Parents' 'Rough Childhood' Posts Are A 'Disturbing Trend'

Recently, I’ve noticed a trend on my Instagram and TikTok feeds – parents post pictures or videos of their children wearing pricey clothes , on board a very luxurious plane , or lounging in the pool of a resort.

All of them have a variant of “posting this in case they ever try to say they had a rough childhood!” as their caption, while some jest that the videos will prevent their kid from making claims of hardship to a therapist.

Obviously, this is meant as a light-hearted joke. Many posters seem to be hinting that their kids shouldn’t pretend they grew up struggling financially, when they clearly have not, too.

But some netizens have expressed concern about the tone of a few of these clips, which they perceive as suggesting that a child who has had a couple of luxury experien