A popular mommy blogger based in Atlanta has found herself in hot water after telling her Instagram followers that her 6-year-old gets the least “likes” out of all her children.
“I say all that because I want to believe that it wasn’t him… that it was on me,” she added. “My insufficiency caused this statistical deficit because obviously my Munch should get ALL the love and squinty eyes are totally adorable.”
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The parent then seemingly asked her followers to “like” the photo of the birthday boy.
“So can we do this right? Because I truly KNOW that my Munch deserves all the likes… whether or not a stranger gives it to them. And on his sixth birthday — I am thankful I know that… that no matter what other people think of me or my kids or my marriage or my house of my life or my everything… that they are 10000000x better in real life than any tiny little picture could hold,” she wrote.
Despite trying to explain her perspective, Bower’s words rubbed a lot of social media users the wrong way.
“Here we have #1 reason why your kids should never be your personal brand,” another usertweeted.
“First of all, no, one day he will not ‘need to see the numbers’— this person is horrible,” one tweetread.
“How about the line ‘I say all that because I want to believe it wasn’t him… that it was on me.’ So she not only cares, but she thinks it’s HIS FAULT. I can’t believe there are the people our society encourages to procreate. I want to adopt them all,” one personadded.
“For the low low price of one like, you can support a child in need of Instagram engagement,” another usertweeted.
On Monday, Bower archived the post, explaining on her Instagram Stories that she had “to learn that the likes do not reflect much to me.”
She admitted, “I work with brands that tell you the opposite. I read an article about how to grow your Instagram that tells you the opposite.”
source: people.com
