I'm Jane Marie and this is the dream.

Last time today's guest was on, she mentioned she was writing a book and folks,

it's out now.

It's called like, follow, subscribe, influence her kids and the cost of a childhood online.

And it should be required reading for all parents, and teachers and teenagers, etc.

In the book, she interviews dozens of families and others about what the world of family

vlogging, you know, people that are big family influencers online, showing their entire

family lives, what that's doing to us, to all of us.

Today, we'll dig into her reporting.

Let's talk about this book.

I got to say, you kind of blew my mind right in the introduction with a story that I have never heard of.

One of the first sort of influencer families, the Loud family, I love that name.

I know. Isn't it the perfect name? During the next hour, you will see the first in a series of programs entitled

an American family.

There is no question that the presence of our camera crews and their equipment

had an effect on the Louds.

The Loud family were this family of a mom and a dad and five children, and they were basically

the first family reality show.

So a documentary crew filmed The Loud Family.

They're from Santa Barbara, California.

This was back in 1971.

And when it aired on PBS, 10 million viewers tuned in to watch.

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