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Using Instagram to Save Your Child

Using Instagram to Save Your Child

FromUnder the Influence with Jo Piazza


Using Instagram to Save Your Child

FromUnder the Influence with Jo Piazza

ratings:
Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Feb 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We've talked a lot on this podcast about using kids as content and where the line should be drawn.  We've also talked about mothers posting pictures of their sick kids to get attention. But there is another side to the story. What if your child had a rare disease?  What if one of the only ways to get the medical establishment and doctors to take notice of that disease was to shout about it at the top of your lungs, sometimes on social media? What would you do?It's an impossible question.Last November, Amanda Byerly's daughter Elin was diagnosed with retinol dystrophy, a disease that could ultimately make her go blind. And because the disease is so rare, there's not a lot of funding for it. So it is up to the parents to fund research and ultimately to find a cure.  Amanda made the decision to post her daughter and the diagnosis on Instagram to raise both money and awareness.But it's tricky, and Amanda has to draw new boundaries for herself every day about the things she should share to help educate people about Elin's disease and what might invade her daughter's privacy.You can learn more about the disease here.You can follow Amanda and Elin here.
Released:
Feb 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Under the Influence is a deep dive into social media, a place haunted by aspirational marketing where it feels like every other person is a social media influencer trying to sell you something, all while posed in perfect houses that never seem to get messy. And behind this airbrushed perfection is money, so much money. Billions and billions of dollars. Journalist and mom Jo Piazza looks at how we got here, what it all means and how the commodification of every single aspect of our lives is driving everyone (but mostly women and mothers) a little insane.