In 2019, Myka Stauffer was the voice behind a fairly successfulfamily vloggingchannel.
Id never heard about this world.
And I dove right in because I wanted to know as much as I possibly could.
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Myka met her husband, James, on OkCupid, according to her early videos, around 2014.
In 2016, Myka and James announced they had decided to adopt a child from China.
They kept their audience informed throughout the adoption, gaining thousands of followers in the process.
It was the end of the Stauffers family vlogging career.
(Shes also interviewed in the documentary.)
Mason tellsRolling Stoneit was imperative to discuss just how exploitative people believe the family vlogging industry to be.
But she also wanted to see to it the documentary didnt add to the problem.
This series had to distinguish itself from the content that were looking at.
Theyre not our children.
So we want to double-check that were protecting them from the scrutiny that can come from our show.