One should never compare one's life with that of people on social networks, as users often show their seemingly perfect daily life in a filtered and embellished way, very different from their true reality.
Proof of this is the influencer Ruby Franke, an American mother who exhibited her family life on social networks and gave advice to parents on how to raise their children, until this past Saturday she was arrested after being accused of aggravated child abuse against her own children. .
Malnourished children. All the alarms went off when one of her completely malnourished children managed to escape from the house and ask the neighbors for help. "The minor was emaciated and malnourished, had open wounds and had some construction tape on his extremities," Utah authorities explain in a statement as revealed by Clarín.
When they arrived at the home. The police found another minor in physical conditions similar to malnutrition who was quickly taken to the hospital while Franke and his co-worker Jodi Hildebrandt were detained.
Strict measures. Franke began to gain popularity on YouTube by portraying her seemingly perfect family life and promoting very strict educational standards, including food deprivation as a punishment measure. But not only that, in some of the videos of her she threatens her children with "losing the privilege of eating" or "losing their room".
Social services. Now, four of the six children have been transferred to social services, the first remains missing, while the second has declared: “Today has been a very important day. My family and I are very happy that justice has been done. "We have been trying to tell the police and Social Services about this for years and they have finally decided to intervene."
