Erin Napier and her husband Ben Napier, co-hosts of "Home Town" on HGTV, have dealt with social media trolls harassing their family before. In an essay, the mom wrote for Today in August 2023, "When my daughter Helen, who's now 5, was very young, I posted a picture of her, and someone criticized the way she looked. It made me see red. It made my blood boil. And it seems like the criticism always comes from other women. It feels like betrayal when a fellow mother has the gall to criticize your child or your parenting."

From that incident, the Napiers, plus three other families, decided that their children wouldn't have access to social media or smartphones in general. She specified that there will be a point when they're "older," that her girls can use technology of that nature, but it sounds like perhaps not while they're teenagers. Erin stated, "When they can drive, I hope to give them a phone with capabilities to play whatever music they like," illustrating that social media probably still won't be an option.

Erin got some flack for her banning of social media decision, with others telling her that she was "naïve" to think it will work. However, Erin persisted that she believes she is doing what is best for her children by giving them what they "deserve," which is a childhood free from being "tethered to something fake."