Hello guys. I’m Irene. I’m going to tell you a story about
my sister Bethany and our dad. I watched it all happen from the beginning. I tried to intervene but it didn’t help
because my dad wouldn’t listen. Like every good father, our dad does everything he can to provide us with the best of everything. Unfortunately, he’s very unlucky
when it comes to business. He is a waiter and I know that
he is really good at his job. But for some reason, he can never stay
in the same restaurant for more than one year. Recently, he was working at an Italian restaurant
and he was on good terms with his boss. But when he saw that another waiter was
being treated unfairly, he quit his job. On such days, he comes
home with flowers. When my mom saw the flowers,
she knew right away that he had quit. Next morning, as we were going off
to school, dad was looking for a job online. We all knew that he’d find a new job
pretty quickly because he always did. Sometimes, we’d get back from school, and he would already be working
at another restaurant. This time, we were faced
with an unexpected offer. Dad was super excited
when we got back from school. He sat us down. “Girls, it’s time for us to work for ourselves. We’re going to start a family business. I won’t have to work
for other people anymore. I have a great idea. But I’ll need you to help me with it.” he said. Then he looked at my sister, “Especially you, Bethany” he said smiling. Dad’s “great idea” was starting
a YouTube channel for my sister. Apparently, he came across
some news online. It was about child YouTubers
who made the most money this year. He was shocked when he saw
that they made millions of dollars. He was on YouTube all day, going through child YouTubers’ channels and watching their videos. He got really excited when he saw
that they were pretty simple videos, mostly of kids playing games. After telling us all this, he said “My daughter is so much prettier than all the other kids I saw.” “We could be one of the channels
on that list next year” he said. Apparently, he told it all to our mom
during the day. She got into it too when she heard
how much money they were making. “Bethany can do it as long as
it doesn’t disrupt her schoolwork. Some videos feature moms as well. I can help out if you want,”
she said to him. It looked like they had already
made up their minds. Bethany couldn’t really say anything. “Would I be able to do it though?”
she asked, but I knew she liked the idea. The mood at home was really good. “Videos with pools are very popular. We’ll move to a new house with a large pool next year”, he said and started dreaming. The next day was Saturday. Dad took us to the aquarium. Bethany knew the place well because
we had been there before with our parents and also once on a school trip. Dad was shooting a video so she
pretended like it was her first time. She was running around, looking
at all the fish and acting really excited. Dad was in such a good mood. He recorded everything
Bethany did in the aquarium. When we got home, dad wanted
to edit the videos right away. But he had no idea how to do it. He borrowed my laptop. He spent the whole evening trying
to figure out a video editing program. He was asking me questions,
but I couldn’t help him since I also didn’t know anything about it. The funniest part was seeing
my dad still working on it the next morning when we woke up. When he finally finished it,
he proudly showed it to us. Honestly, it was a regular family video. At the same time, it was just like other kids’
videos on YouTube which had millions of views. Dad’s video was as ordinary
as those videos. He made a YouTube channel under
my sister’s name and uploaded the video. He was so excited, as if the whole country
had been waiting to see it. He bet my mom on the number of views
it would get. Dad said it would get 5 or 6000 but mom
thought it wouldn’t get more than 1000. The whole day he couldn’t sit still and
was pacing around. I checked the video in the evening. It had only 14 views. Yes, 14. I’m pretty sure it was just my dad
watching it over and over. And maybe Bethany watched it
3 or 4 times. Next week, they made
a new video every day. Dad was adding more videos to the thousands
that were already on YouTube. One day, my sister and mom played
a game together. Then they did a colors video
using fruits and vegetables. In another video, Bethany unpacked
new toys and introduced them. Dad got over the disappointment of the first video. He would shoot a new video, edit it in the evening,
and upload it the next morning. But despite his efforts,
the results were the same. Nobody was watching the videos. One day, dad came home
with a bunch of boxes. He had bought professional video equipment. My parents didn’t have any money saved. So he had to sell his car to buy them. Mom wasn’t happy about this at all. Our family had no money coming
in now that dad was out of work. Spending all this extra money wasn’t right. For the next month, he used the new camera
and lights for the videos. Even though the visual quality was better,
the content was the same. The most watched video in the channel
didn’t even have 100 views. The worst part was that Bethany
was bored now. When dad called her over to shoot,
she’d make up excuses. She didn’t look happy in the videos. Dad was in a much worse shape than her. He felt responsible for the failure. He didn’t have a job but
had expenses to pay. When Bethany didn’t really feel like performing,
he’d lose his patience with her. We no longer recognized him. He would scream at Bethany, forcing her
to act for the camera. There was no peace at home. My parents started fighting a lot. Bethany got too scared to complain,
but she looked like a robot in front of the camera. When I watched the videos,
I felt really bad for her. It was weird that my dad actually
liked the videos. According to him, the problem
was the lack of promotion. So he invested the rest of his money
on promoting the channel. Views increased a little but when the ads stopped
they went back down to what they used to be. His final move was to put himself
in front of the camera. He thought he had come up
with an amazing idea. He put on a caveman costume. Bethany chased after him
with a bunch of toy dinosaurs. Since my dad was a caveman, he was
running scared from the dinosaurs. He waited a while after uploading this
ridiculous video to the channel. The views weren’t going up so he borrowed
money from a friend to promote the channel again. I couldn’t watch that dinosaur video
for more than a few minutes. It hurt to see my dad like that. He looked so desperate. The next day Bethany came up
to me at school, crying. One of her classmates had seen the dinosaur video
thanks to the promotion and showed it to everyone. They started mocking dad
and making fun of Bethany. She got angry and pushed a girl
so hard that she fell. The teacher got really angry with her. “If you do that again, I’ll send you
to the principal” she said. When she told mom about it,
she got angry too. She and dad had one of the worst fights
I’d seen. Mom was screaming, “This YouTube
thing is over. There will be no more video shoots in this
house” she kept saying. “I need to get a return on my investment. Will all this money and effort go to waste?”
he kept asking. Once he realized that mom wasn’t backing down,
and that she was right, he stopped yelling. After a while, he started apologizing. Dad wasn’t a bad person. He had done the best he could, but things just didn’t work out. He lost control when he couldn’t
find a way out. He came and talked to us once more. “Girls, I’m so ashamed of myself. I couldn’t see what I had been doing. Bethany, I’m especially sorry
for how I treated you. I understand if you can’t forgive me” he said. He was about to cry. He left the house before we could say
anything and didn’t come back that night. He messaged mom in the morning. She was really sad
when she showed us the message. “Sweetie, I’m okay. I decided I’m not coming home until
I find a good job. Don’t worry about me. I love you all very much. I’m sorry for everything,” said the message. Dad wasn’t around the next day
or the day after that. He was texting though. “Honey, I’m still looking for a job. I can’t come home without a good job
after all of this. Kiss the girls and tell them I love them.” The doorbell rang early the next morning. It was dad. We were so happy. He turned to my sister, “Thank you for the video. None of this is your fault. I was the one forcing you. If anyone’s guilty, it’s me” he said,
hugging her. He added, “I wish you turned
the lights on though. Your pretty face would have looked better”. Mom and I were confused. Turns out, Bethany shot a video
when we were sleeping. In it, she said that she loved dad a lot, and all of this was her fault,
asking him to come back home. Then she uploaded it to the channel. Dad’s phone got a notification that said: “A new video has been uploaded
to Bethany’s Channel.” Surprised, he clicked on it right away. He got really emotional but had to wait
until the morning since it was already late. Dad found a new job a few weeks later. He says that his experience with Youtube,
and his video skills helped him land the job. The employer asked him
why dad stopped working. That’s when he told him
about the YouTube adventure. The employer had been wanting to make a YouTube channel featuring him cooking from his mom’s recipes. They decided to work
on the shoots together. He’s going to pay dad extra for them. Dad wasn’t looking forward to it since he was
going to be reminded of our miserable days, but he was happy that
he was going make back his money. That’s it from me. What do you think about child YouTubers? Tell me in the comments. If you want to keep up with stories
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