Do We Share Too Much About Our Kids Online?

Published: April 17, 2024, 9:30 a.m.

b'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? \\nWhat will happen when our kids are old enough to want to curate their own internet presence? \\nHow concerned should we be about the privacy we may have given away without thinking? \\nAmy and Margaret discuss:\\n\\nthe digital footprint and the "right to be forgotten"\\n\\nwhat to check in your privacy settings\\n\\nwhen to start asking kids for permission before you post\\n\\nthe benefits we gain from sharing about our families online\\n\\n\\nHere are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:\\n\\nZoya Garg,\\xa0Elmer Gomez\\xa0and\\xa0Luciana Yael Petrzela for the NY Times: "If You Didn\'t \'Sharent,\' Did You Even Parent?"\\n\\n\\nSean Coughlan for the BBC: "\'Sharenting\' puts young at risk of online fraud"\\n\\n\\nFortesa Latifi for Cosmopolitan: "What\\u2019s the Price of a Childhood Turned Into Content?"\\n\\n\\nFortesa Latifi for Cosmopolitan: "\'We\\u2019re Never Doing This Again\': What It Took for These Parenting Influencers to Pull Their Kids Offline"\\n\\n\\nPaula Cocozza for The Guardian: "\\u2018I was so embarrassed I cried\\u2019: do parents share too much online?"\\n\\n\\nAmy Webb for Slate: "We Post Nothing About Our Daughter Online"\\n\\n\\nJennifer Valentino-DeVries\\xa0and\\xa0Michael H. Keller for the NY Times: "A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men"\\n\\n\\nMegan Francis: When Your \\u201cWorst-Mom Moment\\u201d Becomes A Viral Meme (And How The \\u201cSurfboard Kid\\u201d Became A Man)\\n\\n\\n\\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\\nmom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips,\\xa0mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid\\u2019s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent,\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'