Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!

[BitterApple]

As weird as it is for Carlin to be glomming on to a 40 year-old couple, the reverse is true as well. Why are two middle aged people hanging with 20-somethings? It's not even like Evan and Carlin are old souls. They're basically 14 year-olds playing house. I'm curious as to what angle they're working. 

With regards to the kids, it drives me bonkers that E&C aren't more conscientious about sun protection. Just because the kids tan easily doesn't mean they don't need SPF, hats and rash guards. A tan is still sun damage. 

 

[curbcrusher]

Not directly related to C&E, but came across this article about "family" vloggers giving up their adopted kid. It contains this gem about the "family" vloggers and maybe what we have to look forward to:
 

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In marketing their videos, the Riches were perhaps simply chasing the same formula other family vloggers were exploiting. Ruby and Kevin Franke, considered in the top tier of family vloggers with 2.44 million subscribers to their channel, 8 Passengers, earned almost 2 million views on a video titled “My First Shave,” which includes an image of their tween daughter on the edge of a bathtub with shaving cream on her bare legs; a video of their son named “Officially Hit PUBERTY,” with a description advertising “voice cracking and sprouting,” has almost 3 million views. (According to YouTube, the videos do not violate the company’s community guidelines.)

Videos with highly dramatic titles about illness and emergencies also tend to perform higher. The Frankes netted 3.1 million views on a video featuring a thumbnail image of one of their children lying on the bathroom floor above the title “sick, But Where’s the toilet?!?” The success of these videos may help explain why the Stauffers once chose to make a ten-minute video of themselves crying in a parked vehicle, their kids in the back seat calling for them, while discussing whether a lump in Myka’s neck was lymphoma. (It wasn’t.)

 

 

https://www.thecut.com/2024/06/youtube-myka-james-stauffer-huxley-adoption.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=pocket_hits&utm_campaign=POCKET_HITS-EN-DAILY-SPONSORED&FINANCEBUZZ-2024_06_12=&sponsored=0&position=3&category=fascinating_stories&scheduled_corpus_item_id=fd3b41ab-3a11-49ba-b4fe-fd9479c78332&url=https://www.thecut.com/2024/06/youtube-myka-james-stauffer-huxley-adoption.html

[BitterApple]

I remember when the Stauffers rehomed Huxley like an unwanted dog. Then less then two weeks after they dumped him, they flitted off to vacation in Bali. They're awful people and Myka is narcissism on steroids. 

I have no doubts Carlin will be exploiting every milestone in her kids' lives. My only hope is that less and less people bother to watch. Everything trends in and out, so hopefully family vlogging goes by the wayside. 

[ozziemom]

I guess C&E pool is on hold? Seems like Carlin and the kids are at the pool with Josie at Katie’s quite a bit.

[65mickey]

I noticed that and you never see anyone else in the pool when they are there.  With school out you would think the pool would be crowded. 

[GeeGolly]

34 minutes ago, 65mickey said:

I noticed that and you never see anyone else in the pool when they are there.  With school out you would think the pool would be crowded. 

Is the apartment complex geared toward families? The ones in my area seem to be either family oriented with 3 bedrooms, or more young professionals oriented with mostly 2 or less bedrooms.

[Heathen]

20 minutes ago, 65mickey said:

I noticed that and you never see anyone else in the pool when they are there.  With school out you would think the pool would be crowded. 

Most apartment pools won't let kids hang out there unattended, and I've never seen an apartment pool with a lifeguard. I would bet that the kids and normal adults show up after work hours, while the Bateses are there during the day. 

[BitterApple]

Katie's apartment complex looks pretty ritzy. I imagine most families who can afford that kind of rent would probably just go ahead and buy a home, especially in a (relatively) low cost area like Knoxville. Maybe there's couples with a baby or toddler, but it doesn't seem like the kind of place where parents with multiple kids would live. 

I imagine the bulk of the inhabitants work during the day, which is why grifters like Katie & Co. have the entire space to themselves. It's probably busier on weekends. 

I'm assuming Carlin's pool isn't happening. Her sweet church friend should've had permits pulled and broken ground by now. Between Katie's apartment pool and Creepy Pastor's pool, she really doesn't need it anyways. 

[GeeGolly]

Next YouTube video will be a picture of a shovel in dirt with the title Pool!  The video will show the kids swimming at the beach, other pools and at swimming lessons. The last 20 seconds of the video will be Carlin and Evan discussing the pros and cons of a backyard pool and will end with, should we or shouldn't we.

[RebeccatheWriter]

8 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

Next YouTube video will be a picture of a shovel in dirt with the title Pool!  The video will show the kids swimming at the beach, other pools and at swimming lessons. The last 20 seconds of the video will be Carlin and Evan discussing the pros and cons of a backyard pool and will end with, should we or shouldn't we.

If it was Erin, it would be God led us not to get the pool.

[cereality]

Back to vacationing with the 40 year olds. 2 day girls trip to Disney for the pastor's wife's bday. Did they legit not just return from a week long vacation with these people LAST WEEKEND!? Something seems wrong with the 40 yr old chick but also with Carlin. I mean even if a casual friend invites you to travel again next weekend for their bday after you just spent a whole week with them would you really ditch your 2 babies to go hang out at DISNEY?? I realize there are those adults that are Disney for life type adults, even when they have no kids -- but there's something about a mother with a 2 and 4 year old at home at Disney without said kids woohoo-ing away as she eats Mickey Mouse waffles and runs around the park with buttons on her shirt and stuffed animals clipped on her purse.

When she was going on yesterday about how she was going away for 2 days for one of her best friends' bdays, I kind of hoped it was Joy Duggar's bday - you know a friend she's actually known for a long time who she has things in common with.

[Salacious Kitty]

Joy's birthday is in October. Let's see if they have a getaway. 

[BitterApple]

I wonder if Creepy Pastor's wife has some sort of arrested development. If so, she and Carlin are perfect for each other. Most 40+ women would rather spend their birthday with their feet kicked up at an island spa, and most 20-something women don't have the time or money to take sixteen vacations a year. Not to mention an unemployed husband who's free to care for the kids. I know there's an entire subculture of adults who obsess over Disney, but i don't get it. The last time we went we got sick of it after three days and just wanted to hang out at the hotel pool. 

 

[Notabug]

4 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Joy's birthday is in October. Let's see if they have a getaway. 

I don't picture Joy wanting to do a girlie getaway at DisneyWorld without her kids.  She'd be the type to want to hang out in a national park camping and hiking.  Doesn't seem like something Carlin would like.

I love DisneyWorld and have visited many times with and without (other people's) kids.  However, I agree with the poster above, after a couple of days at the parks, a day at the pool or shopping is a must.  Then, maybe another day or two tops.  I love it, but, wouldn't like it nearly as much if I OD'd on it.  There are 4 parks not counting the water parks in Florida, and, once I've hit 2, maybe 3, I am done.

Edited June 15 by Notabug

[ginger90]

For many reasons, this cracked me up.

[Notabug]

11 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

For many reasons, this cracked me up.

I presume the sweatshirt was a Disney purchase meant to enhance the photo of the ice cream bar since the low temp in Orlando the past couple days is mid 70's and humid.  Carlin is such a ridiculous person.

[ginger90]

According to their recent AMA video, the pool is delayed because of rain. They expect it to be done in a few weeks.

[GeeGolly]

Carlin is hanging with Jessa (Duggar) Seewald somewhere.

[ginger90]

[GeeGolly]

Wonder what Jessa is doing in TN?

[Salacious Kitty]

Looks like they got matching pedis. 

[BitterApple]

Damn, Jessa looks good for being five kids deep. I didn't know she started wearing shorts. 

[Heathen]

Carlin, we know you read here. The tan is not flattering. It will be even less flattering in twenty or thirty years, when your face looks like an old leather shoe. 

[AstridM]

5 hours ago, BitterApple said:

Damn, Jessa looks good for being five kids deep. I didn't know she started wearing shorts. 

Really? I think she’s looking a bit rough. 

Edited June 21 by AstridM

[andromeda331]

Since when does Jessa like Carlin? 

[AstridM]

3 hours ago, andromeda331 said:

Since when does Jessa like Carlin? 

When does she truly like anyone?

[GeeGolly]

I never realized how tiny Carlin is.

Any sign of Hannah or Jackson? Isaiah, Addallee and Ellie are all in the Fundy courtship age bracket.

[Totally]

Is being in arms reach of babies and non swimmers not a thing people do anymore, drowning is fast and silent and Carlin is sitting by the side of the pool while her under four non swimmers are jumping in

i don’t believe for a second she has her eyes on her kids the whole time

Edited June 30 by Totally

[Absolom]

6 minutes ago, Totally said:

Is bing in arms reach of babies and non swimmers not a thing people do anymore, drowning is fast and silent and Carlin is sitting by the side of the pool while her under four non swimmers are jumping in

My grandkids got water safe/swim safe certificates from swim class when they were no longer considered "at risk" in the water.  A tiny ceremony was held (about a minute) and we all applauded.  Parents were told to please read the back of the certificate.  On it plainly written out was this did not indicate the child was a competent swimmer, but that they knew what to do if they accidentally fell into a pool to reach the side safely.  It also said parents NOW no longer had to make sure an adult was within arm's length of the child in water so parents could sit on the side of the pool, but please stay observant.  So Carlin is very far from being safe with the non-swimmers.  Water aids do not count for being safe in the water.   The rule my family has always gone by was one adult per non-water safe child also.  If you have two, one can drown while you're pulling up the first one.  

[RebeccatheWriter]

5 hours ago, Absolom said:

My grandkids got water safe/swim safe certificates from swim class when they were no longer considered "at risk" in the water.  A tiny ceremony was held (about a minute) and we all applauded.  Parents were told to please read the back of the certificate.  On it plainly written out was this did not indicate the child was a competent swimmer, but that they knew what to do if they accidentally fell into a pool to reach the side safely.  It also said parents NOW no longer had to make sure an adult was within arm's length of the child in water so parents could sit on the side of the pool, but please stay observant.  So Carlin is very far from being safe with the non-swimmers.  Water aids do not count for being safe in the water.   The rule my family has always gone by was one adult per non-water safe child also.  If you have two, one can drown while you're pulling up the first one.  

It's sad that I have doubts as to how fast would she put down her phone from recording to save her children's lives.

[BetyBee]

Many years ago I worked in a medical office. There was a wonderful family with 4 very sweet children, who were patients. Dad loved fishing and they had acreage, so they put in a pond. Their youngest, a four year old, wandered down to the pond and drowned. We moved away and I don't even remember their name, but I wonder if the parents stayed together. I heard that the Mom never wanted a pond because of the danger. The loss to that whole family was absolutely devastating. I think of their loss and I choose not to have a pool or live near a body of water when my children or grandchildren are so young. My kids are good swimmers and my grands all take lessons, but still, constant attention is a necessity. My adult children and I have more of an attention span as opposed to the need for attention of the Stewarts. I don't want them to have a pool at this point in their lives. I wish they would change their minds on this. 

[GeeGolly]

Water in some form or another has always been in my life and my kids life. Safety is huge. Respect for water's power is required.

The joy it brings is priceless to us.

With that said, some folks should never be allowed near water.

[AgathaC]

Not to mention the danger of a kid hitting his or her head or some other catastrophe. Or something as simple as one kid getting water up his nose, panicking and climbing on top of his sister. It happens.

One of my uncles died at 22. Good swimmer. But he hit his head going down a water slide, was knocked unconscious and no one noticed until it was too late.

I grew up on that story, so any irresponsibility around water absolutely infuriates me.

My family was at the beach one year and our house had a pool. My dad looked out the window and saw my oldest nieces (then 9 and 7) swimming. Alone. My BIL (their dad — a usually very responsible guy and a freaking doctor) said they were fine. Both good swimmers. My dad, on his way out to supervise and give the girls a pool safety lecture, said “So, if Girl9 slips, hits her head and falls in, Girl7 will be able to pull her out?” My dad is an awesome, fun guy, but he’s also very, very skilled at pointing out stupidity.

All that to say, even mature, educated, responsible parents can be morons.

[AstridM]

I can swim, but I certainly don’t have lifeguard level abilities. I wouldn’t trust myself to be able to jump in the water and save anyone who couldn’t swim.

[Salacious Kitty]

I was horrified that those kids were in the pool without an adult in there with them. Poor Zade couldn't move once he jumped in. 

[BitterApple]

4 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

Water in some form or another has always been in my life and my kids life. Safety is huge. Respect for water's power is required.

The joy it brings is priceless to us.

With that said, some folks should never be allowed near water.

Same. I grew up in a coastal town, so sailing and swimming were a big part of my childhood. However, even back in the 80s, we weren't completely ignorant of water safety. Sure, our moms packed fifteen kids in the station wagon to go to the movies, but life jackets on boats were mandatory and nobody set foot in a pool without adult supervision. 

Carlin strikes me as the type of idiot who thinks, "they're fine, they've got floaties" and goes back to scrolling on her phone. It's a disaster waiting to happen. I also thought it was pretty rude to be filming the pool area with other residents there. It's already tacky enough that the Bates horde has commandeered a community pool as their own private water park. 

 

[65mickey]

Probably about 10 years ago neighbors of mine put in a pool in their back yard.They had a small child at the time. He couldn't have been more than 2 years old if that. I was in my upstairs bedroom ironing in front of a window. I happened to look up for a few seconds and I could see the couple standing by the pool talking to another man. Their little boy came out of nowhere and was behind their backs. In a split second he had one leg over the side of the pool and was getting ready to get in the pool. All of a sudden the mother turned around and ran to the child and grabbed him up. I think probably that the man they were talking with saw the child and alerted them to what was happening. This happened in a split second and this is how children drown. Adults who are preoccupied and not having their eyes on the children at all times. 

Does Carlin get in the pool with the children or is she too busy talking and sunning herself?

Edited June 30 by 65mickey

[AstridM]

1 hour ago, BitterApple said:

Same. I grew up in a coastal town, so sailing and swimming were a big part of my childhood. However, even back in the 80s, we weren't completely ignorant of water safety. Sure, our moms packed fifteen kids in the station wagon to go to the movies, but life jackets on boats were mandatory and nobody set foot in a pool without adult supervision. 

Carlin strikes me as the type of idiot who thinks, "they're fine, they've got floaties" and goes back to scrolling on her phone. It's a disaster waiting to happen. I also thought it was pretty rude to be filming the pool area with other residents there. It's already tacky enough that the Bates horde has commandeered a community pool as their own private water park. 

 

I hope other residents complain about being potentially filmed without their consent. 

[Notabug]

9 hours ago, 65mickey said:

Probably about 10 years ago neighbors of mine put in a pool in their back yard.They had a small child at the time. He couldn't have been more than 2 years old if that. I was in my upstairs bedroom ironing in front of a window. I happened to look up for a few seconds and I could see the couple standing by the pool talking to another man. Their little boy came out of nowhere and was behind their backs. In a split second he had one leg over the side of the pool and was getting ready to get in the pool. All of a sudden the mother turned around and ran to the child and grabbed him up. I think probably that the man they were talking with saw the child and alerted them to what was happening. This happened in a split second and this is how children drown. Adults who are preoccupied and not having their eyes on the children at all times. 

Does Carlin get in the pool with the children or is she too busy talking and sunning herself?

I've told my family's sad story with kids and pools too many times already.  Suffice to say that, from what I've seen, Carlin and Evan barely pay attention to their kids on dry land unless they are filming them for $$$.  I have no faith that they'll be any more vigilant with the kids having access to a pool.

Falling into a pool unexpectedly and while fully clothed is also entirely different from having something happen while playing in the water wearing a swimsuit.  And, with a pool in their yard, the kids will be at risk 24/7 as I don't see these morons using locked gates or pool alarms properly either.  

Edited July 1 by Notabug

[65mickey]

If anyone wants to see how inattentive these two adults are to Layla in the ocean take a look at Carlin's stories on her Instagram.  Carlin and Evan are on the beach dancing around, hugging and kissing and Layla is in the surf with little  waves swirling around her. Granted there is another person there taking a video of Carlin and Evan but no one is within arm's reach of Layla. That tiny child could easily be knocked over by even a small wave. I was horrified when I saw this. 

This may be an old video. It seems like she has posted this before. 

[GeeGolly]

Beyond the dangers of Layla and Zade around water, IMO these kids are living in an environment that borders on abuse. It seems every other day the kids are doing Carlin scripted vignettes, as well as playing - but only for an Evan photoshoot reel or an actual photoshoot.

Even if the majority of their days are typical, this focus on clothes, looks, make-up, etc., is not healthy. And I don't believe Layla and Zade's days are typical. I think the kids are largely ignored when the phones and cameras are off.

So yes, a pool puts the kids in danger, in addition to what I believe is an already unhealthy environment.

[AstridM]

Borders on abuse? IMHO, it is abuse. Along with the educational abuse . . .😢

[GeeGolly]

New "Stew Crew merch". How old are these two?! 

Just NO. A big NO from me.

[65mickey]

I do wonder what level of education the Bates children received at the school of Kelly Jo Bates. Did they study a foreign language, advanced math, world history? Did they learn about other cultures and religions other than their own narrow views? Attending school is so much more than reading, writing and simple math.  I have a feeling that the Bates kids learned just enough to be literate. And it looks like most if not all will continue this same practice with their children. 

[AstridM]

Barely literate. Borderline illiterate, imho. 

[BetyBee]

42 minutes ago, 65mickey said:

I do wonder what level of education the Bates children received at the school of Kelly Jo Bates. Did they study a foreign language, advanced math, world history? Did they learn about other cultures and religions other than their own narrow views? Attending school is so much more than reading, writing and simple math.  I have a feeling that the Bates kids learned just enough to be literate. And it looks like most if not all will continue this same practice with their children. 

I think Kelly had them do a deep dive into the Confederacy aka "the war of Northern aggression." 🙄

[ginger90]

5 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

New "Stew Crew merch". How old are these two?! 

Just NO. A big NO from me.

No hat with “slay” on it? What a missed opportunity.

[GeeGolly]

20 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

No hat with “slay” on it? What a missed opportunity.

Or PartAY. 🤣

[Turquoise]

On 7/1/2024 at 6:33 AM, GeeGolly said:

Beyond the dangers of Layla and Zade around water, IMO these kids are living in an environment that borders on abuse. It seems every other day the kids are doing Carlin scripted vignettes, as well as playing - but only for an Evan photoshoot reel or an actual photoshoot.

Even if the majority of their days are typical, this focus on clothes, looks, make-up, etc., is not healthy. And I don't believe Layla and Zade's days are typical. I think the kids are largely ignored when the phones and cameras are off.

So yes, a pool puts the kids in danger, in addition to what I believe is an already unhealthy environment.

My state had a law go into effect yesterday that if a child is used for paid content on a family's vlog and is featured in more than 30% of said content, the parents must set up a trust fund and put aside a percentage of earnings. The child can access the funds when they are 18. The child(ren) get 50% of the content they are in, so if they are featured in 70% of the content they get 35%. Besides the fact that the math would probably be hard for Evan & Carlin, could you imagine their faces when they find out all the funds aren't theirs?
(I didn't realize the law was a thing until it made the news yesterday, but since I don't vlog and don't exploit my grands for funds I didn't pay much attention to it. But as soon as I read this yesterday I thought of these two)

[AstridM]

23 minutes ago, Turquoise said:

My state had a law go into effect yesterday that if a child is used for paid content on a family's vlog and is featured in more than 30% of said content, the parents must set up a trust fund and put aside a percentage of earnings. The child can access the funds when they are 18. The child(ren) get 50% of the content they are in, so if they are featured in 70% of the content they get 35%. Besides the fact that the math would probably be hard for Evan & Carlin, could you imagine their faces when they find out all the funds aren't theirs?
(I didn't realize the law was a thing until it made the news yesterday, but since I don't vlog and don't exploit my grands for funds I didn't pay much attention to it. But as soon as I read this yesterday I thought of these two)

Is the kids’ 50% gross or net pay?