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I have unfollowed them this morning. I know why would they care!?! Why do I need to tell Mumsnet? Why?? But I just want to grumble about some things!

They have seemingly made a good life financially from their YouTube blogs. I presume it's from them. I used to like the odd picture. Watch the odd video. In recent weeks they have done some bits and bobs to the garden. Absolutely fine. They put artificial grass down. Got the kids a new play park. Then fast forward a couple of months they have got a mini bar and a hot tub. Started rolling my eyes at them. Especially because they had someone trying to break in not long ago. But they still continue to tell the world what they own.
Last week the kids got a large rabbit hutch and some new pets. I saw it but scrolled past and didn't watch the video. Then the next day I was watching my Instagram stories and sue had wrote on a video that she wanted to thank everyone for their kind words and "Ellie" was feeling much better.

I read some comments (being nosey) as to what had happened to her daughter. It turned out the public had written some unkind things about the rabbits and their diet. This had led to one of her younger teens being upset. But it's ok!! Because sue sat with her and read the nice comments out and she felt happier!

what was going through my head whilst reading these comments was.....maybe it's time you stopped exposing your children to the public! Why is she allowing the public to make her kids sad? For the sake of freebies, attention and the feeling of being important? Because yes she's had 22 children and it was an interesting watch. But somehow she's completely lost her senses. She's turned her children into a TV show! She films all their birthdays. She shows everyone every single item they own. Toys/clothes etc. She's constantly accepting gifts from strangers!

I know I've followed them and for a long time I had no issue with it. But these kids are not celebrities. They have had their whole lives given to the world to judge. They are not going to live an adult life of luxury. The money will die off eventually. Then all these kids will be left with is the embarrassing reminders that everyone was watching their every move from the day they were born. They are now having to deal with abuse from the public and sue still can't stop because she loves that she can now get her hands on expensive items. I really hope they stop soon for those kids.

As a mum myself I just don't understand how she can do it! Why can't those poor children have anything without her telling the world

I await a hundred posts saying you are too invested in this. But it really was unnecessary stress for her kids. I also don't think sue considers the risks of showing people what you own. Let's hope people don't start attempting to break in more often! That would have been enough for me to stop.

I cannot think of anything remotely interesting in watching a family and their children on any format , likewise pictures of peoples kids on SM.its especially weird that people watch this trash then condemn them for It and for benefiting financially from it.

I cannot stand the radfords or the Inghams, even fizz fam have sold out now. All family vloggers exploit their kids because they cannot consent to the invasion into their lives.
Inghams are a prime example, started out a normal family but got sucked into the dark hole.
They appeared normal and to have good lives, until the dad was exposed for sending inappropriate messages to teenagers and trying to get one teen to sneak out of her hotel room and go skinny dipping. He took another fan who was about 19 to a hotel in Leeds and slept with her and carried on vlogging like it was a normal day.
They also were in the news they left their tiny baby on the beach while both parents and kids went to swim and film in the sea. They made a creepy reborn lookalike doll of said baby and sold it for hundreds to kids and fairly vulnerable fans, even had a payment plan for those who couldn’t afford.
Very strange family. Always posting pictures of teenaged daughter online even though they know it attracts comments from the wrong types, and they have been warned to protect their kids as the videos on YouTube have time stamps on them. They really don’t care I feel sorry for all kids who’s parents exploit them for money.
The radfords are a mess too and when Bon Bon was chasing those two baby bunnies around I just felt for them. They will not live long lives poor animals. And he gives me the creeps too, but then so does sue. The whole family have very vacant faces.

The Inghams sound worse!! I've never heard of them.

I think YouTube should ban all of these family channels. There always seems to be at least one very controlling parent in each one and I feel to want that much scrutiny and adoration of everything you do there has to be an unhealthy level of narcissism in at least one member of the family.

Yes I agree. It's a very odd new way to live.

Without being mean I think Sue Radford has missed out on absolutely everything over the years. She missed out on things like leaving school and going to college, uni, or getting a job. She unlikely went through clubbing days. She's never dated or gone out with different lads/men over the years. So she's never experienced falling in love, breaking up and moving on. she's never experienced anything different to being 14. Nappies, school runs, caring for children. Most parents probably spend a max of 10 years with babies/toddlers in the house. She's 31 years in.

I honestly think this has made her feel "special" and "interesting" for the first time in her life. Those children didn't ask to be born into any of this though. I think she's reaching her peak now and then itl all crash down around her.

Just like mother of daughters. Susie verril. Father of daughter's..... They go too far. They get too loud. They become walking adverts. They piss people off with their expensive freebies. They film their children doing the most mundane things and usually eventually say something or do something wrong.

I would be surprised if in 5-10 years any of them are still going strong. Because people are waking up to it all now.

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This is the Inghams

I don't get people who have that many kids. You don't NEED that many kids. How do you devote time to all of them? How do you manage to feed them all (with clothes, I assume they wear hand-me-downs)?

I don't think there's many hand me downs considering they are often kitted out in the clothes she's opened on the vlogs. She's often had huge next orders! Unless they are freebies ofcourse! But she seems a huge next shopper and as one myself I know it's not cheap. I get 50% of my kids clothes there, lovely stuff but if I had 22 kids to clothe I'd probably be in Asda for clothes.

She seems to like the baby stage and in my view she seems to like the teenage girl stage when they can hang out. Based on what she shows the boys in the middle seem to get minimal attention. Unless they choose not to be filmed. It seems mainly the focus is on the youngest 5 who are below 6 and the girls around 13-18 years old.

Maybe the boys can't be dressed in cute freebies and help her with childcare so they don't work for the brand!

Also, it grosses me out when celebrities pimp their kids. The Beckhams are the worst example of this. All of their sons are bang average at everything they do and yet the Beckhams keep sending them to top tennis coaches or getting them on photography courses and trying to make them into celebrities too. At this rate Harper's going to start modelling like Steven Gerrard's older daughters do.

Or those teen mums from MTV who suddenly decide they are all models on here instagram and promote being a teen mum as glamourous. They constantly get freebies and jobs advertising stuff to make money!

It's just awful in general isn't it. Nobody needs to have talent these days to get famous!

I did judge until I learnt they were both adopted. How is it that so many mental health issues are sympathised with on mn. Children with blended families are defended. Adopted/fostered children need a different approach in their upbringing. They hit adulthood and that's it??? Perhaps the Radfords actually need each other. The children wouldn't exist if their parents had stopped after 2,3,4.

You moan about the social media and then slap them all over social media.

@Tink2007
The inghams are a vile freakshow, creepy Chris....Shudder!!!!!!

@PhilSwagielka well to be fair no one NEEDS any children. To have that many is just plain stupidity and, as I said before, selfish. If we all chose to have that many children (or even half that number) this country would be on it knees.

I wouldn’t be surprised in 20-30 years if the show was called “100 Grandkids and Counting”. Being surrounded by and actively involved in the care of children is all these kids have ever known, even more so than Sue herself who started at 13 - they were born into it. With their parents as role models and there being so many of them (they would need to average at around “only” 5 kids each), it seems quite realistic that at least some of them will go on to have gigantic families themselves, which Noel and Sue would actively encourage.

As for Noel and Sue themselves, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone but statistically if they continue having more children, the chances of them having a child who will need lifelong care increases with each passing year, if they can even conceive again. However. I get the sense that they will stop at nothing and would expect another pregnancy announcement within the year, if not sooner.

God forbid there are people who dislike the radfords i include myself amongst that as theres no way i could do what she and noel are doing to their children. Its almsot like a human equivalant of a puppy farm in a way as the children seem to get forgotten about once they are past the baby and cute toddler stage

It's not a personal dig at the children @Sometimeswinning

That's exactly the point. They matter. Their lives matter. They deserve privacy. They deserve choices. They deserve parents who will make the right choices for them until they are old enough to know themselves.

For several years now she has filmed everything they do. she allows the whole world to access their pictures. She stops at nothing. My original post was because I as a mum myself, felt she had gone too far in regards to her children being shooved into the public eye. Her children clearly get upset now and overwhelmed by the public voicing their opinions on their "fanpage".
My opinion is they should be allowed a rabbit without their mum showing aload of random people the rabbit. They shouldn't have to worry that Barbara in Bristol said they are feeding it wrong. Because sue should not have put her children in that position. She should have learned by now that the public will comment and her children will have to handle those comments. Imagine being a child and having constant attention from strangers everytime you do something. Having the worry that adults out there have told you or your mum off about your new pet that you are really excited about. What sort of messed up upbringing is that?

The children under 5 won't even know they are being filmed for strangers. Will they be happy about it when they are 15?

I don't for one minute think her children are taking up too much space and are a burden. I just think their mother should be less focused on feeling important and start putting them and their privacy/needs first.

She's become obsessed with feeling Important. Imagine being 15, 16,17 and your mum films your bedroom for strangers! It's all gone too far! Those kids must feel they can't go downstairs in the morning incase she's got the camera rolling.

Have you seen youtube? Norris nuts. Sis and bro. Some bloke and his kids playing games. The list is endless. You watch them. Subscribe to them for reasons only you know. (The whole getting them out the house is not an excuse) katie Price. Kardashian I could go on forever. I dont subscribe or watch them. You have chosen the family because you watched them. The irony, hypocracy is lost on you though.

@Tappering

Her husband effectively groomed her.

She's obsessed with babies and as soon as they are out of the newborn stage, immediately wants to get pregnant again. I do not believe that her or her husband manage to spend effective 1-2-1 time with each of their children.

Likewise I do not believe that the pie shop generates sufficient income to support that size of family without state assistance. Not that it bothers me, but they are the ones that have made a huge deal over the years of being financially independent. That shop must be selling some magical pies.

I agree unless he owns Pukka pies 🤣

I agree there will be another pregnancy announcement from them this year. They will only stop when nature makes them (even then they might go abroad for ivf or something if finances permit).

As a PP said, as they get older the chances of having a child with additional needs, including a high level of them, increases. Also the chance of something going amiss for Sue. I'm quite surprised that out of 20+ kids they don't already have one with additional needs, from a statistical POV.

@Sometimeswinning

Ok let's focus on the fact I have watched the programme and thought they were nice so followed their page thinking it would be light hearted and focused on the parents mainly and their cooking vlogs and things.

Let's not focus on how she has changed into a fame hungry freebie grabber who throws her kids to the wolves.

@Sometimeswinning

I did judge until I learnt they were both adopted. How is it that so many mental health issues are sympathised with on mn. Children with blended families are defended. Adopted/fostered children need a different approach in their upbringing. They hit adulthood and that's it??? Perhaps the Radfords actually need each other. The children wouldn't exist if their parents had stopped after 2,3,4.

You moan about the social media and then slap them all over social media.

They slap themselves all over social media, there would be no discussion if they didn’t.

** The children wouldn't exist if their parents had stopped after 2,3,4. Or even 1 child for that matter!!

Most people stop at 4/5 kids. It’s not normal to have 22 FGS!! The poor kids will now probably end up with some kind of underlying issues as well

Yeah everyone who's watched them is part of the problem so let's not focused on sue choosing this over them......

I've watched them in the past. I've watched her become money and freebie obsessed at her children's expense and I've stopped following her. She needs to be careful. She's not "trained" and has no real protection for her children.

She's putting them at risk of

Stress
Embarrassment
Bullying.
Robberies
Strangers with bad intentions.

It's bluddy scary. She hides nothing about her home or possessions. They dont live behind huge iron gates with security cameras. They live in a public street with a wooden fence. If she's going to carry it on she should be considering making the house alot more secure for her children's sakes.

To be fair though she’s no different to any other social media mummy. They sell their children to the highest bidder quite honestly and it’s fairly obvious where most of them live. A real lack of safeguarding.

All of them not just the Radfords. It’s why I can’t take any of them seriously.

Without being mean I think Sue Radford has missed out on absolutely everything over the years.

I just find it crazy that she has been in the ‘baby stage‘ for her ENTIRE adult life (and even before she was an adult). I did enjoy the baby/toddler stage but it was exhausting and i definitely looked forward to certain aspects of it ending. My 2 are both primary school aged now and I find it insane that Sue is 45 now and has always had a small baby/toddler dependent on her since she was 14, through her teens, 20s, 30s, 40s. The mere thought of it makes me stressed!