PARENTS REACT TO SNAPCHAT SCARES (SCARING KIDS WITH FILTERS)

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- (Finebros) We're gonna be
showing you some videos

that were filmed by parents
that filmed their children using Snapchat.

- Oh, okay.

- Oh Lord.

- I love Snapchat by the way.
Oh gosh. I'm addicted, really.

(in video: demonic scream)
- Whoa!

That was awesome.

(in video: demonic scream)

- Oh god. That poor child.
(in video: parent laughs)

(in video: demonic scream)
- Oh, I've seen these!

- Someone sent me that one.

- It's terrible, but it's funny.

(demonic scream)

- (laughing)
- (child squeals in fear)

(in video: demonic scream)
- Sheesh!

(child squeals in fear)
- Oh!

(wheezing laughter)

Dammit! That's awesome.

(child squeals in fear)

- Aw, they know they wrong for that.

- That is messed up.

- Oh my god! I feel like
they're torturing their children.

- (mom) Show me your mouth.

- Oh no.

(in video: demonic howl)

- (girl, whimpering) No, scared!
- Ooh! (laughs)

Poor thing.

(in video: demonic howl)

- (girl, whimpering)
No, I'm scared! I'm scared.

- Oh, the poor kid.

- Aww.
(in video: demonic howl)

- (girl, whimpering) No, I'm scared!
- Yeah, serious, mom.

What the hell?

- (emphatically) Why would
somebody do that to their child?

Where is that parent?
Give me their phone number.

(in video: brief scream)

- (chuckling)
- (child) That's scary.

- (dad) No, it's not.
Open your mouth.

- (in video: demonic scream)
- (cracking up)

- (child cries)
- Oh my god.

That's evil, man.

(in video: fierce scream)
- Oh god!

Ah, ah.
(child cries)

God!

- I see therapy in that poor child's future.

- Okay. Parents are being bullies.

- Noooo!

Noooo!
- (laughs)

- (child cries)
- (laughing)

- (girl) Nooo!
- Mm-mm.

(girl cries)
(tapping table)

- I hate it.

- (girl) Nooo!
- Oh.

(splutters)
- (child cries)

- That's so mean!
Why am I laughing?

- It's so messed up!

- Oh, you're gonna scare the kids.

They're not gonna want
to fall asleep that night.

- (girl, terrified) Mommy!

(mom screams demonically)

- (child shrieks)
- You guys, it's so evil.

- (mom screams demonically)
- (child shrieks)

- Oh man. What the hell?

- (laughing) Oh my god.

- Wow! Man, that was awesome.

- Why is that funny?

Why do we think that stuff is funny?

- Dude... that's insane.

These kids are gonna be traumatized.

It's a good way to get
your kid away from your phone.

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- (Finebros) So what do
you think of these parents

that did this to their children?
- They're horrible!

- I think it's kind of evil.

Those kids were scared.

- It makes me wonder
what else they're showing their kids,

and they're allowing their kids to watch.

- It should be awful.

I think it's awful, but it's so funny.

- Fantastic, man.
It's so good!

Whip that out at a party
ten years later-- it's hysterical!

- (Finebros) As a parent,
have you ever found yourself

doing something you know
will scare your child,

but you do it anyway?
- Well...

I have some very deeply seated fears myself.

I do not get off on my kid's fear.

- No. Sometimes I think
we forget they're humans.

They kind of seem
as your own personal play toy.

- Maybe?

Do I want to admit it? Mmm...

- Oh yeah. Many, many times.

That's actually my thing.

I always scare them
until they can fess up to things.

- Get out! I mean, like, behind the door--

some old school stuff.

You know, like jump out of the closet.

- My giant of a son
has been scared of cats.

When our cat had kittens,
we would put all the kittens

on his bed and stuff,

and he would be hollering
and screaming under the blanket.

I know!
He's older now,

so he can't call CPS on me.

- (Finebros) Why is that something
that parents do end up enjoying,

to mess with their kids?

'Cause we have memories of our dad

getting a huge kick out
of scaring us when we were little.

- I think it's just to get 'em back.

- Revenge, maybe? (laughs)

- Maybe it's because they were
messed with when they were kids.

- That's how my parents raised me.

Every time I didn't do my homework,

my mom told me,
"You better do your homework because

the Boogie Man will get you."

- If the kid's in danger, nobody's laughing.

That's a huge element.

I think it's just the emotional peak.

The kid thinks that their world
is crumbling before them, you know?

Right? And why that's funny, I don't know!

- (Finebros) What do
you think about the fact

that they're not just making
this video for personal use,

but they're posting it publicly?
- Yeah, you know...

there's a lot of things
that parents do on social media

that is embarrassing or upsetting
or scarring to their children.

- Dude, you're just waiting
for ridicule from your friends.

- It's awful, but I can laugh
because they're not my kids.

You don't want the world
to know you're terrible parents.

- I'll show it to my relatives,

but I would not post it on the internet.

Let's say I post something up on my son,

and then somebody
at school were to watch it.

Then we might have
some kind of a problem there.

- (Finebros) So let's talk
a little bit about Snapchat.

Is that something that your kids
have started to use yet or no?

- Um, not my kids.
My stepdaughter does.

- Yes, they do.

- Oh my god. That's all my kids use.

- My kids use Snapchat.

My son, pretty much is a journal of his life.

- Kids at school use it all the time.

I'm usually a victim of Snapchat,
as being a teacher.

- My husband got it,
and then I got it,

and then I made my daughter get it.

They don't show me all their stuff

and I probably don't want
to see it, quite frankly.

- (Finebros) So from
seeing how they're using it,

do you see why it is so popular
compared to other social media,

or do you not really get it?
- I personally don't.

- I shouldn't admit this,
but I have a BlackBerry

so I can't use Snapchat.

- I think I understand.
I want to use it too.

You know, I don't wanna be left behind.

- I think it's a little
more interactive and fun,

and those filters are great.

- I got hooked on Snapchat.
I love it so, so much.

- I have a serious Snapchat problem.

I Snap way too much.

- (Finebros) So you are
the first generation of parents

that are having to parent in today's world

with this much social media and apps.

How do you keep up?
- I don't know.

I really don't know and it worries me.

It worries me to no end.

- Luckily, some of the people
that I work with are younger.

They're in their early twenties.

I'll hear them talking about
something and I'll be like,

"Well, whoa, wait, wait."
You know, "What is this?"

- I go by what my kids tell me.

It's not me who's keeping up with them.

It's them trying to-- you know,
dragging me down to their world.

- My kids sort of tell me
everything, what's going on,

and I'm trusting them.
And that's the scary part.

- I don't do a lot of heavy duty checking,

which could be a problem.

Like, I'm very aware
that that could be a problem.

And I'm torn 'cause
when I was a kid, I had a diary.

If my mom read that,
I would've been mortified.

- (Finebros) Do you know about
the controversy that Snapchat has had

specifically with teenagers?
- No.

- No. I'm not aware of it. Tell me.

- Naked pictures and et cetera.
That type of thing.

- X-rated Snaps.

"Oh, but it's only on there for,
like, a few seconds."

But then somebody would screenshot it.

- (Finebros) Many have used it
for things like sexting.

- Ooh, I didn't know about that.

- (Finebros) Because they feel it's private
and that only they're gonna see it,

and then it's gonna go away.
They think it's not permanent,

even though there are ways around it.

Is that a subject you've had
to already broach with your kids?

- Not really.

Like I say, I'm in the dark.
I don't know anything.

- Definitely aware of it.

We've already talked to them
about those situations.

- Somebody could take a picture of it,

and save it, and blackmail you
or whatever situation is.

- We do talk about stuff like that.
It's important.

You take a cute shot
of yourself in a bikini,

and some gross old man
somewhere, by the way,

is gonna be looking
at you in your cute bikini.

- Consequences. Man,
I know I'm sounding my age here.

I gotta try and get
these kids to learn about

if you screw this up,
you're gonna pay for it.

- (Finebros) Okay, so finally,
back to this trend,

now that you've seen other parents
scaring their kids with this,

do you imagine you might want
to do this and scare them?

- You know what? I really would not.

- Heck no.

- At the age he's at now? Yeah.

But at THAT age?
The toddlers?

Absolutely not.

- If I could get away with it, I would.

- Of course.

You know, you always gotta
take advantage of your kids.

- Yes. That would be me.

I don't know if I would
necessarily post it though for everybody.

- Hell yes!

You know who I'll do it to?
I'll do it to my wife.

That's who we'll do it to.

She'll drop the damn phone, you know?
(laughs heartily)

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- Goodbye, everybody.

(demonic scream)

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