"Instagram Moms: The Unattainable Perfect" Carolin Kebekus Slams Social Media's Pressure on Modern Mothers
Social Media Criticisms by Carolin Kebekus: Maternal Pressure Analysis
As comedian Carolin Kebekus prepares to become a mom in 2024, she has a more critical eye than ever towards social media. The digital landscape, especially Instagram, peddles a false family idyll that sets mothers up for failure, Kebekus warns.
A one-year mom herself, Kebekus echoes the struggle felt by many new mothers under the harsh glare of Instagram's filter. "The pressure on us mums to be as flawlessly perfect as possible is bloody awful," she states emphatically. "Instagram is just a constant reminder that you're doing it all wrong if you don't measure up."
Instagram is now raking in the big bucks with its targeted content on everything from education to nutrition, but Kebekus specifically feels the hot breath of should-be-doing-better on the topic of promotion. "It's like, if you don't do all this, your kid's going to be dumb as a stump and it's your fault if they're not some genius."
The good old days of shared blurry photos with friends are long gone. Today's Instagram presents a universal standard for the ideal family - a standard that we can't help but compare ourselves to, creating a game where everyone loses.
"Twenty years ago, we didn’t have this constant comparison with others because we only exchanged with women from our friendship circles," Kebekus recalls. "But now Instagram shoves the universally valid perfect family ideals down our throats. It's all a bunch of hot air, a load of bollocks, and it stinks."
Back in the day, our parents weren't worried about age-appropriate synapse promotion or cosseting us to sleep. They took us to parties and told us to sleep off peanuts up our nose. The likes of today's overbearing online parenting pressure would have left them flabbergasted!
Sources: ntv.de, csp/dpa, and various enrichment sources
- Mothers
- Family
- Pressure
- Comparison
- Parenting
- Social Media
- Carolin Kebekus, while preparing to become a mom in 2024, expressed concerns about the pressure modern mothers face on social media, particularly on Instagram.
- Kebekus criticizes Instagram for peddling a false family idyll that sets mothers up for failure, constantly reminding them that they're doing it all wrong if they don't measure up.
- The comedian specifically takes issue with the promotion on Instagram, feeling the hot breath of should-be-doing-better on topics like education and nutrition.
- Kebekus nostalgically recalls the good old days when mothers didn't have the constant comparison with others due to social media, and compares this to the universal standards for the ideal family presented on Instagram today.
- She suggests that the overbearing online parenting pressure of today would have left her parents flabbergasted, as they didn't worry about age-appropriate synapse promotion or cosseting their children to sleep like many do today.
