Steve's family vlogs

[Discolights]

Years ago Steve mentioned having anxiety about working or going back to work. This was a while ago but I always remember it because not long he said that, they had Chloe so he stayed at home while Rachel worked. Now she’s full time at school, they’ve chosen to take Lacey out of school, so this is a reason for him not to work. He’s not home schooling for her benefit, but for his. If they were at school he could be working or trying to find work that worked for his hours and anxiety.

 

[Jojomoo]

Ive seen a totally different side to Steve in that comment section. He obviously reads here and that comment has touched a nerve. He’s a lazy man just wants to sit and go on the PlayStation. Liam and Sophie are starting to get very jealous of Lacey sitting at home doing nothing. They need to get her back to school ASAP!! The specialist high school will help her and give her that confidence she desperately needs at home its adding to her anxiety always being with Steve. I really worry how she is going to cope in the real world when sheds 18

 

[Bobsyouruncle]

Bets on how long it will be until they get guinea pigs and rabbits? The kids tend to get what they want. I've been watching Steve for years and they used to have decent meals, restrict the kids on their screens, etc. They are all (even Sophie) relatively young and have no boundaries. Feel sad for Chole, she is only 5! . Lacey is basically getting no schooling, those books are what I used to buy mine to do in the holidays! Unfortunately, Steve isn't educated enough to teach her. By his own admission, his spelling etc isn't very good. They could do with cutting down their spending and getting her a tutor, even if it's an online one. It's a shame they didn't look into that special school, she may well have thrived there.

 

[Discolights]

No one on here would wish ill on Steve and his family. It’s mostly people who have followed the family for years and should genuine concern over their children and animals well-being. That’s not bullying. It’s funny to me that the person who posted the rant has an account on here and has commented on another youtuber family saying one of them looks high and unhappy, but yet spouts ‘Be kind’

 

[Koobcam]

I never liked the way Jasmine just seemed like a guest rather than his daughter. She never had a proper bed to sleep in at Steve’s house, I imagine that wouldn’t make someone feel very welcome. You wouldn’t want to stay somewhere too often where you don’t have your own space, and I don’t mean she needs her own room, but just a bed that was hers, somewhere to put her things and so on. I also never liked how at Christmas the other kids all had a massive pile of presents and jasmine got a gift-bag of presents and some money (but nowhere near what the other kids got). I know the other kids presents are from Rache too, but jasmines wasn’t even half of what the others got.

Steve clearly had no formal contact agreement either as he didn’t seem to have her for Christmas or birthdays and there was no regular schedule. I think either way it reflects badly on Steve as if he was not being allowed a proper contact schedule then he should have fought for his parental rights and got a court order - I highly doubt that was the situation though. Or the most likely situation, he was a lazy part time dad who didn’t bother about having a proper contact agreement and just saw her as and when. So I think either way, he was pretty useless when it came to Jasmine.

Probably a bit controversial but I used to always think the reason Rache worked and not him was so he didn’t have to pay a percentage of his wage for child maintenance. With him being the one clamining benefits, he’d only have to pay the minimum £7 a week or whatever it is. I hope that’s not the case, I’d like to think he was at least decent enough to contribute financially to his daughter’s upbringing.

 

[Koobcam]

The situation with Lacey’s jacket is ridiculous. Autism or not, they still need to explain to her basic hygiene and they’re still responsible for that. She’s able to understand it needs washed. If needed, they could even give her a timer for how long it’ll be in the washing machine. In fact, why don’t they just wash it at night when she’s not wearing it?? They’re the adults here. The same with letting her wear such a thick jacket when it’s hot, they need to be helping her with these things. My son is autistic so I know it can be hard, but you don’t just let things slide for an easy life. Especially with hygiene etc.

 

[Ottilie]

I honestly really did used to enjoy there vlogs but as time goes by the more things seem to be happening that I just don't agree with.

As a family all of them need to sort out their diet and get some exercise they all look ill especially poor Lacey.

Lacey's lack of education is just awful. Yes, she has Autism. That doesn't mean she isn't capable of learning though. If you take on the responsibilty of home schooling your child you take on the role of teacher. A teacher doesn't set a task and leave the room, they stay and they support. Lacey had a 1-1 at school so they should be with her the whole time not leaving her to get on with it. They are setting her up to fail and it isn't fail.

Making nasty remarks about Liams weight, yet making no effort in order to help him! If my parents kept making remarks about my weight I would be so hurt and upset. He is a little boy who needs his parents to step up and give him a decent diet and opportunities to get some exercise and fresh air.

Filming Sophie when she doesn't want to be on camera. Yes, we know she likes doing Tiktoks but she hides most of the time you record her. So stop it and leave her alone. When she wants to be apart of the videos she will let your know. Respect her privacy!

Not providing Chloe with a bedtime routine and teaching her to settle down and sleep on her own. Instead she is taken to her room with the T.V turned on and an Ipad. No bedtime stories, no cuddles or little chats. It's just sad it really is.

Not walking their dogs which has resulted in Milo becoming obese, which is just cruel! That poor dog, what sort of life are they giving him? It's not Sophie's responsibility to walk them either it's Steves and Rachels.

They need to sort themselves out for the sake of their children. Im not just blaming Steve either, we might not see Rachel but it is just as much her fault as it is his!

 

[Anne Teak]

Can't help but watch for a satisfaction of seeing nothings changed! Chloe still with her candy floss hair,still no bedtime routine,still Chloe taking herself to bed or keeping Lacey awake! Oh dear,day by day it gets worse. Rache is either at work or fading into the back ground, I seriously wish as a mother she would grow a backbone and sort slobbo out! Slobbo runs hoover around thinks thats his daily work out, Iceland delivered more crap,shed load of pizzas, bit of greasy Greggs thrown in, Rache chirps up ''thats all they eat,chicken and chips'' Yes Rache and how proud you must be!! Pies,chips, ooh odd bag of peas (don't all faint) chicken, chicken, grease, some high sugar pudding, Oh and don't forget the good ole Pot Noodles!! with plenty cans of pop to wash it all down!! omg LOVELY!! One roast with veg a week and they think thats acceptable. Slobbo's got a sore throat,always feeling ill, yes we all would if we ate the crap he does! Best get checked at the docs slobbo, afterall you usually go there with a tiny sniffle!
Still the poor children,they lounge around with no energy all day because their diets are so bad,not enough fresh air,no exercise other than walking in to school from the car! Milo is still over weight,still no dog walks,their exercise is in garden few times a day! Soph's excited to see her fella *rolls eyes* shes how old?? Slobbo been busy cutting grass,hes knackered from a full days work,so its pizza and chips for tea. Well guys,maybe I will end by saying I'm off for toffee Nut Latte, or maybe not!! I read ingredients and I really don't want diabetes so I will leave that for Slobbo

 

[Ottilie]

How do they know Chloe wouldn't like the entertainment? She is only 5 years old and the last time she went on holiday she would have only been about 3. Out of all of the children she would probably love it! She is a very sociable little girl from what we can see and was up and dancing in the soft play area with Liam.

We don't really see much of Rachel but if Steve wasn't so miserable and negative maybe his children would be a bit more out going and willing to try new things.

I know things are difficult at the moment in regards to the virus and they did say that they tried to book the kids into a slime art class but there are so many things to do at the kind of holiday park they are staying at.

I don't believe that all of the kids wouldn't want to do fun things like swimming, crazy golf, rock climbing ect... Maybe Lacey would be hesitant to do those things but Liam and Chloe would probably be up for it and possibly even Sophie.

The problem is Steve doesn't want to do it so wont encourage his children to.

 

[Laura12345]

I live very close to the family, the school is around 15-20 min walk from the house. Every time we see Lacey doing home schooling, she is doing times tables! Ive never seen her do anything else apart from paint a plant pot. It annoys me too, that they both go out together, one should be at home with Lacey. If she is home schooling, she needs to be doing it 9-3 like the others. Moans about the kids pots being left upstairs, bloody tell them to bring them down then, instead of moaning about it.

 

[Koobcam]

Wow for some one who claims to have an autistic child you really don't know alot about autism.

Ok then!

My son would sit in front of the washing machine watching his blanket in being washed, but I suppose I should just let him have a dirty blanket back that he's trailed on the ground etc because, you know, autism? My 16 year old is severely autistic and needs full time care but I'd be doing him a massive disservice to let him be dirty or not try teach him things with the hope that one day he can have some level of independence.

When he was at school and playing outside on a hot day, he'd wear his coat because in his mind being outside means wearing a coat and his teachers would get him to take it off because of how hot he'd get.

They're doing Lacey no favours. That coat is really dirty, especially around the cuffs and they need to wash it. I'm not saying be nasty and rip it from her, get her another one the same so she can always have one? Or as I said, wash it at night. That's why I said they need to help her with these things, you don't let your child wear dirty clothes. She said it's because she's cold - it might seem obvious to them, but are they offering her an alternative for when it's being washed? There's lots they could be doing but don't.

 

[normanbates]

I wonder if they’re even doing anything about her anxiety. They’re quick enough to make out how bad her anxiety is and how she struggles to learn, yet they take her out of school and keep her isolated - not sure how they think that’s going to fix anything. If it’s that bad, have they asked for a referral to camhs? Spoken to a gp? I guess they could be on a waiting list, but I’d be surprised. Waiting lists for camhs is huge, in most areas, so I know it’s not as simple as getting an appointment. But they need to get the ball rolling. Keeping her at home and not dealing with it isn’t going to make it disappear. Get her help now whilst she’s young and hopefully with the right support she can join some sort of education in the future. I wonder what they think her future even holds? Are they just turning a blind eye and hoping for the best? Or do they plan do make out she can’t do anything because she’s autistic?

Of course they haven’t! They do the absolute bare minimum and he will do ANYTHING to never have to talk to a professional. He is turning poor Lacey into a complete hermit. Previously she would interact with children and adults at school. She had a 1:1 who helped her in every way. Now she just stays locked up at home and only leaves the house to go to B&M. See the thing about Steve is that he will do literally anything for an easy life. They had the opportunity to send Lacey to a special school, she would get transport etc but they just couldn’t be arsed to make the effort because of “Covid”. What?! She had the chance to at some point live an independent life, perhaps live on her own, have a job. That’s not going to be possible now. He is giving her ZERO education. He is causing huge steps backwards in her social development. He does everything he can to make it “easier” for her and avoid any drama but that’s not what parents do. The right path is rarely easy. He’s such a lazy waste of space, sort your head out Steve and make an effort so your kids don’t turn into the backwards hermits that you are.

 

[Discolights]

Wow what a bitter angry response from him to a perfectly well put genuine question! We see what she is doing because he just showed her weekly planner in a video to nearly 9k potential people and his ‘she does more than an hour a day’ doesn’t ring true because he vlogs his life. We can see there’s nothing much on Monday because shopping, or Wednesday because again, shopping and that he picks Rachel up at the same time every day and that’s when her learning stops.

He’s lazy. Simple. He would rather sit and do nothing. He goes to bed when the kids are still awake because it’s easier to escape than parent. You would think since Lacey has apparently learnt nothing for 2 years, he would be helping her more, not less. All his children are desperately unhappy and he doesn’t seem to care because shoving a camera in their face for his views is more important.

 

[Ottilie]

Steve really needs to stop feeding into Lacey's anxiety!

Instead of asking her if she is okay every 5 minutes he needs to start reassuring her instead. Saying things like 'I don't think she is happy because she didn't go next to Liam' really isn't going to help the situation.

The poor girl looked so worried walking around the park and going on all of the rides, she wasn't even verbally responding a lot of the time she was just nodding.

I don't remember her being that nervous on the previous holidays or even a year ago.

Taking her out of school away from children her own age clearly isn't helping. If anything it is making things worse!

 

[Skittles1]

Something I've noticed is he seems to always want to 'get things out the way with' rather than fit things into a routine. Like with Laceys home schooling, baths etc. it almost seems a rush to get things done in a morning and then most days he says they've just been sat in the living room all day doing nothing. Why not take the dogs out for a walk or do extra learning with Lacey in that spare time a few days a week?
I know rache works so I can understand she wants to sit and relax before she goes back to work, but what's stopping steve from doing the food shop in that time? Or even still, could they do an online food shop at tesco or sainsburys and get it delivered in that time to save them time going around the shops. They seem to be constantly going to a shop every day and they always have time to pop to the shops but never pop out for a walk or to the park or to a local library. Things like that dont even take up that much time but it would probably do them all some good getting out of the house and not just in a shop!

 

[Koobcam]

Steve really needs to change the way he speaks to Lacey. It’s constant “are you nervous” ”are you ok” “you don’t like this, Lacey, do you”. There’s never any reassurance or praise. I feel he’s almost trying to get her to be anxious. It’s probably why all the kids are always so negative and never want to do anything.

I don’t understand why they stay in a holiday park but don’t use the facilities, would they not save money just booking some sort of self catering accommodation somewhere? I bet the kids would like some of the entertainment etc, I’m certain they would like swimming. Even if Lacey isn’t comfortable, they’ve got 3 other kids they need to accommodate to as well. One parent could do something with Lacey whilst the other takes the other 3. Also, Lacey does seem to join in sometimes, if they would just encourage her more rather than focus on being nervous, it might help.

Although they have gone out on some good trips for the kids, it’s crazy how much time is still spent in shops! Especially ones like the works that they could go to any time!!

 

[LittleDuckling]

I can see a difference in Lacey as well, she seems so much more relaxed and happier not being in main stream school.

I just hope that Steve understands just how much work and effort he is going to have to put in with regards to her home schooling. Yes, Lacey maybe a SEN child but she would have been going into Year 7 in september. She would have been doing a lot more work in year 7 compared to year 6 even with all of her support.

It's not just English, Maths, Science and Topic at secondary school. It's muliple subjects every single day, including P.E. The planning, research, meetings and resources that go into teaching SEN children is a lot.

I agree, I think Sophie does have a pretty bad attitude. In a way I can see why, she literally tells Steve that she doesn't want to be filmed on multiple occassions and he films her anyway; that would make me angry and I would probably have one as well. However the way that she speaks to her parents is unexeptable. I have always wondered why they don't disapline that kind of behaviour. There have been so many times where Steve has mentioned how rude she has been to them, then in the next clip he is talking about how she is going out with her freinds or having a sleep over. If I was that rude to my parents, no way would I then be rewarded and aloud a sleep over or to play out.

I feel for Chloe a lot of the time. He is always moaning about how she doesn't sleep at night, yet his idea of putting her to bed is to take her to her room which is so cluttered with toys (How can she even get in her bed with all those teddies?) allow to to watch her T.V with a hot chocolate and give her a kiss. Do they then go up and get her to brush her teeth after falling asleep? Have they ever mentioned reading her a story before bed? No wonder why she doesn't sleep, they have never tought her how to settle herself; they rely on a T.V.

The constant moaning about Chloes hair aswell, always saying how messy it is. It looks like she may have naturally wavy hair, if that is the case no wonder why it looks like that when they brush it out. You cant look after wavy hair like straight hair. If they were to put a bit of effort into her hair by using the right products and styling, detangling techniques, her hair would look beautiful. I was horrified when he said that he has straightened her hair last week. How can you straighted a 5 year olds hair, her hair is so fragile and delicate.

 

[Jojomoo]

Liam seems to be off school a lot now since Lacey went home school

 

[Thatirishone]

I don’t understand why they have the snail. Feel sorry for the poor thing

Because Lacey goes through phases and obsessions like most Austistic children do but instead of letting it pass like most parents do Steve and Rach give in to her every whim. The snail which Lacey had a passing interested in two years has been forgotten about, like the hamsters, the so called garden patch, the trampoline, even her collection of lip balm, oh and homeschooling

 

[Discolights]

They have an advantage because liam is the same age as Lacey so they can look and see what work he is doing and transfer that to her. But he just asks how his day is and that’s it. It’s like now their kids are capable of making themselves something to eat and watching an iPad to keep themselves entertained, their parents don’t do anything else for them. Steve was more concerned about his YouTube channel than his daughters education. Just sad.