By skyforbes 
When fame becomes more important than family, everyone loses — especially the children caught in the crossfire.
The notification popped up on my phone: “LIVE: Ash back with another prison bae!” I hesitated before tapping, knowing what I was about to witness would likely turn my stomach. But like thousands of others who couldn’t look away from this real-life tragedy unfolding across our screens, I clicked anyway.
What I saw that night — a mother forcing her visibly uncomfortable teenage daughters to call a convicted murderer “daddy” while she blew kisses at the prison video call — wasn’t just disturbing content. It was evidence of what might be the most public case of parental exploitation in social media history.
This isn’t fiction. This isn’t exaggeration. This is the real-life story of how TikTok created a monster, and how a platform designed for dance trends became the stage for one woman’s descent into infamy — at the devastating expense of her children.
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