That is just beyond fucked up for them. To top it off she told them in today’s vlog that the next “ business trip” she goes on she would take them. I can pretty much guarantee they are ditching the girls and going without them. Selfish bastards...BumblebeeBubbles wrote:Rumor has it that the official Costa Rica Conference is this upcoming week. And she and Bison have plans to stay a week longer. That would explain no more vlogs for the month. Who in the hell leaves their 3-year-old quads for 2 weeks? Is it a generational thing? Millennial thought? I would never nor did my parents ever ever leave their kids for more than a day or two and it wasn’t to go wade and play on the beach.
I’m hearing more and more of parents leaving their kids with relatives to go take vacations. Seriously - is this a millennial thought process that we deserve to have fun? Part of the entitlement of this generation?
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AgBg976 wrote:BumblebeeBubbles wrote:Rumor has it that the official Costa Rica Conference is this upcoming week. And she and Bison have plans to stay a week longer. That would explain no more vlogs for the month. Who in the hell leaves their 3-year-old quads for 2 weeks? Is it a generational thing? Millennial thought? I would never nor did my parents ever ever leave their kids for more than a day or two and it wasn’t to go wade and play on the beach.
I’m hearing more and more of parents leaving their kids with relatives to go take vacations. Seriously - is this a millennial thought process that we deserve to have fun? Part of the entitlement of this generation?
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No it isn't generational. We have never thought of leaving our kids to go on vacation. I have never understood the concept of vacationing without the kids.[/
I would never vacation without my kids. What is really tucked up is her kids are the reason she got the damn vacation. Without the girls she would have nothing but her fate ogur (sp?) of a husband.
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Fucked up not tucked up. LolEbbies turn wrote:AgBg976 wrote:BumblebeeBubbles wrote:Rumor has it that the official Costa Rica Conference is this upcoming week. And she and Bison have plans to stay a week longer. That would explain no more vlogs for the month. Who in the hell leaves their 3-year-old quads for 2 weeks? Is it a generational thing? Millennial thought? I would never nor did my parents ever ever leave their kids for more than a day or two and it wasn’t to go wade and play on the beach.
I’m hearing more and more of parents leaving their kids with relatives to go take vacations. Seriously - is this a millennial thought process that we deserve to have fun? Part of the entitlement of this generation?
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No it isn't generational. We have never thought of leaving our kids to go on vacation. I have never understood the concept of vacationing without the kids.[/
I would never vacation without my kids. What is really tucked up is her kids are the reason she got the damn vacation. Without the girls she would have nothing but her fate ogur (sp?) of a husband.
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Equally heartbreaking. That doc is a complete quack if he can not see the obvious cranial facial issues going on. I'm not a huge fan of the heavy's combative personality but all odds are stacked against her and she is just fighting her little heart out. I just hate it when she is allowed to take her frustrations on her sisters. Some day she will realize who she is truly angry at and it will be very hard for these tater farmers to justify these photos.
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Ha. Ha. Exactly. I love you’re so beautifulDoodleBop2 wrote:Only goes to show how stupid it is for all four girls to be put in the same size clothes.
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Parents did actually take vacations that were just for the parents, yes absolutely. Have none of you watched the series "Mad Men," which was based in the 60's? I grew up in the 60's and 70's. There were family vacations and there were vacations occasionally that parents went on alone (like on a cruise). Kids were never included on those types of trips, not back then. Things changed in 1980s and onward.
Parents used to not take their little kids out to restaurants until the kids were old enough to listen and sit nicely. You didn't see other kids running around and screaming in restaurants when I was growing up. Parents would get babysitters or otherwise have a family member babysit the kids. This was very common. I started babysitting from the age of 14 and continued until I graduated high school. Parents had no guilt about going out for hours and having their adult time. I was a busy babysitter, as were my friends.
Parents used to not take their little kids out to restaurants until the kids were old enough to listen and sit nicely. You didn't see other kids running around and screaming in restaurants when I was growing up. Parents would get babysitters or otherwise have a family member babysit the kids. This was very common. I started babysitting from the age of 14 and continued until I graduated high school. Parents had no guilt about going out for hours and having their adult time. I was a busy babysitter, as were my friends.
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I just looked at YouTube and boy are they monitoring the comments. It says 1000 comments and probably 2/3 of them are gone. I’m glad they are being called out on their lies.
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Is it her lip or the whole bottom of her jaw?
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! Nothing shows you more that your phones have priority over your girls than the fact they ask so often to “vlog it.” They have grown up thus far believing having their lives out there for everyone in this world to see, critic, make fun of, and/or question is “normal.” I know you are glad to have “fans”, but how can you honestly possibly know who those who watch you truly are? You have regular people, lonely people who grow too attached, young girls who oddly put you all on a pedestal in their imagining the life they want and, sadly, you know there are BAD, nasty, creeper “fans” out there watching you and worse, YOUR GIRLS, thinking and doing horrible things about them.
Please go back and watch the videos when the girls were babies to one. You know, you have to realistically know, you have changed. Your girls ARE miracles. They are precious gifts from God and it is time NOW to stop caring so much about being popular and making money and LOVE, TEACH, SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH, ADORE and CARE FOR YOUR GIRLS AND THEIR WELL BEING over ANYTHING OR ANYONE else. Period.
You have missed so many fabulous growing and learning opportunities with your daughters over the past THREE YEARS. You have to know this is true. One on one moments with your children that being blessed to watch is THE BEST THING...but you have missed them...all because your priority was making sure you had your phones in your hands filming. My heart hurts for your girls. They have needed committed, loving, caring, teaching, aware parents EVERY DAY and they haven’t had that. They have had selfish, money hungry, fame hungry, lying, fake parents with their phones in their hands instead of having their precious girls in their hands. Go back and REALIZE how BLESSED you are JUST TO HAVE THOSE GIRLS. Don’t think about the “fans”, money, fame, new house and all the material stuff THEY HAVE BROUGHT YOU. Yes, THEY are why you are where you are and have the money you have. Without your girls, how do you think any of us would have a clue who you two are?
You both owe your girls so much. Number one being QUALITY, ONE ON ONE, FAMILY TIME. T-I-M-E. You owe them so much of your love, you owe them so many lost teachable moments, all the time you have worried more about filming their lives than being IN their lives, the FACT if you would have spent more time reading to them, sitting them down and reading, playing learning games, going through colors, letters, so much they have missed out on just learning, you owe them special times like going to the library, the zoo, doing crafts, just having fun as a family...but instead you have shown them, taught them having a phone in your hand, being on any form of social media is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than they are.
(If it turns out you both do leave your sick girls home while you go on a trip, you will once again show us your priorities, and sadly, I won’t be shocked by the stupidity and selfishness you display towards your girls, but I will hope and pray this is it. When you return you will indeed be truthful and honor your girls by putting them first and filming them a far, far, distant last.)
I swear to God in Heaven I pray you both are being honest here, this time. I hope you seriously either see for yourselves and/or someone you consider wise has spoken up and told you it’s time to make some BIG CHANGES in your lives...for the betterment of your girls lives.
Please tell me you see how it is past time to get those little girls out of diapers and into real beds. That you KNOW it is HORRIFIC of you to cage your girls into cribs every night by zipping and safety pinning them into their cribs. God forbid there was an emergency and you couldn’t get to them. THIS IS SHOCKING TO ME. Please tell me Tyson will now be sure he is HOLDING onto his girls when they are on his shoulders, that they will no longer be allowed to bolt in parking lots, that you know allowing and encouraging standing on counters and using knives super close to them isn’t a good parent plan. Please tell me you can now see how very fortunate you have been the past 2 years, since they have been mobile, no one has been very seriously hurt by you two having such blatant disregard for their safety.
I pray you are beginning to see what a huge mistake you are making by feeding your girls the crap food you do. Weight and health issues are not fun. I am bad on this one myself. All the pop, juice, lemonade, donuts, candy, sugary garbage has to stop. Give them water to drink, in cups, around them all day. You do know they get thirsty, right? I know this is tough, but believe me when I tell you having a sad, crying daughter who has been teased and laughed at for “being so fat” as a 9 year old is FAR worse. Yes, I know, some people are “bigger” than others. Mine being one. She is 5’ 10” and weighs 210 lbs. She has always been the biggest girl in her group. Thankfully in college, there is a more realistic crowd of all sizes. But...due to anxiety meds being started 2 years ago, she has gained over 40 lbs. When she started college 3 years ago, she weighed 170. I made the mistake of giving her juice a lot when she was a toddler. I now know I should have watered it down. Yes, she ate and eats donuts...just every once in a while. This one just hurts my heart. Evie and Scarlett already have supposed “adults” commenting on their weight, which is pathetic by these people. Another reason to stop vlogging! Help you girls now to learn healthy eating, go on walks, where THEY WALK, sign them up for gymnastics, continue dance, SHOW them by exercising yourself. This is THE toughest subject I have had to attempt to deal with with my daughters. Girls and weight and body image is HARD to talk about. Yes, worse than sex! But if you step up and just show being healthy by the way you eat and behave, they will learn by your GOOD examples, not your bad ones. And, yes, one or two of them may just be “bigger” girls, but being healthy bigger girls is the important thing.
They are 3 now. It is past time to kick being the parents YOUR GIRLS DESERVE into high gear. They deserve SO MUCH MORE than you have given so far. Do you know a child’s brain develops THE MOST before the age of 3? Frightening, right? But they ARE STILL LEARNING. Just look at how they’ve grown since Nov.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Nothing shows you more that your phones have priority over your girls than the fact they ask so often to “vlog it.” They have grown up thus far believing having their lives out there for everyone in this world to see, critic, make fun of, and/or question is “normal.” I know you are glad to have “fans”, but how can you honestly possibly know who those who watch you truly are? You have regular people, lonely people who grow too attached, young girls who oddly put you all on a pedestal in their imagining the life they want and, sadly, you know there are BAD, nasty, creeper “fans” out there watching you and worse, YOUR GIRLS, thinking and doing horrible things about them.
Please go back and watch the videos when the girls were babies to one. You know, you have to realistically know, you have changed. Your girls ARE miracles. They are precious gifts from God and it is time NOW to stop caring so much about being popular and making money and LOVE, TEACH, SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH, ADORE and CARE FOR YOUR GIRLS AND THEIR WELL BEING over ANYTHING OR ANYONE else. Period.
You have missed so many fabulous growing and learning opportunities with your daughters over the past THREE YEARS. You have to know this is true. One on one moments with your children that being blessed to watch is THE BEST THING...but you have missed them...all because your priority was making sure you had your phones in your hands filming. My heart hurts for your girls. They have needed committed, loving, caring, teaching, aware parents EVERY DAY and they haven’t had that. They have had selfish, money hungry, fame hungry, lying, fake parents with their phones in their hands instead of having their precious girls in their hands. Go back and REALIZE how BLESSED you are JUST TO HAVE THOSE GIRLS. Don’t think about the “fans”, money, fame, new house and all the material stuff THEY HAVE BROUGHT YOU. Yes, THEY are why you are where you are and have the money you have. Without your girls, how do you think any of us would have a clue who you two are?
You both owe your girls so much. Number one being QUALITY, ONE ON ONE, FAMILY TIME. T-I-M-E. You owe them so much of your love, you owe them so many lost teachable moments, all the time you have worried more about filming their lives than being IN their lives, the FACT if you would have spent more time reading to them, sitting them down and reading, playing learning games, going through colors, letters, so much they have missed out on just learning, you owe them special times like going to the library, the zoo, doing crafts, just having fun as a family...but instead you have shown them, taught them having a phone in your hand, being on any form of social media is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than they are.
(If it turns out you both do leave your sick girls home while you go on a trip, you will once again show us your priorities, and sadly, I won’t be shocked by the stupidity and selfishness you display towards your girls, but I will hope and pray this is it. When you return you will indeed be truthful and honor your girls by putting them first and filming them a far, far, distant last.)
I swear to God in Heaven I pray you both are being honest here, this time. I hope you seriously either see for yourselves and/or someone you consider wise has spoken up and told you it’s time to make some BIG CHANGES in your lives...for the betterment of your girls lives.
Please tell me you see how it is past time to get those little girls out of diapers and into real beds. That you KNOW it is HORRIFIC of you to cage your girls into cribs every night by zipping and safety pinning them into their cribs. God forbid there was an emergency and you couldn’t get to them. THIS IS SHOCKING TO ME. Please tell me Tyson will now be sure he is HOLDING onto his girls when they are on his shoulders, that they will no longer be allowed to bolt in parking lots, that you know allowing and encouraging standing on counters and using knives super close to them isn’t a good parent plan. Please tell me you can now see how very fortunate you have been the past 2 years, since they have been mobile, no one has been very seriously hurt by you two having such blatant disregard for their safety.
I pray you are beginning to see what a huge mistake you are making by feeding your girls the crap food you do. Weight and health issues are not fun. I am bad on this one myself. All the pop, juice, lemonade, donuts, candy, sugary garbage has to stop. Give them water to drink, in cups, around them all day. You do know they get thirsty, right? I know this is tough, but believe me when I tell you having a sad, crying daughter who has been teased and laughed at for “being so fat” as a 9 year old is FAR worse. Yes, I know, some people are “bigger” than others. Mine being one. She is 5’ 10” and weighs 210 lbs. She has always been the biggest girl in her group. Thankfully in college, there is a more realistic crowd of all sizes. But...due to anxiety meds being started 2 years ago, she has gained over 40 lbs. When she started college 3 years ago, she weighed 170. I made the mistake of giving her juice a lot when she was a toddler. I now know I should have watered it down. Yes, she ate and eats donuts...just every once in a while. This one just hurts my heart. Evie and Scarlett already have supposed “adults” commenting on their weight, which is pathetic by these people. Another reason to stop vlogging! Help you girls now to learn healthy eating, go on walks, where THEY WALK, sign them up for gymnastics, continue dance, SHOW them by exercising yourself. This is THE toughest subject I have had to attempt to deal with with my daughters. Girls and weight and body image is HARD to talk about. Yes, worse than sex! But if you step up and just show being healthy by the way you eat and behave, they will learn by your GOOD examples, not your bad ones. And, yes, one or two of them may just be “bigger” girls, but being healthy bigger girls is the important thing.
They are 3 now. It is past time to kick being the parents YOUR GIRLS DESERVE into high gear. They deserve SO MUCH MORE than you have given so far. Do you know a child’s brain develops THE MOST before the age of 3? Frightening, right? But they ARE STILL LEARNING. Just look at how they’ve grown since Nov.
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TEACH THEM EVERY CHANCE YOU GET. It’s easy. Count the stairs as you go up and down. Do math. On step 5 say, “let’s add 2”, go up two steps and say, “7! 5 plus 2 equals 7! (Say equals not makes so they hear the word and start to understand the concept.) Do the same but subtract “We are on step 8. Let’s go back 3. (Do it) So...8 minus or take away 3 means we are on step 5!”
While reading to them, as a group, required sitting, you sit with them on floor or couch, stop, ask what they think might happen, ask what a word means, “what does eat mean?”, or “show me laughing”, count items like dogs, people, flowers, ask what color things are and correct if wrong, “no, good try but this is yellow, not blue. What color is this?” and ask the same color. What you both need to understand is YOU ARE TEACHING YOUR GIRLS EVERY. SINGLE. MOMENT. THEY ARE AROUND YOU. Frightening when you think about it, right? Whether good or bad, you are their first teachers. It really is easy. Common sense. Teach any chance you get. Get those precious little brains thinking, wondering, imagining and asking questions. This will make them SO SMART.
Now, about SO SMART. I beg you to stop with the CONSTANT focus on BEAUTY in your house. You have four daughters! Again, back to self image and esteem. STOP PRAISING THESE GIRLS FOR BEING SO BEAUTIFUL! I know, every parent knows their child is the most beautiful. But seriously, OUTWARD BEAUTY IS TOO STINKIN IMPORTANT in your family! Ashley, you, my dear, are in the BEAUTY business. YOU have been given a HUGE opportunity to SPEAK TO AND TEACH so many girls THAT TRUE BEAUTY DOESN’T COME FROM THE OUTSIDE APPEARANCE; IT COMES FROM YOUR HEART. That wearing make up and looking put together all day, every day is NOT WHAT IS IMPORTANT. Seriously, this could and should be your first point in the business you are in.
Tyson is the one I noticed who started with all this “why are you so beautiful”, “you are so beautiful”, “that’s so beautiful”...everything is “SO BEAUTIFUL” CRAP. Go back and listen to when the girls were babies. STOP IT! ASHLEY, please, continue to go without make up around the house and out in the world. You are pretty without all the make up. I think even more when you have on light make up. I speak from a place I struggle with. I don’t like to go out of the house without make up. Just STOP WITH PUSHING MAKE UP AND ALL THE “SO BEAUTIFUL” TALK! Do you want your little girls to continue to grow up thinking if they aren’t “so beautiful”, they aren’t worthy? Or do you want them to start growing up KNOWING they are SO SMART, SO GENTLE, SO NICE, SUCH A GOOD FRIEND, SUCH A GOOD READER, etc? Is beauty really that important to you, Tyson, number one, and Ashley? If it is and all the beauty talk continues, you have 4 little girls who you need to watch very closely for signs of self abuse, eating disorders, food anxieties, and complete worthlessness. They need to be TAUGHT being SMART, KIND, GENEROUS, GIVING and FAITH FILLED is far more important than being “so beautiful”. I hope one day when daddy asks them for the hundredth time that day, “Why are you so beautiful?”, one says, “I’m so beautiful because I’m smart!”
Can you please start getting to know your girls and spend time with your girls and referring to your girls for who they are as INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE? Seriously. They are quads, yes. But they are not QUADS - ONE PERSON. Stop it! They are Indie. Esme, Scarlett and Evie. Who is Indie? What is Scarlett’s best characteristic? Who will be the one with highest GPA? What if one HATES dance and wants to read books instead? What if one struggles and needs to be back a year? What if two like school, 1 hates it and one cares less either way? What if one is super athletic? One is not athletic at all but has a great theatrical spirit? When will you ever let these precious girls grow up and be who God made them to be? How will they know, or you know, unless they are given many different ways to explore what THEY, not the other 3, but THEY like, hate, love, enjoy, are good at, stink at...? Let your girls be girls...individual, little girls.
TEACH THEM EVERY CHANCE YOU GET. It’s easy. Count the stairs as you go up and down. Do math. On step 5 say, “let’s add 2”, go up two steps and say, “7! 5 plus 2 equals 7! (Say equals not makes so they hear the word and start to understand the concept.) Do the same but subtract “We are on step 8. Let’s go back 3. (Do it) So...8 minus or take away 3 means we are on step 5!”
While reading to them, as a group, required sitting, you sit with them on floor or couch, stop, ask what they think might happen, ask what a word means, “what does eat mean?”, or “show me laughing”, count items like dogs, people, flowers, ask what color things are and correct if wrong, “no, good try but this is yellow, not blue. What color is this?” and ask the same color. What you both need to understand is YOU ARE TEACHING YOUR GIRLS EVERY. SINGLE. MOMENT. THEY ARE AROUND YOU. Frightening when you think about it, right? Whether good or bad, you are their first teachers. It really is easy. Common sense. Teach any chance you get. Get those precious little brains thinking, wondering, imagining and asking questions. This will make them SO SMART.
Now, about SO SMART. I beg you to stop with the CONSTANT focus on BEAUTY in your house. You have four daughters! Again, back to self image and esteem. STOP PRAISING THESE GIRLS FOR BEING SO BEAUTIFUL! I know, every parent knows their child is the most beautiful. But seriously, OUTWARD BEAUTY IS TOO STINKIN IMPORTANT in your family! Ashley, you, my dear, are in the BEAUTY business. YOU have been given a HUGE opportunity to SPEAK TO AND TEACH so many girls THAT TRUE BEAUTY DOESN’T COME FROM THE OUTSIDE APPEARANCE; IT COMES FROM YOUR HEART. That wearing make up and looking put together all day, every day is NOT WHAT IS IMPORTANT. Seriously, this could and should be your first point in the business you are in.
Tyson is the one I noticed who started with all this “why are you so beautiful”, “you are so beautiful”, “that’s so beautiful”...everything is “SO BEAUTIFUL” CRAP. Go back and listen to when the girls were babies. STOP IT! ASHLEY, please, continue to go without make up around the house and out in the world. You are pretty without all the make up. I think even more when you have on light make up. I speak from a place I struggle with. I don’t like to go out of the house without make up. Just STOP WITH PUSHING MAKE UP AND ALL THE “SO BEAUTIFUL” TALK! Do you want your little girls to continue to grow up thinking if they aren’t “so beautiful”, they aren’t worthy? Or do you want them to start growing up KNOWING they are SO SMART, SO GENTLE, SO NICE, SUCH A GOOD FRIEND, SUCH A GOOD READER, etc? Is beauty really that important to you, Tyson, number one, and Ashley? If it is and all the beauty talk continues, you have 4 little girls who you need to watch very closely for signs of self abuse, eating disorders, food anxieties, and complete worthlessness. They need to be TAUGHT being SMART, KIND, GENEROUS, GIVING and FAITH FILLED is far more important than being “so beautiful”. I hope one day when daddy asks them for the hundredth time that day, “Why are you so beautiful?”, one says, “I’m so beautiful because I’m smart!”
Can you please start getting to know your girls and spend time with your girls and referring to your girls for who they are as INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE? Seriously. They are quads, yes. But they are not QUADS - ONE PERSON. Stop it! They are Indie. Esme, Scarlett and Evie. Who is Indie? What is Scarlett’s best characteristic? Who will be the one with highest GPA? What if one HATES dance and wants to read books instead? What if one struggles and needs to be back a year? What if two like school, 1 hates it and one cares less either way? What if one is super athletic? One is not athletic at all but has a great theatrical spirit? When will you ever let these precious girls grow up and be who God made them to be? How will they know, or you know, unless they are given many different ways to explore what THEY, not the other 3, but THEY like, hate, love, enjoy, are good at, stink at...? Let your girls be girls...individual, little girls.
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They also used to smoke and drink at work back in those days. And not use car seats. I’m glad we’ve evolved past that.Spruce wrote:Parents did actually take vacations that were just for the parents, yes absolutely. Have none of you watched the series "Mad Men," which was based in the 60's? I grew up in the 60's and 70's. There were family vacations and there were vacations occasionally that parents went on alone (like on a cruise). Kids were never included on those types of trips, not back then. Things changed in 1980s and onward.
Parents used to not take their little kids out to restaurants until the kids were old enough to listen and sit nicely. You didn't see other kids running around and screaming in restaurants when I was growing up. Parents would get babysitters or otherwise have a family member babysit the kids. This was very common. I started babysitting from the age of 14 and continued until I graduated high school. Parents had no guilt about going out for hours and having their adult time. I was a busy babysitter, as were my friends.
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My Mom loves to tell how shr had a cigarette in one hand and me in the other while she drove to town.canyoudancing wrote:They also used to smoke and drink at work back in those days. And not use car seats. I’m glad we’ve evolved past that.Spruce wrote:Parents did actually take vacations that were just for the parents, yes absolutely. Have none of you watched the series "Mad Men," which was based in the 60's? I grew up in the 60's and 70's. There were family vacations and there were vacations occasionally that parents went on alone (like on a cruise). Kids were never included on those types of trips, not back then. Things changed in 1980s and onward.
Parents used to not take their little kids out to restaurants until the kids were old enough to listen and sit nicely. You didn't see other kids running around and screaming in restaurants when I was growing up. Parents would get babysitters or otherwise have a family member babysit the kids. This was very common. I started babysitting from the age of 14 and continued until I graduated high school. Parents had no guilt about going out for hours and having their adult time. I was a busy babysitter, as were my friends.
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They are not babies! They don’t need feed, they must learn to feed themselves properly, they don’t need bottles, you’ve shown they are capable of drinking from cups. Yes, they will spill. Big deal. It will clean and certainly isn’t the end of the world. If they were given more water, it also doesn’t stain. They need more moments like the other day when playing with play dough. If Tyson truly despises it so much, they he can leave. They definitely never need him to go into dance with them again. He needs to stay way...at least until they are engaged in class. Once in class, he needs to make sure he isn’t seen. That’s not a tough concept either. I think it is a huge control issue. He must me the man in charge of his girls...including Ashley. Ridiculous. Let Ashley spend more time being Mom to her girls without you. You can take them out with you only as well. They need that time with one parent. They also NEED TIME WITH ONE PARENT AND BOTH INDIVIDUALLY! Another easy concept. Grab one and go to the store...one parent, one child. “Next time it will be ____’s turn”...you know, TEACHABLE moment, sharing. As you know, it is time to let your girls be 3. No diapers. Big girl beds. I know it seems like it will only make life harder, but in reality, it will make life easier. And yes, it’s sad. I get that. My ONLY baby is almost 21. Realizing she will soon be out on her own, living her own life...makes me really sad. It’s a tough season in my house. But her dad and I know we’ve done our job, that she is a smart, strong willed, independent, ADULT and she will rock this world in her own, special way. You have to let them grow up. They are at such a great age to WATCH and LISTEN to them. You sadly missed the best stage...from 9 months to 18 months when they stop being babies and start becoming real, little people. THE BEST thing you will EVER do is raise 4 wonderful, smart, kind, generous humans. THAT IS WHAT MATTERS... TO GOD, TO THIS WORLD AND IT NEEDS TO NOW BE YOUR PRIORITY. Let them be who they were made to be!
They are not babies! They don’t need feed, they must learn to feed themselves properly, they don’t need bottles, you’ve shown they are capable of drinking from cups. Yes, they will spill. Big deal. It will clean and certainly isn’t the end of the world. If they were given more water, it also doesn’t stain. They need more moments like the other day when playing with play dough. If Tyson truly despises it so much, they he can leave. They definitely never need him to go into dance with them again. He needs to stay way...at least until they are engaged in class. Once in class, he needs to make sure he isn’t seen. That’s not a tough concept either. I think it is a huge control issue. He must me the man in charge of his girls...including Ashley. Ridiculous. Let Ashley spend more time being Mom to her girls without you. You can take them out with you only as well. They need that time with one parent. They also NEED TIME WITH ONE PARENT AND BOTH INDIVIDUALLY! Another easy concept. Grab one and go to the store...one parent, one child. “Next time it will be ____’s turn”...you know, TEACHABLE moment, sharing. As you know, it is time to let your girls be 3. No diapers. Big girl beds. I know it seems like it will only make life harder, but in reality, it will make life easier. And yes, it’s sad. I get that. My ONLY baby is almost 21. Realizing she will soon be out on her own, living her own life...makes me really sad. It’s a tough season in my house. But her dad and I know we’ve done our job, that she is a smart, strong willed, independent, ADULT and she will rock this world in her own, special way. You have to let them grow up. They are at such a great age to WATCH and LISTEN to them. You sadly missed the best stage...from 9 months to 18 months when they stop being babies and start becoming real, little people. THE BEST thing you will EVER do is raise 4 wonderful, smart, kind, generous humans. THAT IS WHAT MATTERS... TO GOD, TO THIS WORLD AND IT NEEDS TO NOW BE YOUR PRIORITY. Let them be who they were made to be!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! Nothing shows you more that your phones have priority over your girls than the fact they ask so often to “vlog it.” They have grown up thus far believing having their lives out there for everyone in this world to see, critic, make fun of, and/or question is “normal.” I know you are glad to have “fans”, but how can you honestly possibly know who those who watch you truly are? You have regular people, lonely people who grow too attached, young girls who oddly put you all on a pedestal in their imagining the life they want and, sadly, you know there are BAD, nasty, creeper “fans” out there watching you and worse, YOUR GIRLS, thinking and doing horrible things about them.
Please go back and watch the videos when the girls were babies to one. You know, you have to realistically know, you have changed. Your girls ARE miracles. They are precious gifts from God and it is time NOW to stop caring so much about being popular and making money and LOVE, TEACH, SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH, ADORE and CARE FOR YOUR GIRLS AND THEIR WELL BEING over ANYTHING OR ANYONE else. Period.
You have missed so many fabulous growing and learning opportunities with your daughters over the past THREE YEARS. You have to know this is true. One on one moments with your children that being blessed to watch is THE BEST THING...but you have missed them...all because your priority was making sure you had your phones in your hands filming. My heart hurts for your girls. They have needed committed, loving, caring, teaching, aware parents EVERY DAY and they haven’t had that. They have had selfish, money hungry, fame hungry, lying, fake parents with their phones in their hands instead of having their precious girls in their hands. Go back and REALIZE how BLESSED you are JUST TO HAVE THOSE GIRLS. Don’t think about the “fans”, money, fame, new house and all the material stuff THEY HAVE BROUGHT YOU. Yes, THEY are why you are where you are and have the money you have. Without your girls, how do you think any of us would have a clue who you two are?
You both owe your girls so much. Number one being QUALITY, ONE ON ONE, FAMILY TIME. T-I-M-E. You owe them so much of your love, you owe them so many lost teachable moments, all the time you have worried more about filming their lives than being IN their lives, the FACT if you would have spent more time reading to them, sitting them down and reading, playing learning games, going through colors, letters, so much they have missed out on just learning, you owe them special times like going to the library, the zoo, doing crafts, just having fun as a family...but instead you have shown them, taught them having a phone in your hand, being on any form of social media is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than they are.
(If it turns out you both do leave your sick girls home while you go on a trip, you will once again show us your priorities, and sadly, I won’t be shocked by the stupidity and selfishness you display towards your girls, but I will hope and pray this is it. When you return you will indeed be truthful and honor your girls by putting them first and filming them a far, far, distant last.)
I swear to God in Heaven I pray you both are being honest here, this time. I hope you seriously either see for yourselves and/or someone you consider wise has spoken up and told you it’s time to make some BIG CHANGES in your lives...for the betterment of your girls lives.
Please tell me you see how it is past time to get those little girls out of diapers and into real beds. That you KNOW it is HORRIFIC of you to cage your girls into cribs every night by zipping and safety pinning them into their cribs. God forbid there was an emergency and you couldn’t get to them. THIS IS SHOCKING TO ME. Please tell me Tyson will now be sure he is HOLDING onto his girls when they are on his shoulders, that they will no longer be allowed to bolt in parking lots, that you know allowing and encouraging standing on counters and using knives super close to them isn’t a good parent plan. Please tell me you can now see how very fortunate you have been the past 2 years, since they have been mobile, no one has been very seriously hurt by you two having such blatant disregard for their safety.
I pray you are beginning to see what a huge mistake you are making by feeding your girls the crap food you do. Weight and health issues are not fun. I am bad on this one myself. All the pop, juice, lemonade, donuts, candy, sugary garbage has to stop. Give them water to drink, in cups, around them all day. You do know they get thirsty, right? I know this is tough, but believe me when I tell you having a sad, crying daughter who has been teased and laughed at for “being so fat” as a 9 year old is FAR worse. Yes, I know, some people are “bigger” than others. Mine being one. She is 5’ 10” and weighs 210 lbs. She has always been the biggest girl in her group. Thankfully in college, there is a more realistic crowd of all sizes. But...due to anxiety meds being started 2 years ago, she has gained over 40 lbs. When she started college 3 years ago, she weighed 170. I made the mistake of giving her juice a lot when she was a toddler. I now know I should have watered it down. Yes, she ate and eats donuts...just every once in a while. This one just hurts my heart. Evie and Scarlett already have supposed “adults” commenting on their weight, which is pathetic by these people. Another reason to stop vlogging! Help you girls now to learn healthy eating, go on walks, where THEY WALK, sign them up for gymnastics, continue dance, SHOW them by exercising yourself. This is THE toughest subject I have had to attempt to deal with with my daughters. Girls and weight and body image is HARD to talk about. Yes, worse than sex! But if you step up and just show being healthy by the way you eat and behave, they will learn by your GOOD examples, not your bad ones. And, yes, one or two of them may just be “bigger” girls, but being healthy bigger girls is the important thing.
They are 3 now. It is past time to kick being the parents YOUR GIRLS DESERVE into high gear. They deserve SO MUCH MORE than you have given so far. Do you know a child’s brain develops THE MOST before the age of 3? Frightening, right? But they ARE STILL LEARNING. Just look at how they’ve grown since Nov.
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Stop the baby talk. I beg you. Just suddenly stop. THEY LEARN WHAT THEY KNOW FROM YOU!!! If you say eggies, they will. If you say, “Here are your eggs.” they will probably say eggies. Then you tell them big kids call them eggs and mommy does to. Leave it at that. Just YOU continue to call them eggs, point out they are called eggs now, not eggies...as long as needed. Same with guckies, snooties, teeny Nona, durls, etc. START SPEAKING TO THEM LIKE THEY ARE SMART ENOUGH TO LEARN. Or are you willing to stunt their growth just so you can treat them like babies...Dad? They aren’t babies. They are 3! They need big girl bedrooms, not nurseries. Fly me out to you! I seriously would paint their rooms free (you supply items). I have no job. I’ll babysit, read books, play with, and help them have rooms they want to be in and love. I am serious! It’s past time for the two of you to start teaching them, treating them, speaking to them like the 3 year olds they are. They aren’t preemies any more. It’s also past time for them to be disciplined and expected to behave as 3 year olds...which is pretty much a huge oxymoron...because my child was a devil child at age 3...but you know what I mean. They should be EXPECTED TO SHARE, SIT ON THEIR BOTTOMS, USE THEIR WORDS - NOT WHINE AND GROWL, USE PLEASE AND THANK YOU WITHOUT PROMPTING, STOP DEMANDING AND ASK NICELY, PICK UP TOYS, DO AS ASKED ONCE...OR THEY RECEIVE A NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE. It’s past time to TEACH THEM ABOUT CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCE. Yes, they can learn this, are you capable of stepping up and TEACHING it?
Please, I seriously hope and pray, you mean what you say this time. Please, I beg you, PUT YOUR PHONES DOWN AND FOCUS 110% OF YOURSELVES TO YOUR GIRLS. Now. If you still have the urge to vlog, do it once a week, or two.
Frankly, your little girls need to be FIRST OVER ALL ELSE in your lives. Period. WE, those who have watched your vlogs, stopped watching, watch occasionally, but most especially those who DEPEND, NEED, LOVE, CALL YOUR GIRLS THEIR OWN, SEND GIFTS, ARE SO SAD WHEN THEY CAN’T SEE THEIR GIRLS, KNOW WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT YOUR LIVES, ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR YOU, COMMENT ON OTHERS THOUGHTS AS IF THEY KNOW YOU PERSONALLY, should in NO WAY be angry or disappointed if you stop vlogging completely and start, for once in these girls lives, start living as families should. If anyone gets angry at you, sends hate mail, etc, they are clearly the ones with the problem. I would also DEMAND ANY “FAN” SITE THAT USES YOUR NAME, YOUR VIDEOS AND/OR PICTURES FOR THEIR PAGES REMOVE THEM IMMEDIATELY OR FACE LEGAL ACTION. If a “fan” is, in my opinion, odd enough, lonely enough, infatuated enough with your girls and you two, that they constantly send gifts, have their own fan page, depend on you vlogging for their happiness, then that’s a problem. Get your girls out of this situation entirely, please. They never, ever asked for any of what you e chosen to put them through. And if your getting out makes anyone angry, including any member of your families (Ashley’s “pitch man” dad), then so be it. Having your girls hate you and wish you had never filmed them and causes pain to the them both now...but in the future when they SEE all that has been filmed, is out there for anyone to see, read the words people have written about them...good and bad...is NOT WORTH THE LOVE AND RESPECT OF YOUR DAUGHTERS.
Consider this before you put another moment of their lives on social media again: (By YOU, I mean, you, Ashley, and YOU, Tyson. You two are also individuals and should treat each other as such.) Do you honestly, with every bit of your heart and soul, considering the Faith you claim, what you say you truly value, believe YOU are the same person you were 3 years ago? Have YOU changed for the better? Not wealth wise, material wise, what the world sees as important, but YOU? Have YOU been THE VERY BEST YOU for your daughters? HAVE YOU BEEN THE PARENT GOD INTENDED YOU TO BE WHEN HE GAVE YOU YOUR GIRLS? Have YOU taught your girls your values and what is important to you by your behavior over the past 3 years? Do YOU think in 10 years your girls will be proud or ashamed of YOU, YOUR CHOICES, YOUR BEHAVIORS? Can they look at YOU and see truth or do they doubt so much of what you say and see lies? WHAT WILL YOUR GIRLS, AS INDIVIDUAL YOUNG LADIES, SAY ABOUT YOUR CHOICES AND THEIR CHILDHOODS IN 10 YEARS? WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SAY YOU TAUGHT THEM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE AND FAITH? OR MONEY AND THINGS? WILL YOUR 4 MIRACLES RESPECT YOU?
That’s what I hope you step back, look honestly at...yourselves and what you’ve become and made important, and make new, better choices NOW for your girls.
It should be absolutely NONE of my or anyone else’s business in the least, EVER, what happens in your lives, more important your little girls lives from this moment on. Seriously. You chose to vlog...YOU CAN CHOOSE TO STOP. I think Indie, Esme, Scarlett and Evie would be so THRILLED and happy now and years from now if you did. You might find a better way of happiness as well.
I truly want your girls to be happy, smart, content little girls. They are miracles. Now you need to show your miracles THEY MATTER MOST.
God bless.
Stop the baby talk. I beg you. Just suddenly stop. THEY LEARN WHAT THEY KNOW FROM YOU!!! If you say eggies, they will. If you say, “Here are your eggs.” they will probably say eggies. Then you tell them big kids call them eggs and mommy does to. Leave it at that. Just YOU continue to call them eggs, point out they are called eggs now, not eggies...as long as needed. Same with guckies, snooties, teeny Nona, durls, etc. START SPEAKING TO THEM LIKE THEY ARE SMART ENOUGH TO LEARN. Or are you willing to stunt their growth just so you can treat them like babies...Dad? They aren’t babies. They are 3! They need big girl bedrooms, not nurseries. Fly me out to you! I seriously would paint their rooms free (you supply items). I have no job. I’ll babysit, read books, play with, and help them have rooms they want to be in and love. I am serious! It’s past time for the two of you to start teaching them, treating them, speaking to them like the 3 year olds they are. They aren’t preemies any more. It’s also past time for them to be disciplined and expected to behave as 3 year olds...which is pretty much a huge oxymoron...because my child was a devil child at age 3...but you know what I mean. They should be EXPECTED TO SHARE, SIT ON THEIR BOTTOMS, USE THEIR WORDS - NOT WHINE AND GROWL, USE PLEASE AND THANK YOU WITHOUT PROMPTING, STOP DEMANDING AND ASK NICELY, PICK UP TOYS, DO AS ASKED ONCE...OR THEY RECEIVE A NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE. It’s past time to TEACH THEM ABOUT CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCE. Yes, they can learn this, are you capable of stepping up and TEACHING it?
Please, I seriously hope and pray, you mean what you say this time. Please, I beg you, PUT YOUR PHONES DOWN AND FOCUS 110% OF YOURSELVES TO YOUR GIRLS. Now. If you still have the urge to vlog, do it once a week, or two.
Frankly, your little girls need to be FIRST OVER ALL ELSE in your lives. Period. WE, those who have watched your vlogs, stopped watching, watch occasionally, but most especially those who DEPEND, NEED, LOVE, CALL YOUR GIRLS THEIR OWN, SEND GIFTS, ARE SO SAD WHEN THEY CAN’T SEE THEIR GIRLS, KNOW WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT YOUR LIVES, ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR YOU, COMMENT ON OTHERS THOUGHTS AS IF THEY KNOW YOU PERSONALLY, should in NO WAY be angry or disappointed if you stop vlogging completely and start, for once in these girls lives, start living as families should. If anyone gets angry at you, sends hate mail, etc, they are clearly the ones with the problem. I would also DEMAND ANY “FAN” SITE THAT USES YOUR NAME, YOUR VIDEOS AND/OR PICTURES FOR THEIR PAGES REMOVE THEM IMMEDIATELY OR FACE LEGAL ACTION. If a “fan” is, in my opinion, odd enough, lonely enough, infatuated enough with your girls and you two, that they constantly send gifts, have their own fan page, depend on you vlogging for their happiness, then that’s a problem. Get your girls out of this situation entirely, please. They never, ever asked for any of what you e chosen to put them through. And if your getting out makes anyone angry, including any member of your families (Ashley’s “pitch man” dad), then so be it. Having your girls hate you and wish you had never filmed them and causes pain to the them both now...but in the future when they SEE all that has been filmed, is out there for anyone to see, read the words people have written about them...good and bad...is NOT WORTH THE LOVE AND RESPECT OF YOUR DAUGHTERS.
Consider this before you put another moment of their lives on social media again: (By YOU, I mean, you, Ashley, and YOU, Tyson. You two are also individuals and should treat each other as such.) Do you honestly, with every bit of your heart and soul, considering the Faith you claim, what you say you truly value, believe YOU are the same person you were 3 years ago? Have YOU changed for the better? Not wealth wise, material wise, what the world sees as important, but YOU? Have YOU been THE VERY BEST YOU for your daughters? HAVE YOU BEEN THE PARENT GOD INTENDED YOU TO BE WHEN HE GAVE YOU YOUR GIRLS? Have YOU taught your girls your values and what is important to you by your behavior over the past 3 years? Do YOU think in 10 years your girls will be proud or ashamed of YOU, YOUR CHOICES, YOUR BEHAVIORS? Can they look at YOU and see truth or do they doubt so much of what you say and see lies? WHAT WILL YOUR GIRLS, AS INDIVIDUAL YOUNG LADIES, SAY ABOUT YOUR CHOICES AND THEIR CHILDHOODS IN 10 YEARS? WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SAY YOU TAUGHT THEM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE AND FAITH? OR MONEY AND THINGS? WILL YOUR 4 MIRACLES RESPECT YOU?
That’s what I hope you step back, look honestly at...yourselves and what you’ve become and made important, and make new, better choices NOW for your girls.
It should be absolutely NONE of my or anyone else’s business in the least, EVER, what happens in your lives, more important your little girls lives from this moment on. Seriously. You chose to vlog...YOU CAN CHOOSE TO STOP. I think Indie, Esme, Scarlett and Evie would be so THRILLED and happy now and years from now if you did. You might find a better way of happiness as well.
I truly want your girls to be happy, smart, content little girls. They are miracles. Now you need to show your miracles THEY MATTER MOST.
God bless.