, etc.) are scored on both performance and difficulty with the different components having different weight, this is what makes up the raw score. Then, you can receive points deductions for 6 different errors: 1) athlete fall (falls to the floor during tumbling and or jumps), -0.05 points, 2) building bobble (stunt or pyramid that almost falls but is saved, -0.10 points), 3) building fall (drops during stunt or pyramid, -0.25 points), 4) major building fall (falls to floor during stunt or pyramid, -0.50), 5) out of bounds (-0.05), 6) performance goes over time limit (-0.05). If they don’t receive any deductions (none of the 6 things above happened during their performance), then they hit 0. The deductions above are the only thing that affect whether you hit 0 or not. Hit 0 doesn’t mean a perfect score because you can hit but not get full scores on everything in the rubric (their difficulty & performance, etc.). I hope this clarifies things!

[Glass Half Full]

Ok so I understand that neither level two nor three is high level. However I still don’t think that either of those flip city teams looked especially polished, clean, coordinated, synchronized…call it what you will. Watching the two routines on the vlog I felt they were sloppy. I’m honestly not surprised they finished closer to bottom than top. I’d like to see the routines of the the winning teams but I’m sure they were sharper than the flip city teams. I know from gymnastics competitions, regardless of level…high or low, the gymnasts who don’t have great technique or strong body positions and are not well trained do not win. I can’t imagine it’s different in cheer. I don’t get the zero deductions thing because to the untrained eye I can’t see loads of parts in the routine where I would deduct so I’m not entirely sure what a team requires to qualify as having zero deductions .


Where’s Kendal today?
Not on IG.
But I did notice she took Hampton to Starbucks yesterday….just to show us that she does do things with him.

They’re lower levels but it also means easier stunts/tumbling so they should be sharper than they were, I completely agree. Your expectations are not wrong; you should be able to hit zero and have a perfect routine at every level. I didn’t find they were great, they weren’t bad but they weren’t amazing that’s for sure. If I can find the video again, I’ll post it here but I watched the team who won 1st in one of the level 1 divisions and they looked so perfect that, if you knew nothing about cheer/gymnastics (so you can’t compare the difficulty of the tumbling and such), this level 1 team looked to be a higher level than EV. They were quite literally perfect and they maxed out on difficulty which neither EV nor Brin’s team did. Flip isn’t the level of gym that Kenny touts it to be.

What does hitting 0 mean? Explanation below.
I know a couple people mentioned about not understanding hitting zero so I will explain it to the best of my understanding. The routines are scored on a rubric where the different components (dance, baskets, tumbling, etc.) are scored on both performance and difficulty with the different components having different weight, this is what makes up the raw score. Then, you can receive points deductions for 6 different errors: 1) athlete fall (falls to the floor during tumbling and or jumps), -0.05 points, 2) building bobble (stunt or pyramid that almost falls but is saved, -0.10 points), 3) building fall (drops during stunt or pyramid, -0.25 points), 4) major building fall (falls to floor during stunt or pyramid, -0.50), 5) out of bounds (-0.05), 6) performance goes over time limit (-0.05). If they don’t receive any deductions (none of the 6 things above happened during their performance), then they hit 0. The deductions above are the only thing that affect whether you hit 0 or not. Hit 0 doesn’t mean a perfect score because you can hit but not get full scores on everything in the rubric (their difficulty & performance, etc.). I hope this clarifies things!

Ok thanks for clarifying this. Certainly explains to me that hitting zero doesn’t mean perfection.

Brinley did a Q and A on her channel. She says she likes everything about cheer but I don’t know if this is just the narrative she has to run or if it’s the truth. She definitely seems to be a much more down to earth and less hyper member of the family. Her responses are pretty factual and to the point but I’m not sure I would classify her as being unhappy. I think she might just be a mood! or a 14 year sold with a bit of an attitude. We are fortunate that our current 14 year old is pretty open and chatty and up for adventure but not all her friends are like this. But they’re not depressed or sad kids, they’re just typical teenage girls. .

From a personal perspective, I don’t think Brinley loves cheer. But I also don’t think she loves her neurotic mother’s cheer obsession. Nor does she love always needing to be ‘on’ for the camera. But I don’t think she’s miserable.

[bass714]

Looks like someone in the family is finally going somewhere besides Disney or the mall! Evie is going with her friend Peyton to the Florida keys. How exciting for her?! Away from family and somewhere new. The keys are beautiful! I hope she enjoys herself and maybe she’ll realize there much more to life than Disney, cheer and the mall!


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[ThisIsMeCeej]

Looks like someone in the family is finally going somewhere besides Disney or the mall! Evie is going with her friend Peyton to the Florida keys. How exciting for her?! Away from family and somewhere new. The keys are beautiful! I hope she enjoys herself and maybe she’ll realize there much more to life than Disney, cheer and the mall!


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Yes! I am jealous!!! I have lived here in SW Florida my whole life. And I have NEVER been to the keys! I have begged someone to go.. cause I can't go alone.. nope, no one wants to haha. I have so much I wanna do there.. get my hair braided, get a key lime pie on a stick (and I hate key lime pie! hahaha). So, I hope she hast a lot of fun, and doesn't vlog every moment and ruin her fun!

I think she learned though that there was more out there than Disney, when she went to NY. She's been kinda a changed girl since around then. Going out more, to the beach etc.. not so much of "mommies little shadow". Maybe this will keep that trend going full power though!

[Seri0usly]

Regarding Hampton, IF Hampton truly has all these problems why is he not in a special stroller which has been adapted to a bigger child. Instead he’s in a twin stroller which is not appropriate to his size. My theory is they do not have medical insurance for Hampton and THIS is why he receives no therapy, no education and no adapted stroller. They feel it is more worth while spending tens of thousands of dollars on low level cheerleading then on medical intervention for their special needs child who will be living with them for the rest of their lives because they haven’t trained him to have any skills whatsoever. I still do not have any idea why he’s not involved in special Olympics. Sebi plays football and basketball, they girls obviously have cheer, why is Hampton left on the sidelines. It makes me so angry that he’s so neglected in that family.

The problem isn't insurance. In the US, children are supposed to receive these services for free through the local school district. Some parents pay for additional private therapy, but if I understand things correctly, this is out of pocket or through various nonprofit grants rather than through insurance. I'm not even sure that insurance would even pay for a wheelchair because it often doesn't cover AT and if it did they would need a prescription for one from a doctor. Would a reasonable doctor prescribe a wheelchair in Hampton's case? Especially since he's not receiving any treatment for his hypotonia?

While I agree with Hampton getting ANY kind of therapeutic recreation, I also think that this age should be about pure unbridled joy. I have twins who are a few months younger than Hampton and it's so sad to see this child who seems so jaded, weak and afraid of life. It's not his disability, it's the life they lead. We don't do anything fancy. My kids spend their days climbing trees, rolling down hills, jumping in puddles and seeking out little outdoor adventures. We've been to Disney ONCE since the kids were born and I don't think we've been to Target since 2019. And Starbucks at this age? That looks like some kind of cry for help. We eat fast food maybe three or four times a year. I don't even like Chick Fil A. But my kids are so, so happy. They can walk for miles in the rain and climb almost anything and hardly ever get sick. And then I look at the Riches and I'm like Why Are You Trying To Sell This?

When was the last time their kids even visited a playground or took a short neighborhood walk to pick up interesting rocks? If his disability is keeping Hampton chained to a stroller at Disney, then normal things like that seem like the easiest place to start.

[Seri0usly]

Too bad CYS or CPS can’t get involved.

I think this might technically fall under educational neglect or medical neglect, but I don't know what the laws are in Florida. Especially given the school choice climate there. Florida is weird.

At one point, I was concerned that they were refusing to evacuate during major hurricanes. In my state this would fall under failing to keep your kids safe when it's in your power to do so and is considered neglect. That one time that they drove into that restricted beach area the day before the hurricane with a car full of unsecured kids and an officer had to stop them, I was certain that they were going to get into some kind of trouble. When they didn't, I looked up the law. Apparently Floridians are not obligated to evacuate their children prior to a Cat 4+ storm. And apparently it's also legal to drive around the beach acting like idiots prior to a Cat 4+ storm.

[ThisIsMeCeej]

Too bad CYS or CPS can’t get involved.

I think this might technically fall under educational neglect or medical neglect, but I don't know what the laws are in Florida. Especially given the school choice climate there. Florida is weird.

At one point, I was concerned that they were refusing to evacuate during major hurricanes. In my state this would fall under failing to keep your kids safe when it's in your power to do so and is considered neglect. That one time that they drove into that restricted beach area the day before the hurricane with a car full of unsecured kids and an officer had to stop them, I was certain that they were going to get into some kind of trouble. When they didn't, I looked up the law. Apparently Floridians are not obligated to evacuate their children prior to a Cat 4+ storm. And apparently it's also legal to drive around the beach acting like idiots prior to a Cat 4+ storm.

Yes, the laws are weird, not sure if it's just here or everywhere in general. My sister nannied for 2 kids who had CPS involved with their family.. she almost took them in, when things got really bad. But, things like.. the CPS worker is NOT allowed to ask certain questions to the child.. like "is the (abusive) parent (that isn't allowed to be around you), here now?" SMH. Kids will be honest with you, and those kids would have said "yes, she's in the bedroom" and then CPS could have gotten them out! But, for Hampton... there is a lot that CPS could do, if they did get involved. I just don't think anyone around the Rich's knows fully what's going on. Maybe they don't watch the vlogs to see it.. or they listen to Kenny and Danny's spiel and they buy it? Who knows. Hopefully someday someone will make a call. Sooner rather than later. Do I want to see Hampton be upset more? No.. but, I do want him and the other kids to be safe and healthy and happy! And also thriving in the best ways possible!

Hurricanes scare me, and I would never be doing what they did in that vlog. Sure a couple days before we go and look at the waves at the beach, but NOT the day before. NOPE. Especially when me and my siblings were little. My parents weren't complete and utter morons. I think we aren't required to leave because most Florida houses are built with hurricanes in mind? Hurricane windows, shutters, etc.. so they deem them "safe". But, tell that to the people who lost their houses in some of the past hurricanes. smh.