Are We Oversharing On Social Media?
b'The word \\u201coversharenting\\u201d has been coined to describe those among us who chronicle our baby\\u2019s every bowel movement, ascribe hashtags to our preschoolers, and relitigate our tween\\u2019s hurt feelings, all of it for universal consumption on social media.\\nFor sure, we all know oversharenting when we see it\\u2014 but most of us are equally certain that it\\u2019s really something other parents do. And we\\u2019re also fans of all the great, useful, meaningful ways social media keeps us connected.\\nBut are we considering the long-term ramifications for our kids\\u2019 privacy every time we press SHARE?\\nIn this episode we discuss:\\n\\nthe \\u201cdisclosure management work\\u201d of making sure loved ones are kept up-to-date on social media- and why it\\u2019s usually Mom\\u2019s job\\nwhy we\\u2019re not as good at guarding others\\u2019 privacy when we post as we are at guarding our own\\nwhy we\\u2019re motivated to share (and overshare)\\nthe \\u201cclean slate\\u201d of our own childhoods versus the extremely well-documented stories we\\u2019ve been writing for our kids\\nthe best practices we have in place for our own social media use\\nwhether the privacy concerns are real, or just another place to overthink\\n\\nHere\\u2019s links to research and other writing on the topic we discuss in this episode:\\nLINKS\\nSarah Zhang for The Atlantic: Facebook Groups as Therapy\\nFrank Landman for readwrite: Are You Oversharing on Social Media?\\nLisa Heffernan of Grown and Flown: Oversharing: Why Do We Do It And How Do We Stop? \\nTawfiq Ammari et al, University of Michigan: Managing Children\\u2019s Online Identities: How Parents Decide what to Disclose about their Children Online\\nLiza Lazard et al for The Conversation: Sharenting: why mothers post about their children on social media\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'