So many sad quotes amongst the linked-articles, but this one stood out to me.
Still, many of the would-be influencers suffer. In some instances criticism of the posts, and accompanying bullying, becomes so severe that mothers turn to home-schooling.
“She got slaughtered all through primary school,” said Kaelyn, the mother in Melbourne. “Children were telling her, ‘We can’t play with you because my mom said too many perverts follow you on the internet.’”
So there’s a kid arguably being exploited by a toxic parent, who could greatly benefit from being able to observe non-toxic parent/child relationships, but some other parents at the school are avoiding that, so they end up being isolated in a home-school, meaning they’re even less likely to be able to see how non-exploitative parenting works.
Also, seems weird to me that the article only ever refers to mom-run accounts and instamoms. They didn’t find a single case of a dad-run account? I don’t find that believable. Leaves me wondering how many “mom-run accounts” are being run by a male guardian without the knowlege of any female guardian.
