Ep 51: Sharenting, Digital Safety and Respecting our Kids in the Digital Age

*Content warning*- discussion of digital safety, general mention of child sexual abuse and exploitation, adult themes.

Last week's solo episode ended with the question: should adult content creators, or any one of us, be posting our children on social media for the world to see?

This week's episode picks up the conversation, delving deep into the topics of "sharenting", both in the context of large influencer accounts and regular social media users just sharing our kids online. Drawing from the educational and awareness raising efforts of @mom.uncharted Jenna discusses how we got to a place where it's so normalized to post intimate moments of our kid's childhoods online and what the concerns are, from digital safety to disrespecting our kids fundamental rights to privacy and dignity. The digital age we are living in is wild, and for most of us, sharing our lives online is something we do without a second thought. But when it comes to our children, a great deal of thought and reflection is needed in order to do right by them. 

This is a heavier episode with some potentially triggering topics- it may even feel triggering to hear that we shouldn't be posting our kids online! But Jenna feels this is an essential and timely conversation that we ALL need to be having. 

With this episode in particular, please consider sharing, or sharing @mom.uncharted on Instagram to spread this conversation far and wide!

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