Do We Share Too Much About Our Kids Online?

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We all know what extreme "oversharenting" is when we see it. It's the gray areas that get harder. When we post about our kid's adventures in potty training, are we supposed to think twice?

What will happen when our kids are old enough to want to curate their own internet presence?

How concerned should we be about the privacy we may have given away without thinking?

Amy and Margaret discuss:

• the digital footprint and the "right to be forgotten"
• what to check in your privacy settings
• when to start asking kids for permission before you post
• the benefits we gain from sharing about our families online

Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:

• Zoya Garg, Elmer Gomez and Luciana Yael Petrzela for the NY Times: "If You Didn't 'Sharent,' Did You Even Parent?"
• Sean Coughlan for the BBC: "'Sharenting' puts young at risk of online fraud"
• Fortesa Latifi for Cosmopolitan: "What’s the Price of a Childhood Turned Into Content?"
• Fortesa Latifi for Cosmopolitan: "'We’re Never Doing This Again': What It Took for These Parenting Influencers to Pull Their Kids Offline"
• Paula Cocozza for The Guardian: "‘I was so embarrassed I cried’: do parents share too much online?"
• Amy Webb for Slate: "We Post Nothing About Our Daughter Online"
• Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Michael H. Keller for the NY Times: "A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men"
• Megan Francis: When Your “Worst-Mom Moment” Becomes A Viral Meme (And How The “Surfboard Kid” Became A Man)

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