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Online aunties: Where do kids go for role models?

Online aunties: Where do kids go for role models?
Online aunties: Where do kids go for role models? (Photo: iStock)

When 10-year-old Alvin Odera gets home from school, his mother expects him to finish homework before watching TV. However, Alvin usually has other plans. He grabs his tablet, logs onto YouTube, and quickly drifts into a world of gamers, vloggers, and funny skits. 

By the time his mother checks in, Alvin is repeating phrases from a stranger he calls his “favourite auntie” — a 23-year-old content creator whom his mother has never heard of. 

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