Making money out of 'kid-fluencers'

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Parents are turning their kids into influencers on social media. What could go wrong? This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram, who also edited. Transcript at vox.com/todayexp ...  Show more

Originally Aired 7.1.22 Influencing can be a lucrative and worthwhile venture, but in the case of mom-fluencers, it gets a little more complicated. Parenting content can be educational, aspirational and empowering. But what happens when your kid becomes a stream of income? Nicole ...  Show more

For the FULL story, preorder my memoir “Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything” here: https://bit.ly/semiwelladjusted Is Kidfluencing the latest step on the toddler-to-trainwreck pipeline? Kidfluencing is an $8B industry that has very few protections in place for childre ...  Show more