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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, is the problem parents posting to their kids instas, or kids (read teenagers) having instas that they post to?  Because most teens that care about playing in college need clips and an insta to send to college coaches as part of the recruiting process.  It is almost impossible to get recruited without this work by the kids.
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I think the problem is parents are starting their kids on insta way too early and without really any goal and strategy that will help their kids use it responsibly.

I think it’s clear that kids are influenced by the likes on social media posts. Parents say that it helps motivate their kids when they see what other kids are doing. But the reality is a kids should learn to be motivated on their own. By curating a child’s insta from an early age, it seems as parents are creating the kids journey. Ideally, a players soccer journey should be driven by them. This happens outside of insta too of course. Consider how your kid happened to have college playing aspirations? Did parents feed it to them? Did they hear it from teammates whose parents might have fed them that idea?

To your point about using them for recruiting, that’s fine and the ones I’ve seen are purely soccer related stuff. I know at our club, the best players have very little social media presence. Bare minimum info on their insta profiles and the occasional stories posted. 
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