In December, a 13-year-old Australian girl’s Christmas list went viral.
The teen had reportedly requested a slew of expensive items for under her tree including Skims shaping undergarments, Drunk Elephant and Dior luxury skincare, high-priced Lululemon activewear, designer clothing, silk pajamas, a MacBook Pro, and, inevitably, a Stanley Quencher H2.0 FlowState Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumbler.
Children with overly demanding Christmas lists are nothing new. But while greedy kids of yesteryear added a bunch of overpriced toys to their lists, teens and even pre-pubescent girls today are asking for items better suited to women in their 30s and 40s.
The reason for this has almost everything to do with social media influence. While teens have always been highly susceptible to peer pressure, thanks to the advent of apps like Instagram and TikTok, those social circles have widened to…
