Periagoge
Scenario

When parents become Instagram photographers for their teens

My teenage kids keep asking me to take photos of them for Instagram and then they critique my photography skills and reshoot everything multiple times until it's perfect. I've become their unpaid photographer and they've become these anxious perfectionists and I don't know if I should stop helping or if that will make them feel unsupported.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Family roles can become distorted when one generation's aesthetic labor serves another generation's social media performance needs.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Instagram and comparison culture?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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