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My 9-Year-Old Is Obsessed With a Meaningless Metric. It Has the Power to Ruin Her Day.

First publishedAug 19, 17:00 UTC
Last updatedAug 19, 19:30 UTC · 8m ago
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My 9-Year-Old Is Obsessed With a Meaningless Metric. It Has the Power to Ruin Her Day.
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding?

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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? My 9-year-old daughter has become obsessed with her social media accounts to the point where her entire sense of self-worth is tied to how many likes she gets for her posts. If she doesn’t get as many likes as she thinks she deserves, she is in an absolute black mood for the rest of the day.

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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding?
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1 outlet, average source rating 6.0/10.
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    My 9-Year-Old Is Obsessed With a Meaningless Metric. It Has the Power to Ruin Her Day.

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