![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/ruby-franke-and-8-passengers-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-parenting-influencer/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/130993921_photo05-09-2023154923.jpg&description=Image source, @moms_of_truth Image caption, A woman who sprang to fame giving controversial parenting advice has been charged with six counts of child abuse. What happened to Ruby Franke and her family? On a late August morning in Utah, a 12-year-old boy covered in open wounds knocked at the door of a neighbour's house asking for food and water. He had escaped a nearby home moments before, by climbing out a window and running away with duct tape still on his ankles, police say. Five other children found in the same house were also taken into care and Ruby Franke, a parenting influencer and mother of six, was arrested. This week she was charged with six counts of felony child abuse. How did it come to this, for a woman who imparted parenting advice to two million YouTube subscribers? For some, the arrest was no surprise, given the hundreds of videos over a number of years that had sparked criticism of her strict parenting style. Ms Franke was behind the 8 Passengers YouTube channel which launched in 2015, during a boom in popularity for an array of family vlogging channels - a genre in their own right - that were making money on the platform. A year later, her videos had gained tens of thousands of views. She told local news at the time that filming herself with her family helped her "live in the present and just enjoy the kids". The videos she edited were a window into her life, showing a typical Mormon suburban family home-schooling, cooking, eating and chatting away together. But some moments raised eyebrows. Image source, 8 Passengers Image caption, Ruby and Kevin Franke with their six children in 2018 In one video, she could be seen telling her sons they would "lose the privilege to eat dinner" if they continued play-fighting. In another, she said that her six-year-old "needed" to go hungry after forgetting to take her lunch to school. "Hopefully nobody gives her food and nobody steps in and gives her a lunch, because then she's not going to learn," she told the){kind=link}
A woman who sprang to fame giving controversial parenting advice has been charged with six counts of child abuse. What happened to Ruby Franke and her family?
On a late August morning in Utah, a 12-year-old boy covered in open wounds knocked at the door of a neighbour’s house asking for food and water.
He had escaped a nearby home moments before, by climbing out a window and running away with duct tape still on his ankles, police say.
The boy was taken to hospital due to malnourishment and “deep lacerations from being tied up with rope,” according to the arrest record.
Five other children found in the same house were also taken into care and Ruby Franke, a parenting influencer and mother of six, was arrested. This week she was charged with six counts of felony child abuse.