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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Julia Musto

Seeing less perfect momfluencer content on social media may help mothers struggling with shame

New mothers have enough to deal with - and then they open social media with momfluencers posting heavily curated content about their perfect lives and children to millions, often with a promotional angle.

That’s doing damage to some mothers’ mental health, researchers from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln warn — but their new study offers a solution.

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