My teen was making up to $30,000 a month from YouTube. I was so ignorant about the kid-influencer world.

05/22/2025, 11:47 AM
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My teen was making up to $30,000 a month from YouTube. I was so ignorant about the kid-influencer world.

Ashley Rock Smith/Courtesy of Netflix

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ashley Smith and Patience Rock Smith, the parents of Claire Smith and the subjects of a recent Netflix docu-series, "Bad Influence."

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