Raising kids in today’s world is challenging. It’s hard to know what to do when young moms are targeted by advertisers who prey on their anxieties, the judgment of older, more experienced mothers who think they know best, and last but not least, the internet at large, in which people who don’t know each other comment on the most intimate aspects of each other’s lives.
For reality TV star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, being in the limelight is both a blessing and a curse. While her 12.4 million Instagram followers clearly show how interested people are in her daily doings, this visibility also makes her vulnerable to an all-too-common phenomenon in the age of social media: “mom-shaming.”
