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- (Finebros) We're gonna be showing you some videos
that were filmed by parents that filmed their children using Snapchat.
- Oh, okay.
- Oh Lord.
- I love Snapchat by the way. Oh gosh. I'm addicted, really.
(in video: demonic scream) - Whoa!
That was awesome.
(in video: demonic scream)
- Oh god. That poor child. (in video: parent laughs)
(in video: demonic scream) - Oh, I've seen these!
- Someone sent me that one.
- It's terrible, but it's funny.
(demonic scream)
- (laughing) - (child squeals in fear)
(in video: demonic scream) - Sheesh!
(child squeals in fear) - Oh!
(wheezing laughter)
Dammit! That's awesome.
(child squeals in fear)
- Aw, they know they wrong for that.
- That is messed up.
- Oh my god! I feel like they're torturing their children.
- (mom) Show me your mouth.
- Oh no.
(in video: demonic howl)
- (girl, whimpering) No, scared! - Ooh! (laughs)
Poor thing.
(in video: demonic howl)
- (girl, whimpering) No, I'm scared! I'm scared.
- Oh, the poor kid.
- Aww. (in video: demonic howl)
- (girl, whimpering) No, I'm scared! - Yeah, serious, mom.
What the hell?
- (emphatically) Why would somebody do that to their child?
Where is that parent? Give me their phone number.
(in video: brief scream)
- (chuckling) - (child) That's scary.
- (dad) No, it's not. Open your mouth.
- (in video: demonic scream) - (cracking up)
- (child cries) - Oh my god.
That's evil, man.
(in video: fierce scream) - Oh god!
Ah, ah. (child cries)
God!
- I see therapy in that poor child's future.
- Okay. Parents are being bullies.
- Noooo!
Noooo! - (laughs)
- (child cries) - (laughing)
- (girl) Nooo! - Mm-mm.
(girl cries) (tapping table)
- I hate it.
- (girl) Nooo! - Oh.
(splutters) - (child cries)
- That's so mean! Why am I laughing?
- It's so messed up!
- Oh, you're gonna scare the kids.
They're not gonna want to fall asleep that night.
- (girl, terrified) Mommy!
(mom screams demonically)
- (child shrieks) - You guys, it's so evil.
- (mom screams demonically) - (child shrieks)
- Oh man. What the hell?
- (laughing) Oh my god.
- Wow! Man, that was awesome.
- Why is that funny?
Why do we think that stuff is funny?
- Dude... that's insane.
These kids are gonna be traumatized.
It's a good way to get your kid away from your phone.
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- (Finebros) So what do you think of these parents
that did this to their children? - They're horrible!
- I think it's kind of evil.
Those kids were scared.
- It makes me wonder what else they're showing their kids,
and they're allowing their kids to watch.
- It should be awful.
I think it's awful, but it's so funny.
- Fantastic, man. It's so good!
Whip that out at a party ten years later-- it's hysterical!
- (Finebros) As a parent, have you ever found yourself
doing something you know will scare your child,
but you do it anyway? - Well...
I have some very deeply seated fears myself.
I do not get off on my kid's fear.
- No. Sometimes I think we forget they're humans.
They kind of seem as your own personal play toy.
- Maybe?
Do I want to admit it? Mmm...
- Oh yeah. Many, many times.
That's actually my thing.
I always scare them until they can fess up to things.
- Get out! I mean, like, behind the door--
some old school stuff.
You know, like jump out of the closet.
- My giant of a son has been scared of cats.
When our cat had kittens, we would put all the kittens
on his bed and stuff,
and he would be hollering and screaming under the blanket.
I know! He's older now,
so he can't call CPS on me.
- (Finebros) Why is that something that parents do end up enjoying,
to mess with their kids?
'Cause we have memories of our dad
getting a huge kick out of scaring us when we were little.
- I think it's just to get 'em back.
- Revenge, maybe? (laughs)
- Maybe it's because they were messed with when they were kids.
- That's how my parents raised me.
Every time I didn't do my homework,
my mom told me, "You better do your homework because
the Boogie Man will get you."
- If the kid's in danger, nobody's laughing.
That's a huge element.
I think it's just the emotional peak.
The kid thinks that their world is crumbling before them, you know?
Right? And why that's funny, I don't know!
- (Finebros) What do you think about the fact
that they're not just making this video for personal use,
but they're posting it publicly? - Yeah, you know...
there's a lot of things that parents do on social media
that is embarrassing or upsetting or scarring to their children.
- Dude, you're just waiting for ridicule from your friends.
- It's awful, but I can laugh because they're not my kids.
You don't want the world to know you're terrible parents.
- I'll show it to my relatives,
but I would not post it on the internet.
Let's say I post something up on my son,
and then somebody at school were to watch it.
Then we might have some kind of a problem there.
- (Finebros) So let's talk a little bit about Snapchat.
Is that something that your kids have started to use yet or no?
- Um, not my kids. My stepdaughter does.
- Yes, they do.
- Oh my god. That's all my kids use.
- My kids use Snapchat.
My son, pretty much is a journal of his life.
- Kids at school use it all the time.
I'm usually a victim of Snapchat, as being a teacher.
- My husband got it, and then I got it,
and then I made my daughter get it.
They don't show me all their stuff
and I probably don't want to see it, quite frankly.
- (Finebros) So from seeing how they're using it,
do you see why it is so popular compared to other social media,
or do you not really get it? - I personally don't.
- I shouldn't admit this, but I have a BlackBerry
so I can't use Snapchat.
- I think I understand. I want to use it too.
You know, I don't wanna be left behind.
- I think it's a little more interactive and fun,
and those filters are great.
- I got hooked on Snapchat. I love it so, so much.
- I have a serious Snapchat problem.
I Snap way too much.
- (Finebros) So you are the first generation of parents
that are having to parent in today's world
with this much social media and apps.
How do you keep up? - I don't know.
I really don't know and it worries me.
It worries me to no end.
- Luckily, some of the people that I work with are younger.
They're in their early twenties.
I'll hear them talking about something and I'll be like,
"Well, whoa, wait, wait." You know, "What is this?"
- I go by what my kids tell me.
It's not me who's keeping up with them.
It's them trying to-- you know, dragging me down to their world.
- My kids sort of tell me everything, what's going on,
and I'm trusting them. And that's the scary part.
- I don't do a lot of heavy duty checking,
which could be a problem.
Like, I'm very aware that that could be a problem.
And I'm torn 'cause when I was a kid, I had a diary.
If my mom read that, I would've been mortified.
- (Finebros) Do you know about the controversy that Snapchat has had
specifically with teenagers? - No.
- No. I'm not aware of it. Tell me.
- Naked pictures and et cetera. That type of thing.
- X-rated Snaps.
"Oh, but it's only on there for, like, a few seconds."
But then somebody would screenshot it.
- (Finebros) Many have used it for things like sexting.
- Ooh, I didn't know about that.
- (Finebros) Because they feel it's private and that only they're gonna see it,
and then it's gonna go away. They think it's not permanent,
even though there are ways around it.
Is that a subject you've had to already broach with your kids?
- Not really.
Like I say, I'm in the dark. I don't know anything.
- Definitely aware of it.
We've already talked to them about those situations.
- Somebody could take a picture of it,
and save it, and blackmail you or whatever situation is.
- We do talk about stuff like that. It's important.
You take a cute shot of yourself in a bikini,
and some gross old man somewhere, by the way,
is gonna be looking at you in your cute bikini.
- Consequences. Man, I know I'm sounding my age here.
I gotta try and get these kids to learn about
if you screw this up, you're gonna pay for it.
- (Finebros) Okay, so finally, back to this trend,
now that you've seen other parents scaring their kids with this,
do you imagine you might want to do this and scare them?
- You know what? I really would not.
- Heck no.
- At the age he's at now? Yeah.
But at THAT age? The toddlers?
Absolutely not.
- If I could get away with it, I would.
- Of course.
You know, you always gotta take advantage of your kids.
- Yes. That would be me.
I don't know if I would necessarily post it though for everybody.
- Hell yes!
You know who I'll do it to? I'll do it to my wife.
That's who we'll do it to.
She'll drop the damn phone, you know? (laughs heartily)
- Thanks so much for watching another episode of Parents React.
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- See ya later!
- Goodbye, everybody.
(demonic scream)
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