Just going back to Barbie for a minute - I was really surprised she actually saw the film with the girls - my daughter is the same age & I’m driving a bunch of them to see it, but I’ll park up & do my own thing for a couple of hours, she’d be mortified if I went in with them to supervise them buying tickets and sweets, let alone actually watch the film with them.
I was thinking about her struggling to let go of E in this way & it did occur to me with influencer kids perhaps parents are genuinely worried about letting them be out & about on their own, because they’ve overshared so much of their lives for so long, it is a real risk that strangers will recognise her, know a lot about her etc. Perhaps she feels she can’t let her out without a chaperone.