My kids made me leave Instagram
I’ve been on Instagram posting my drawings and stories. But that lasted about a month before my kids asked me to remove posts they didn’t want their friends to see.
Then they reconsidered: “You know what? Just delete the whole account.”
So I guess anything goes if I’m posting on a blog, because my kids see blogging as irrelevant: like VHS but for writing. Instagram though, that’s the center of their universe.
So I deleted my Instagram account, and I turned my most recent Instagram story stuff into a flip book. Surely my kids will think flip books are as dumb as blogs, so I’ll be ok.
Here it is. I hope you like it.
I had a similar experience. My daughter only got an account to lurk,she doesn’t post anything.
She gave out to me and told her Step Dad as some were just daft with my captions. They don’t give a shit about Facebook, that’s for old people and would disown us if we start doing TikToks. She has forgiven, though, and the shame has ebbed. I feel she checks up on me every so often. I did a business course that suggested being more visible or showing more of you. Turns out you don’t really need to as much for a subscription box.
Anyway it was good for me.I’ve always said to her whatever you message or post online is always there somewhere and you can’t really police who see’s it. I learnt my lesson. Also the Autistic/ ADHD fear of being perceived has lessoned. In real life people are talking about me anyway and I can’t control that.
She sends me relevant TikToks and told me about the now pass Demure trend. I like sharing that with her.
I self censor all the time.
We really don’t want them to hate us.
As kids get older and they’re able to say what they don’t like about us, it’s so interesting to me to hear what other parents go through — what each of us does in order to make sure our kids can forgive us for the awful things we did that we didn’t know were so awful.
Penelope
It’s bizarre as I would not have thought she would have even seen my posts or cared that much. I did take one down at her behest.
She said it seemed as if I was being mean about someone else.I had thought I was being self deprecating and saying there’s all types of intelligence.
I’ve done other things. I would have blamed her for being angry with me.Yet she was far more understanding.
Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think older generations of parents cared as much
Do any of you have a child roughly the age of my 9-year old? I’m starting to craft a social media plan for them for when they start asking (he hasn’t yet — though he really likes Mr Beast). :)
Many thx!
Rob
What does that mean, having a social media plan? For example, BeReal is the fastest growing platform for Gen Z and it’s not on most parents’ radar. Also, your kid’s generation will probably use AI way more than social media. Even Gen Z makes most of their social media private.
What sort of social media plans have you seen???
Penelope