Rima Grace
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3,013 appearances
32 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 3 Jul
Rima Grace’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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When I was younger, maybe like 18 or 19, there was a stretch of time where I had this nightly routine.
I'd get in bed, open YouTube, and I'd watch the latest vlog from Shay Carl and his family.
Their channel was called, I'm cringing as I say this, Shaytards.
Shay Carl and his wife Colette filmed their daily life with their five kids.
The vacations, the inside jokes, even the most mundane moments like running errands.
There was something almost addictive about knowing these really intimate details about another family.
It kind of felt like I was peering through a window into their lives.
They were early family influencers before we really had a name for that.
I don't really follow family influencers these days, but when they come across my feed, I have a really hard time looking away.
The details they share have become even more intimate.
Everything from potty training to puberty to their kids' mental health struggles.
What used to feel like looking in from the outside now feels like you're sitting on their living room couch, watching things you're not sure you're supposed to see.
I'm Rima Grace, and welcome to This is Uncomfortable, the weekly show from Marketplace about life and how money messes with it.
Lately, our team has been seeing a wave of stories about this corner of the internet.
Young adults speaking out about what it was like to grow up on camera, being recognized by strangers or teased at school, having some of their most vulnerable moments like hospital stays or their meltdowns filmed and shared for profit.
In a lot of the coverage, we kept seeing the same byline for Tessa Latifi.
Family influencers have been her beat for years, and she just published a book on the subject called Like, Follow, Subscribe, Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online.
In this book, she talked to dozens of influencer families and their kids about what happens when documenting someone's childhood becomes a million-dollar business.
This week, I'm chatting with her about what she found, how family influencing can shape kids' lives, and what it reveals about motherhood and the financial pressures pushing parents to turn their lives into content.
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