Durban – First came the Rich Kids of Instagram, then the show, The Rich Kids of Beverly Hills based on some of them, then there was Rich Kids of Snapchat and now there’s Rich Babies of Instagram.
When will it end?
See, I don’t mind rich kids showing off their parents’ riches and the toys they get given just because they are rich and can afford to go to Bora Bora for a tan and then back again. But babies? Oh no. That’s taking it a bit far. Yet, some people think it’s cute, adorable and all the other superlatives that the internet uses for even the dumbest things out there. Yet they are popular and you just need to search the tags – #RichBaby and #RichBabiesofInstagram – to see the opulent lives some of these babies are living.
From babies in golden cribs with hundred dollar bills strewn around them, custom made Ferrari car seats, fancy prams worthy of Prince George of Cambridge, to specially made signet rings, designer sneakers in baby sizes and sporty tracksuits worn with a trucker cap and gold necklace. There’s even a gold and diamond encrusted Versace pacifier for one of these babies and a fur jacket for another.
I just can’t help but think of the lives these kids are going to have when they have grown up. They are online even before they could speak. It is no wonder that a study found that parents are responsible for their children’s narcissism.
According to a study by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, children who are told they are special by their parents are more likely to become narcissists, according to a study that aimed to uncover the origins of extreme selfishness.
Children whose parents described them as “more special than other children” and as kids who “deserve something extra in life” were more likely to score higher on tests of narcissism than peers who were not lauded in this way.
Imagine these children 10 years from now? They will be worse than Stephanie Seymour’s socialite sons, Harry and Peter Brant.
Want to see what I’m talking about? Then these are the accounts on Instagram that have all the pictures of the #RichBabiesOfInstagram
@katya_wow_wow
@RichKidsTehran
@YadonFickett
@InstaJaxon
@abovethewingtip
@mikeknightlee
@vernardsings
@iamkkokko
Sunday Tribune