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A mother was strongly criticized for comparing the number of likes her kids love on Instagram, claiming that her son "works statistically" less well.
Katie Bower, an American blogger, shared a photo of her son Weston with a message about her childhood. Accompanying this message, Bower wrote: "Instagram has never liked my munchkin and he's killed me inside, his pictures have never received so many likes."
The mother added, "statistically, he was not as popular as everyone else." She wondered if he had just not applied the Instagram algorithm correctly.
The message was quickly removed after receiving a series of negative comments, but the reporter Stephanie McNeal screenshot of the message and put it on Twitter.
Omg, this mom blogger Instagram celebrates her birthday son by writing about the fact that on all her kids, he "statistically" performs the worst on his Instagram. And she worries one day, it's going to ruin her self-esteem pic.twitter.com/QpFfJwDOab
– Stephanie McNeal (@stephemcneal) November 19, 2018
McNeal's tweet has attracted thousands of responses and retweets online in just a few hours, with people expressing their views on the mother.
If you are an IG Mom blogger who fears that so many tastes on your child's pictures will hurt his self esteem, your parenting is horrible and you feel uncomfortable.
– Morgan Jerkins (@MorganJerkins) November 19, 2018
Before she can teach her son "her value is not in online approval", she must learn this lesson by herself.
– Lauren Kleiman (@laurkleiman) November 19, 2018
Every day, something makes me wonder how I found myself in a parallel universe. Today this one was it.
– FullMoonFreedom (@FullMoonFreedom) November 19, 2018
Bowers later picked up stories from her Instagram account to respond to critics of her original article, explaining that the caption she wrote was about personal growth.
The mother stated that Instagram was the first social media platform she had launched and that she had "fallen into the trap" because she loved the community, his commitment and his beautiful images. "When I shared the picture of Weston's birth and his wonderful life, and he did not have so many tastes, it was for me a personal growth that I had to learn like everyone else." she said in the video.
"I had to learn that I do not like me much because I work with brands that tell you the opposite."
The mother said she knew a lot of people would not understand because their Instagram feed was not their livelihood – "It's a weird job, I know" – but her job puts her in a situation different from that of others. She added that she did not need her son to be "loved". "I like him, he's great."
HuffPost UK has contacted Bowers for further comments and will update this article if it responds.
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