Family Vlogger Arrested For Child Abused After Malnourished Child Escapes 

The fact that you were confused which family it was is alarming. That there are MULTIPLE that are problematic and dangerous is scary.

There's no way children are malnourished and being duct taped without the husband knowing. Maybe he was a victim early on, but he still needs to be held accountable for whatever was happening to the children under that roof.

“You don’t get to sneak, you don’t get to hide, not in my house” as a sneaky kid it’s this type of shit exactly that creates sneaky, distant kids.

“It’s my personal space” “You don’t get boundaries” “I own you, you deserve nothing” Many people become parents just for the power.

The audacity to say 'This is MY house' when it's most certainly bought with money she earned because of her children...she is unbelievable. I hope she never gets to see those poor kids again.

As a person who was raised Mormon, the “Mormon glaze” is a great way to describe that look in the face and the inappropriate toxic positive attitude with everything.

hoping ruby gets no personal space and no privacy in jail. no respect. no dignity. no friends. no confidence. no support. no love. no grace. NOTHING. she deserves less than what she gave her children, which was NOTHING.

My mom sent me to Mormon girls camp when I was a kid. A mom/leader did a talk about how she struggled with depression but fixed it by remembering to keep smiling and acting happy no matter what her feelings were because it was her responsibility to cheer up/lift up her husband and family, not to bring them down. So that's the glaze I think. The smile which becomes meaningless because it's plastered on over every emotion.

Every child deserves a parent but NOT every parent deserves a child. This woman is vile.

Any “parent” who says things like “food privileges” or “bed privileges” should immediately have their children taken away (Or if they’re just Mormons)

I'm starting to think Katya is right when she said that children shouldn't be on camera at all.

The scary part about this is that in the footage it comes across as she ENJOYS embarrassing and abusing her children...while shes explaining all these insane punishments her kids experienced shes smiling..this woman is sick and I hope shes enjoying prison where child abusers are not looked at nicely and these woman actually love and miss their kids. may she come in contact with these women soon. AMEN

I HATE when parents "prank" their children by making them sad, upset or hurt any other way. Thats so cruel... and especially putting it on the internet for people to see...

Does anyone else notice a trend with these psychotic child abusers often being extremely religious? js

The idea of profiting purely off your kids and then turning around and claiming that your home is "your" space, not allowing them access to their bedrooms and lunches is so wild to me.. those kids are paying for the house and the food yet they're being refused it on the token of "mom's in charge" lol

Food is not a privilege. It is a human right.

I hope the dad is being monitored too and those kids are being checked in on by authorities. He's in on all of this and was in a video not long ago with the mom defending their abusive parenting tactics.

As a former CPS worker, I will say it takes a significant amount to take children from the home. It’s unfortunate but that’s just how state law works in many places. Trust me when I say there was plenty of times when I wanted to take kids from the home and was told no by my supervisors. CPS and the police can only operate off of state law and policy. Blame the law makers

It’s so disgusting that this went on as long as it did with so many people reporting her to CPS. Those poor kids had to deal with so much abuse before anyone helped them.

To use food as a bargaining tool for compliance is the sickest thing a parent can do 😡

She took chads room away and he slept on a bean bag for 7 months because of a mean prank on his brother. Now she’s sleeping in a jail bunk for hopefully over 7 years. That’s some karma for her evil az

My teenager literally has two rules, don’t lie to me and don’t drink and drive. That’s it. She has her own privacy, I don’t go through her phone, and she is the best kid, she has great friends, makes good grades plays two sports, and talks to me about EVERYTHING. It’s a no judgement zone. She’s going to make mistakes, she’s going to be lazy sometimes but isn’t everyone? I don’t put high expectations to her because we’re all human and and she sets her own standards for her life and she is becoming a great human being who i am so proud of. ❤️

I was abused by my parents, even threatened with a knife by my dad. The whole family, police and my friends wouldn't believe me. I escaped that house as a 19 year old and still dealt with my dad for a few years after that because I was gas light so much. I'm so mentally ill now but I'm getting therapy. Everyone suffering abuse or do get abused, stay strong. It does get better. It stays with you but with support you can still have a good life.

As long as CPS or the cops see a clean, nice house & someone well-spoken - they are reluctant, it gets harder & harder to report. THE SYSTEM IS SO BROKEN!!

I’m not surprised she was arrested. The signs WERE ALWAYS THERE! Literally she said she took his door and made him sleep on a BEAN BAG CHAIR for 6+ months. How is that not child abuse right there?? Or how she wouldn’t MAKE A LUNCH for her 6 year old child. She told a teacher that her 6 year old is responsible for making her lunch in the morning. What is she supposed to make?? She can’t even work a microwave probably! And if she didn’t bring it, the mom wasn’t going to bring it. And said she hopes NO ONE GIVES HER FOOD TO MAKE HER LEARN A LESSON. The teacher asked her to bring one and she said no. That’s troubling and should of been counted as abuse.

hila’s “GOD DID” fucking sent me. a literal queen of comedic timing. thank you girl

Shocking that parent's like this never really consider what the relationship with their children will be after they're all grown up. I'd hate to have raised kids only for them to hate me and never want anything to do with me after they left the home, let alone reporting me to the police.

I went off on a Mormon dad at Horseshoe Bend. He was dragging his (maybe 10 year old) daughter across the parking lot by her hair. When confronted about it, he said “I’m making sure she’s safe”… unbelievable gaslighting. I chewed him out! I think about that girl all the time.

Huge red flag is forcing your 6 yr old to pack their own lunch with no help. They have no capacity to understand true responsibility. As someone who’s mom never taught them to cook or take responsibility for themselves I had to learn when I was old enough to and it didn’t make my life easier at all. Parents need to teach kids how to do things…how else do they learn?

All family channels should be demonetized, you have no idea if the kids are consenting to filming and if they are getting any of the money.

She shouldn’t be praising law enforcement who ignored their pleas for help. They only did something bc a kid escaped with wounds

This is the most shocking yet least shocking thing ever. What a horrible horrible thing

What's kind of upsetting is that she's gonna be well-fed in prison with a bed and has a toilet to shit in. Unlike how she treats her kids at home

The husband is obviously an evil lunatic, too! Children are hungry, emaciated, bound, etc. Of course he is aware of the horrific abuse of his children. Two monsters!

I remember back in the day, there was a video of the mom trying to explain how she took away the bed of one of the older boys. Later he was sent to a facility to "teach him stuff". It was very disturbing even back then.

The channel should’ve been called: 2 passengers, 8 hostages!! Because, this sh*t is twisted!

She was bordering on being the next Lori Vallow and then this happened. Thankfully those kids are ok now.

the brother’s prank on his younger brother is so silly and literally such a basic aspect of siblinghood. crazy that he was punished for that at all, let alone having no bed for that long. wow.

Apparently the father is trying to get the kids but he is almost just as bad. He was just as abusive as Ruby back before she was separated from him. From what I know, Ruby got much more abusive after Connexions and he stood with them for a while and was even a mod for their page. It’s worrying really. I hope the kids go to another family member instead. Shari and Chad seem to safe and in a way, out on their own, but I do worry for the rest of the 4 small children.

They kicked their oldest son out when he was 17. Covered expenses for him to get started but made home pay them back even though they made millions off of him. Atleast he got out before they turned up the volume on the physical abuse.

I wish someone would have asked my mom "if you hate kids, why have them?"

Sixteenleo has a good video on them as well and their treatment of their son. She is awful. She sent her son to a camp in the wilderness because he said he didn't want to do social media. You should have Sixteenleo on your show, you all would vibe well.

Family vlogging is absolutely disgusting and I really hope the courts subpoena RU-vid and they have to be asked questions because they let these kids be exploited for money.

To make the "punishment" worse the kid straight up says he THINKS this is why he was in trouble. You can't correct a childs bad behavior if they don't know what they are being punished for...

Watching the child when he thought all his candy had been eaten was so upsetting. Who tf would intentionally make their child feel that way???

Yearssss ago I was blocked by this mother on Instagram. Out of absolute sincerity and concern of her actions with her eldest daughter, I messaged her. And of course, Shari was the first to completely separate herself. I watched them religiously because of how weird the mom was and it was like watching a cult in real time. Thinking back, I was just trying to put the pieces together wondering wtf was going on. She’s always been insane. Since day one.

I REFUSE to believe that the father was a victim himself, students of his have spoken out on the type of person he is. He’s enabled her behavior & even have said himself tht he doesn’t wanna raise snowflakes so they put them through these things to make them better. He is just as much to blame and he needs to be held accountable

My own abusive mom always reminds me of these cases, and it’s true it takes soooo long for cps and police to step in and sometimes never happens. Thank god these children got help, my heart breaks for them.

It isn’t only youtube bloggers. Reality tv children also experience the same issues examples such as John and Kate plus 8 and 21 and counting (duggers). It’s terrible.

The part of this story that really stuck with me is that it’s reported that the kid that escaped went to a neighbor who had previously given the kids cookies at Christmas… Poor child whose punishment was often to lose food access sought help from the one adult who wasn’t cruel to them ❤

At six years old, I have a distinct memory of my mum coming into school during the day to drop of a new pencil case filled with new stationary. It was the first week back to school and I was the only one who didn’t have a new pencil case on the first day. I was fine with it, but my mum didn’t want me to be left out so she surprised me the next day. I cherished that thing for years simply because my mum going out of her way to bring it into school for me made it feel special. I cannot begin to imagine either of my parents telling me I have to pack my own lunch at that age, or leaving me hungry if I forgot to.

“Yeah there’s some good cops too…” 💀

I remember parents in her comments section supporting her behavior. Some people really should just snip their tubes 😒

If family channels had the same regulation of child work as Hollywood, a lot of family vloggers would go bankrupt.

I’m so glad the children are out of the care of their parents. Hopefully they can heal from all the trauma they endured

It's amazing how confident she was in her parenting considering the fact she had 0 mothering instinct apparently.

“Why have so many kids if you hate them” so true!

My mom growing up also never allowed ANY privacy. One of the things she did when I was very young was telling me that god is watching. When that didn't work (since i never believed in invisible beings like god, santa claus, tooth fairy) she said she set up cameras everywhere, in and outside my house (even in toilets and bathrooms). The fear of her knowing that ive lied was drilled into me so i never lied. I once tried telling her "i love you" for the first time and I felt like I lied to her and that immediately made me go into panic. I specifically avoided getting into relationships, having hobbies, buying stuff for myself, having fun basically, because she would always snoop. It triggers me so bad still remembering the stuff she did, i would scratch myself, rip my hair out, hit my own head, hit my fingers on any hard surface and other stuff I wont get into so i could feel that pain instead. I would tremble any time i had to talk about myself, because I was always interrogated by her. Any time I have to talk to friends about myself or to anyone i will tremble, even when its not face to face. She wanted to know all aspects of my life so i purposely didn't do ANYTHING at all in my life, so I wouldn't need to talk about it to her so now I dont even know what kind of person I am, what i like or dislike. Please allow your kids privacy. Let them have their own space where they can experiment with themselves, develop their own independent lives and interests.

Ethan’s performance as “shady family blogger in Utah” deserves an Oscar lmao

“They’ve got that mormon glaze” omfg this had me weak😭🤣

I’ve been following this family for years, and I’ve been praying for her downfall. But I wish it hadn’t happened like this. Ruby’s sisters have been reaching out to the oldest kids who have left or are soon to leave the house, offering their homes to them. Them and the oldest daughter have been very vocal about the fact that they do not support ruby or her connections podcast and cut all communications with her a while ago. The oldest daughter went on a podcast explaining what it was like to be in college and to be slowly de-programmed from her parents brainwashing. The father to my knowledge stopped associating with ruby and there’s rumours he left her but he used to defend her wack ass parenting and I dont think he should be let off the hook. Connections was a pay to veiw podcast that charged people thousands of dollars a month to be explicitly taught how to essentially emotionally and physically abuse your kids. They were obviously super transphobic and homophobic and put ALOT of dangerous rhetoric into the world. Ruby was definitely the more unhinged of the two but she’s been unraveling since the oldest daughter left and got a mind of her own. (Who we all thought was gonna be a ruby carbon copy)

Don’t forget she sent him away to wilderness therapy for not being humble on Instagram. He was a teen who immediately had 50k on Insta an had girls commenting heart eyes an such. He was very humble :( I watched them since 2013 ☹️

She’s exactly like my stepmother and dad. My stepmom would unlock the bathroom door and walk in while I was using it to put towels away and things like that and say “I can go wherever I want in my own house.” I wasn’t allowed to have a phone or use anything with internet until the day I turned 18, when they tried not to let me buy a phone and immediately put my belongings on their front porch and locked me out, telling me to find somewhere to take it. I’m so glad this psycho was arrested because people with parents like this rarely get any form of justice unfortunately.

i think its awful to say kevin franke is a "victim" of ruby when hes on camera abusing his children as well

I love when Ethan just lets his imagination run wild and everyone is trying to correct him he just goes with his hearts song lol

I would NEVER deny my kids food and basic necessities. I can never get behind this rhetoric of kids are deserving of nothing. I owe MY kids everything till the day I die because I chose them. I made the decision to bring a child into the world. I just wanna give those poor kids every once of love they deserved and never got 😢 my heart breaks for them. I hope this will finally be the the beginning of the justice they deserve and a life of peace and healing.

I think we all knew something was up with them, but we definitely weren’t expecting this

I think if you want more accurate information about what's happening MARKIE would be a good person to talk to. He's been covering it for years

The reason it probably took CPS so long to step in, is because they don’t have as much power as most people think they do. If they show up to the house and the parents don’t want CPS to speak to the kids, then CPS can’t speak with them. Also parents like this usually threaten their kids if they talk to CPS. “You’ll never see your family again” or “I’ll punish you in such in such way.” You need really good evidence to actually have anything happen. Usually the kids have to tell them specifically what’s going on (which they probably won’t do because they’re being threatened), you need some kind of proof, or CPS has to actually see a bad living situation with their own eyes. And if the parents won’t let CPS into the house, then they can’t assess the living situation. It’s very sad, but unfortunately that’s the way the system is set up (this is in my experience, and what I’ve personally seen)

Exmormon here. Mormon doctrine and culture is a catalyst to this extreme way of discipline and ideaology that Ruby adopted. The self righteous attitude. A lot of these true crime event lately we’re Mormon families. Husbands killing their wives. Wild.

finally she was arrested she barely even tried to hide the abuse

I'm just glad these kids saved themselves this some Lori Vallow vibes where she was trying to "fix" her "sinful" kids.

When my daughter was born I debated starting a family vlog. But I started doing some research and just the idea that they cannot consent stopped me in my tracks. My daughter is a hoot and so so so smart, but I just cant bring myself to exploit her for my own gain. It’s just so sad that these kids have 0 privacy and I’ve never heard of parents putting money aside or in a trust for their children who bring in the views. 😢😢😢

Not CONNIE-ZIONS! I’m dying, it’s pronounced “Connections.” 💀

Went to my daughter’s high school orientation where we met the principal for the first time. One of the first things he said to the group of freshman parents was “when my son turns 18 he is out of the house, he won’t be staying on their couch like some bum”. It gave me a negative impression of him right away. Now that this came out that’s all I keep thinking about.

never EVER trust a family vlogging channel is what ive learned in the years ive been on youtube, especially religious centered ones.

I passed through Utah on tour with a band this summer and it was absolutely surreal. we were in a rented passenger van, and on the way up to Wyoming, we started passing identical vans full of identical mormon families. all the members looked exactly the same. same sunglasses, plaid shirt, bearded dad. same blonde birdlike mom. same formally dressed children with coifed hair and bows. each time we passed one, the family would look over expecting to see another family, but would instead see 6 tired, dirty punks and quickly avert their eyes

This is so sad everyone in this situation failed the children the sisters and cps

These poor kids...I'm so sad for them

This situation and watching all these older videos lowkey made me realize how insane one of my parents was when I was a kid. I always thought I was wrong/selfish for feeling that way 💀💀💀 ANYWAYS…… 😭😭😭

this woman is probably recreating trauma she suffered as a child. thus continues the cycles of violence in her family tree. this is terrible.

If the kid doesn't even know why they're being disciplined then the punishment doesn't work

The tone when she says that her teacher was "uncomfortable"... what a See You Next Tuesday. Plus, the kids are conditioned to lie to CPS in these situations. CPS has interviews with the kids WITH the parents there in a lot of cases.

exmormon here and currently living in utah- the "chambers" he's referring to are located in the mormon temples where rituals/ceremonies take place ranging from baptisms to the dead to marriage endowments. it's revered as super sacred and a lot of people are disturbed when they are able to finally enter the temple. as ethan said, the way the church tries to portray itself is extremely different from the reality behind closed doors. Homophobia, misogyny, racism, pedophilia, pretty much anything you can think of is what this church has been founded on. This church has 150 billion dollars from tithing and investments (?? yes a church) and gives 1% of tithing funds to charity. So disturbing and hard to interact with people still in the church because there's a massive cognitive dissonance.

I mean I was raised Mormon, and I never heard “food privileges” or “bed privileges”; but my family was also just me my mom and my dad. My mom was a convert and never acted like some crazy Mormon mom. I’m not active in the church but I knew some who acted like Ruby…. But not to this extent. It’s absolutely ridiculous! Also I don’t live in Utah…. Utah is insane!

Scary what she put online. Imagine what she didn't post.

The poor son's posture was probably misaligned from making him sleep on a bean bag for months.

I wonder if she ever thought how she would feel if her kids were treated, and spoke to her how she speaks to them? How insane that she got away with it for so long as well. I'm concerned about those children's father. Special places for people like them.

Born and raised in Utah and grew up Mormon. It’s absolutely a cult. Proud to be ex-Mormon and to be free of it ❤

As someone who was raised Mormon, I will say that her ideology contradicts Mormon values in that children are viewed as innocent and deserving of a loving household. Their doctrine specifically mentions that those who abuse children will be held accountable on judgement day. But I do agree. There is a definite connection between crime and religion.

can we finally let Mormonism die off? I was raised Mormon and it really messed with my brain, and I’m so sick of families like this one. Those poor babies deserved so much better.

8 passengers in a car crash is crazy

Ngl when I hear Mormon now my eyes immediately go 👀.

It so sad that the kids suffered for SO. LONG. before they got help. I’m anxious to see if other kids in similar situations will soon get the help they need now

A woman that has 4+ kids are always insane

This story just makes me so sad. It was in front of our eyes for years and cps did nothing to help despite calls being made

I wonder what Macaulay C thinks about these kids and how it's a bit different but essentially the same abuse he went through

It's so weird to me because I watched some of their videos when I was a kid and they seemed so normal to me but then as I got older, I stopped watching a lot of the family channels I used to enjoy as a kid, and then videos surfaced like the 'bedroom privileges' and the 6 year old going hungry at school because she didn't make her lunch and the mum saying 'I hope no one gives her food' like wtf. It's so disgusting, I hope the kids will be able to get through this. And the eldest is really strong for speaking out against her mum, it'd be so easy for her to have become brainwashed into the weird mindset

the duct tape gave me flash backs to the Lori Vallow case that went to trial a couple of months ago she was also Mormon

A mom uttering shit like "food privileges"Should have her child privileges revoked