Selfie Obsession: A mother cries out!

Why DO teenagers take so many pictures of themselves? One mum says she's baffled by daughter's addiction to sharing absolutely everything (and here's just one day in her life)

Every week, more than 17 million selfies are uploaded to social media websites - mainly by teenagers. To understand the obsession, Femail asked 15-year-old Olivia Russell (pictured), a pony-mad, middle-class schoolgirl, to record a day in her life as a selfie addict. She lives with her parents, businessman Nigel, 50, and Tracy, 49, in Ashford, Kent. Here, her mother reveals the frustrations and fears of having a daughter who documents and shares her every move on her phone.