Instagram is a scary place for young girls — made even worse when their own parents are complicit in putting them in harm’s way. Many teen and tween girls dream of being an influencer. Sadly, some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before social media, we had magazines and TV commercials, but now tweens have ads and influencers 24/7 in their hand. Those ...

If you’ve been on social media lately, depending on your algorithm, you may have witnessed tween influencers touting expensive skincare routines, or commentators lamenting the rise of the Sephora Kid.

On a Thursday night in February, more than 200 moms and tweens packed into Townhouse, a speaking venue in Greenwich, Connecticut, for a talk by esthetician Nicole Caroline. Over the past year, an ...

April Sirianni drew the line when her 11-year-old daughter asked for eye cream. Like many tween girls, Natalie, a Port Washington sixth grader, watches social media influencers who promote skin care ...

The facts are well-known at this point (Haidt, 2024): Beginning around 2010, large numbers of American teens bought smartphones and opened social media accounts. Since 2010, rates of anxiety, ...

It might feel wild, but Gen Alpha influencers are already on the rise. In some cases, these influencers haven’t even hit double digits. Kids as young as 7 — the age twins Koti and Haven Garza were in ...

ATLANTA — Before social media, we had magazines and TV commercials, but now tweens have ads and influencers 24/7 in their hand. Those influencers have done a good job on tweens managing to make them ...