The dark side of family vlogging: How parenting influencers who rose to fame by posting videos with their children have been convicted of abuse and neglect - with one couple even rehoming their adopted son Family days out, emotional updates, parenting tips and sweet siblings moments have all becomes staples of a family vlog.
Mike Martin's now defunct DaddyOFive YouTube channel once boasted 700,000 subscribers and $350,000 a year in advertising: (Pictured: Mike and Heather Martin and their five children).
They later announced he had autism and had to 'rehome' him due to his complex needs] In 2016 when Mike and Heather smashed their children's XBox with a hammer and pushed their son Cody, who was only nine at the time, into a bookcase.
Their videos sparked concern when in 2016 Mike and Heather were seen smashing their children's XBox with a hammer and pushing Cody into a bookcase.
Mike Martin, from Maryland, who shot to fame under the name 'DaddyOFive' sparked online backlash and a criminal investigation after him and his wife were filmed smashing their son's XBox and pushing him into a bookcase.
