The “Recording Epidemic” Has Made it to My Daughter’s School. It’s Bringing Out the Worst in Kids.

Care and Feeding This is just a sign of what’s to come. July 13, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by George Doyle/Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, Our daughter (12) was recently recorded on the school bus by two other girls (also 12) using a cell phone. This was done without our daughter’s consent. The girls who were recording were putting a phone right in our daughter’s face and saying what they did and did not like about her. Our daughter, of course, came home hysterical over the incident. I promptly emailed the teacher, vice principal,