Children online: My problem with this culture of oversharing

My social feeds- Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are full of people posting pictures of their children online, and it makes me uneasy.

While Facebook is a public space shared between ‘friends’, liked posts can still appear in feeds of people you don’t know because they are loosely acquainted with one of your friends, and people aren’t always hot on their privacy settings.

Also, with the popularity of mum and baby type community interest groups increasing, and hundreds of hashtags in circulation, it seems some people don’t worry about who sees their children online.

But still, as much as I love seeing baby and child photos, you’re putting your kids on the internet and I think people (parents) should start being a bit more cautious. I can understand the overwhelming urge to share that ridiculously cute snap of a child, but everyone needs to take a step back and think about what they’re doing.

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