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Why are we so complacent about child celebrities?

If you’ve been online, you’ve probably heard of Lil Tay by now. She’s a nine-year-old girl who has more than 2.7 million followers on Instagram and an affinity for aiming swift kicks at luxury cars to prove her ownership. Her (now deleted) Instagram posts showed her hanging around the likes of Lil Pump and Jake Paul while swearing profusely. Her favourite word appears to be “bitch.” She’s even getting her own show on the Zeus network called Life With Lil Tay. It’s easy to treat her as a novelty. Her posts have undoubtedly been passed around by everybody who wants…

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