Experts Caution Parents Against Sharenting, Say It May Lead To Issue Like Identity Theft

492 percent of the kids below the age of two years already have a digital footprint

As per the study of the University of Florida, almost 92 percent of the kids who are below the age of two years already have a digital footprint. “The question becomes one of, you know, there’s an inherent conflict between parents who have a right to publish and children who have a right to privacy,” Dr. Lynn Schofield Clark told.

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5Clark said maintaining privacy of child can play important role in kids’ development

Dr. Clark works at the University of Denver’s Media, Film and Journalism Studies department. She has been involved in studying and writing literature on “sharenting.” Clark said maintaining the privacy of child can play very important role in kids’ development and actions.

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6Issues like identity theft, anxiety, stalking and bullying may crop up with oversharing

She says that sharing too many pictures and information on the social media may cause issues like identity theft, anxiety, stalking and bullying. Dr. Clark said, “I think where it becomes problematic is when parents make decisions that are funny to them but turn out to be embarrassing for young people.”

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