My Preschooler Has Her Own Instagram

What is this world coming to? And am I complicit?

My kid, playing with shaving cream at the library. Photo Credit: Author.

A decade ago, I read the first 3 books of Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series. This young adult sci-fi series follows a teenage protagonist who flees the city to escape the cosmetic surgery all teens undergo at age 16 to become “Pretties.” The books were engrossing; I was in my early 20s, and I connected deeply to…