‘Being Raised By Influencer Parents Is Scary’: Netizens Think This Little Girl Is Too Spoiled

Experts have long argued that parents should avoid putting their young kids on social media as it may infringe on their children’s privacy. In recent years a whole genre of ‘oversharenting’ content has emerged online in which guardians make their kids the main focus of their social media content. Often parents end up spoiling their kids in a bid to generate engagement. Now one such video has emerged that is prompting the online users to criticise a mother for ‘spoiling’ her young daughter.

In the video, a young girl tells her mother that she prefers the expensive Starbucks coffee over the cheaper Dunkin Donuts coffee. The young girl also complains about the lack of whipped cream in her coffee.

This video was first posted on TikTok by influencer Haleigh Booth, who often posts clips with her young daughter. Recently, an X user posted this clip and complained about Booth’s parenting. While sharing this video on X, the user wrote, “There are so many things wrong with this video… kids nowadays growing up and being raised by influencer parents is truly scary.”

In the comments, many people also noted how the young girl was tapping her acrylic nail extensions on the coffee cups in the influencer’ style. Pointing to this ‘nail tapping’, an X user wrote, “The nail tapping, we’re doomed.” An individual remarked, “The tapping of the nails on things is my biggest pet peeve right now.”

Another wrote, “Is this how you raise your children? They drink coffee and have nails that don’t belong to them, and how can a mother teach them to act like adults? the child should live his childhood.”

Many people also noted how high sugar content in Starbucks coffee and Dunkin Donuts is bad for kids. Making this point, an X user wrote, “THAT’S not coffee, that’s a sugar bomb to anyone including a kid. And they add more than just coffee: 20% of the content is just sugar, TWENTY PERCENT. For every 100 ml, THERE ARE 20 GRAMS OF SUGAR. You have no clue, obviously.”

Another X user mentioned against ‘oversharenting’ and commented, “It is not appropriate to use children as props for personal gain. Children should be allowed to live their lives without constantly being in front of the camera. A law should be implemented that requires parents who profit from their children to share a portion of those earnings.”