There's a 90 percent chance this is just a really funny kid. But if he's being sincere, well, that's a bit of a problem.

This is sort of sad, sort of hilarious

Op, on a serious note, If he is delusional about the extent of his following, that can be delusions of grandeur. It may also be a part of bipolar, schizophrenia or personality disorders. It can be treated.. I would take him to a psychiatrist. My brother has schizophrenia. Looking back, this was always a sign that we shrugged off as hubris or ambition.

Sounds to me like he’s being funny, and he can tell it’s annoying you so he feels it’s his duty as a teenager to keep bothering you with it.

Side note - my 15 yo has over 1,000 followers on instagram and she says it’s “lowkey embarsssing - bop status” and says she “has analytics” which is apparently too try hard. These kids aren’t that into public social media, that’s for millennials lol

If he is serious, you can point out to him that my boring and unpopular middle-aged husband has a few thousand followers on insta for landscape photography.

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Anonymous wrote:I would lean into it because that sounds hilarious. Try indulging him a bit

Is he maybe joking and trying to be funny? My 14 year old DD just got IG a few days ago and has over 100 followers. I think your DS is making a self-deprecating joke of the whole thing.

If hes joking mom can get in on it too and suggest he post things for his fandom

Laughing at these middle aged moms on their mommy forum flexing about how many followers their kids have

Anonymous wrote:Just 47 followers? Damn your son is unpopular as hell

Depends on the school. My kids' classes are 100 people total so if they were followed by 47,that would be half of the people in his class.

How is it possible to not know when your kid is joking about something like this?