Lacy takes the hard questions: Melinda, dating and motherhood on Crazy Middles
Earlier in the week, a sick day turned into a trip through old family photos, and the comments filled up with readers' own memories of the 1950s to the 1980s.
CRAZY MIDDLESStory of Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Are They Friends Now? (Asking Her The Hard Questions!)
Crazy Middles describes itself as a big family built through adoption, with 22 children, and its videos tend to sit in the space between ordinary days and the bigger conversations that come with a household that size. Two uploads went up, and they cover exactly those two sides.
The newer one, "Are They Friends Now? (Asking Her The Hard Questions!)", is a sit-down Q&A with Lacy. The description lists what is on the table: where things stand with Melinda, dating, marriage, more kids, moving out, motherhood and where she hopes to be in five years. Lacy also talks about becoming independent young and how being a mom changed the way she sees things. Two days in, it is the video moving fastest on the channel.
The other, "Is She Faking it? (Not Taking Any Chances!)", starts with one of the girls feeling unwell and the rest of the house wondering how sick she really is. Then the family digs out old photos. That second half is what got viewers talking. Many shared their own decades, from 1950s music to crank phones on party lines, and the most liked comment points out that a girl who wants baked beans for breakfast would fit right in in England.
The week landed close to the channel's usual pace, with the subscriber count holding still. Among similar family channels, Theheartbreaksfamily and Hanging With The Hennings had the big weeks. Crazy Middles had a gentler one, though Jacob's 19th birthday special from the week before is still drawing visitors.
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What viewers say
The comments under "Is She Faking it? (Not Taking Any Chances!)"
I remember crank phones with party lines! Now that’s OLD!
@karenleblanc2830See it on YouTubeI grew up 1955 married in 1974 to this day I live 50's 60' music I loved everything about those years .
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The videos drawing views on CRAZY MIDDLES right now
- Channel
- CRAZY MIDDLES
- Subscribers
- 819,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 208,103
- Videos published this week
- 2
- Video published
- October 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 70,000
- Views on its first day
- 51,161
The numbers
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