{"id":174715,"date":"2025-02-16T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.islabit.com\/en\/?p=174715"},"modified":"2025-02-14T08:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T07:43:07","slug":"think-twice-before-posting-photos-of-your-kids-in-social-networks-to-avoid-sharenting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islabit.com\/en\/174715\/think-twice-before-posting-photos-of-your-kids-in-social-networks-to-avoid-sharenting.html","title":{"rendered":"Think twice before posting photos of your kids in social networks to avoid sharenting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are people that expose every little detail of their daily life<\/strong> on the social networks. Those who share about their kids and family every day are known as sharenting influencers. And there\u2019s a risk associated to that practice. Avoid sharenting if you want to protect the privacy of your children. The reasons to skip this practice are a lot, and you may find interesting tips reading the following article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharenting is one of the recent topics on social networks<\/strong>. It has several consequences for the minors because their entire life can be shared from the moment they are babies until adolescent or adult life. Avoid sharenting to give your children a safe and private space on social networks to share only what they want. Take into account that the photos of your children you share, are uploaded on the Internet and they can be stolen easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is sharenting and why should you avoid it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sharing photos and videos of your children<\/strong> on social networks<\/a> has become very common. Parents want their friends and family to check how much the children have grown. It\u2019s a strategy to make them part of their lives even if they live far away. However, the practice is now more than a way to show affection and it can have negative implications. Most of these risks may pass unnoticed but they are still there. For example, you are creating a digital footprint of your children, an online identify that they may not like in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children digital footprint<\/strong> starts the moment you share something that belongs to them on the social networks. According to studies, most of the children already have an Internet presence even before birth when they parents share an ultrasound. It\u2019s nice to record the different stages of life, but it\u2019s also necessary to think about what the children would like before sharing any post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Privacy and security on social networks, two sides of the coin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The idea is to post photos of your children but clearly thinking about the consequences of privacy and security<\/strong> for them. You should take into consideration the following risks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n