13 YO from YouTubing family dies "of natural causes"

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Anonymous wrote:I think some of you don't understand how much YouTube has replaced tv. Do any of you have teens?

I think we all get how prevalent it is. But I still don't get and probably never will why people who live locally but spend more time on Facebook with each other than in person, taking constant selfies, tweeting the dullest observations of your day--most people aren't that clever. I cringe at parents who write blogs or YouTube videos of their kids in general. And would like to bop people over the head when they drive with their phone in their hand, texting or not. But I'm guilty of the electronic invasion too. I spend way too much time on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think some of you don't understand how much YouTube has replaced tv. Do any of you have teens?

I think we all get how prevalent it is. But I still don't get and probably never will why people who live locally but spend more time on Facebook with each other than in person, taking constant selfies, tweeting the dullest observations of your day--most people aren't that clever. I cringe at parents who write blogs or YouTube videos of their kids in general. And would like to bop people over the head when they drive with their phone in their hand, texting or not. But I'm guilty of the electronic invasion too. I spend way too much time on DCUM.

+100000 All of it.

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Anonymous wrote:Undiagnosed heart conditions are more common than people might think. Our neighbor had his high school-aged son die in his sleep one night and they discovered he had a congenital heart condition. A lot of times such a thing kills young athletes because they are exerting themselves at the time.

I had a classmate who collapsed at 15 while playing a sport; he dies from an undetected heart condition.

Yup. We are so thankful that our sons's pediatician heard a murmur during his checkup which led to a cardiologist referral. Turns out he had a hole in his heart that could have led to a tragedy like this. Since we found it early he was able to get it repaired. The cardiologist said many times it can go undetected.

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A friend from HS died her first month at college. Undiagnosed heart condition. Very sad, came out of nowhere. She was talking to her roommate between classes then she literally dropped dead.

My brother and I were diagnosed with heart mummers when we were young. Mine fixed itself during a crazy growth spurt, my brother still has his but is not affected by it.

[Anonymous]

The family made a statement, said it was related to a heart condition. Sad

[Anonymous]

Does anyone watch these videos? They are strangely entertaining and I do not know why.... I am wayyyy out of their target demographic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone watch these videos? They are strangely entertaining and I do not know why.... I am wayyyy out of their target demographic.

Yes because my child does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone watch these videos? They are strangely entertaining and I do not know why.... I am wayyyy out of their target demographic.

I do, because my DD does, but it makes me so uncomfortable.

These kids eat a TON of junk food. To the point that almost nothing they eat is healthy. It horrifies me to watch them eat. I also wonder why does the youngest daughter have no friends? The older girl has a nice little group of girls, but the younger daughter only hangs around her older sister's friends. Where are her own friends, who are her age?

I also can't figure out if the dad works or not - if Youtube is his "job."

It drives me NUTS that they can't start any segment of their videos without the verbal crutch "Sooooo....."

Lastly, calling the parents Mr. Billy, Miss Jill, etc., makes me uncomfortable, but I'm sure it's just a north/south thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone watch these videos? They are strangely entertaining and I do not know why.... I am wayyyy out of their target demographic.

I do, because my DD does, but it makes me so uncomfortable.

These kids eat a TON of junk food. To the point that almost nothing they eat is healthy. It horrifies me to watch them eat. I also wonder why does the youngest daughter have no friends? The older girl has a nice little group of girls, but the younger daughter only hangs around her older sister's friends. Where are her own friends, who are her age?

I also can't figure out if the dad works or not - if Youtube is his "job."

It drives me NUTS that they can't start any segment of their videos without the verbal crutch "Sooooo....."

Lastly, calling the parents Mr. Billy, Miss Jill, etc., makes me uncomfortable, but I'm sure it's just a north/south thing.

The younger girl was homeschooled and didn't do the gymnastics day program that her sister did, so she was just stuck at home more. Outside of gymnastics, it didn't look like they participated in a homeschool group, so she probably wasn't around many kids her own age. I think they enrolled her in a private school a couple months ago, so she's now getting a lot more socialization with her true peers.

The dad is ex-military, I'm pretty sure he doesn't work anymore. Not quite sure when that happened.

I watched a few videos after their son died, and it was tough to see the older daughter struggle with the loss while trying to put on a happy face for the camera. I'm sure it was a really complicated decision to continue to film in those days after his death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone watch these videos? They are strangely entertaining and I do not know why.... I am wayyyy out of their target demographic.

I do, because my DD does, but it makes me so uncomfortable.

These kids eat a TON of junk food. To the point that almost nothing they eat is healthy. It horrifies me to watch them eat. I also wonder why does the youngest daughter have no friends? The older girl has a nice little group of girls, but the younger daughter only hangs around her older sister's friends. Where are her own friends, who are her age?

I also can't figure out if the dad works or not - if Youtube is his "job."

It drives me NUTS that they can't start any segment of their videos without the verbal crutch "Sooooo....."

Lastly, calling the parents Mr. Billy, Miss Jill, etc., makes me uncomfortable, but I'm sure it's just a north/south thing.

Do the children call their own parents "Mr. Billy and Miss Jill?" Or do they call their friends parents "Mr. Billy and Miss Jill?"

I don't know any kid, northern or southern, who refers to their parents by anything other than mom/dad (or similar terms) as a child. I know some self-centered adults who call their parents by their first names. (From what I've observed, I don't think the parents really like it.)

I know one set of kids who call their grandparents by their first names, which is really odd. But the kids refer to their parents as the "traditional" terms of mom & dad.

When my kids were young (pre-school aged), they called family friends "Mr. Bill, Miss Jill", etc. Now they are a bit older, they are either still saying "Mr. Bill and Miss Jill" or simply "Mr. Smith and Mrs. Jones."

[Anonymous]

Since this thread has been resurrected, anyway, the official cause of death was an undetected heart defect.

http://www.people.com/article/caleb-logan-bratayley-cause-of-death-revealed-youtube-star

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone watch these videos? They are strangely entertaining and I do not know why.... I am wayyyy out of their target demographic.

I do, because my DD does, but it makes me so uncomfortable.

These kids eat a TON of junk food. To the point that almost nothing they eat is healthy. It horrifies me to watch them eat. I also wonder why does the youngest daughter have no friends? The older girl has a nice little group of girls, but the younger daughter only hangs around her older sister's friends. Where are her own friends, who are her age?

I also can't figure out if the dad works or not - if Youtube is his "job."

It drives me NUTS that they can't start any segment of their videos without the verbal crutch "Sooooo....."

Lastly, calling the parents Mr. Billy, Miss Jill, etc., makes me uncomfortable, but I'm sure it's just a north/south thing.

Do the children call their own parents "Mr. Billy and Miss Jill?" Or do they call their friends parents "Mr. Billy and Miss Jill?"

I don't know any kid, northern or southern, who refers to their parents by anything other than mom/dad (or similar terms) as a child. I know some self-centered adults who call their parents by their first names. (From what I've observed, I don't think the parents really like it.)

I know one set of kids who call their grandparents by their first names, which is really odd. But the kids refer to their parents as the "traditional" terms of mom & dad.

When my kids were young (pre-school aged), they called family friends "Mr. Bill, Miss Jill", etc. Now they are a bit older, they are either still saying "Mr. Bill and Miss Jill" or simply "Mr. Smith and Mrs. Jones."

No, they call their own parents Mommy and Daddy, but they call the older girl's best friend's parents Miss Jill and Mr. First Name. Again, it's probably just because I'm from the North that I find it weird. I know that's popular in the South.

[Anonymous]

It probably is a southern thing but it could also be that they don't want to use last names for privacy reasons? YouTubers are strange about what they share and what they try and keep private.

I agree though - weird!