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'These Rich Insta Moms Drive Me Crazy!'

Don't feed your anxieties to your daughter.

Heather Havrilesky
Jun 04, 2024
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Deuxième Péril (1950) by Dorothea Tanning

Dear Polly,

On Mother's Day my third grade girl (who doesn't have phone / social media) grabbed my phone at an inopportune moment. Glancing down at my Instagram she saw the most frame-able birthday pic posted by her friend's mom. And there they were, all 20 of her "friends," laughing and looking like a magazine co…

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