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Do influencer parents trade in their kids\u2019 privacy for the hope of financial security?<\/p>\n

Kids are everywhere on the Internet \u2013 and not just playing on Roblox. They’re the stars of many family influencing pages that document kids\u2019 lives: from the intimate details of their births, to starting school, to going through puberty. That can come with a host of problems \u2013 but also a ton of money. So what happens when parents trade their kids’ privacy for the hope of financial security? And how does that content play into feedback loops about what family life should look like?<\/p>\n

Brittany gets into it with Fortesa Latifi, senior writer at and author of .<\/p>\n

For more episodes on parenting, kids, and modern life, check out:
The fear & shame of modern parenting
Are children a marginalized group?
The real meaning of “6 7”<\/p>\n

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Follow Brittany on Instagram: @bmluse<\/p>\n

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Do influencer parents trade in their kids\u2019 privacy for the hope of financial security?<\/p>\n

Kids are everywhere on the Internet \u2013 and not just playing on Roblox. They’re the stars of many family influencing pages that document kids\u2019 lives: from the intimate details of their births, to starting school, to going through puberty. That can come with a host of problems \u2013 but also a ton of money. So what happens when parents trade their kids’ privacy for the hope of financial security? And how does that content play into feedback loops about what family life should look like?<\/p>\n

Brittany gets into it with Fortesa Latifi<\/a>, senior writer at Yahoo!<\/em> and author of Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of Childhood Online<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For more episodes on parenting, kids, and modern life, check out:
The fear & shame of modern parenting<\/a>
Are children a marginalized group?<\/a>
The real meaning of “6 7”<\/a><\/p>\n

Support Public Media. Join NPR Plus.<\/a>
Follow Brittany on Instagram: @bmluse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[716,1199],"class_list":["post-5386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-its-been-a-minute","tag-influencers","tag-parenting"],"yoast_head":"\nThe fame and (mis)fortune of family influencing - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=5386\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The fame and (mis)fortune of family influencing - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do influencer parents trade in their kids\u2019 privacy for the hope of financial security?Kids are everywhere on the Internet \u2013 and not just playing on Roblox. 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