Do parents share excessively about kids on social media?

Do parents share excessively about kids on social media?
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You love to share the pics and videos of your kid\'s antics on social media. But are you ending up sharing too much? A lot of parents say yes. When sharing parenting advice on social media, common topics included getting kids to sleep (28 per cent), nutrition and eating tips (26 per cent), discipline (19 per cent), daycare/preschool (17 per cent) and behaviour problems

New York: You love to share the pics and videos of your kid's antics on social media. But are you ending up sharing too much? A lot of parents say yes. When sharing parenting advice on social media, common topics included getting kids to sleep (28 per cent), nutrition and eating tips (26 per cent), discipline (19 per cent), daycare/preschool (17 per cent) and behaviour problems (13 per cent), according to the poll that surveyed a national sample of parents of children aged zero to four.

However, parents also recognised potential pitfalls of sharing information about their children, with nearly two-thirds concerned someone would learn private information about their child or share photos of their child. More than half also worried that when older, their child may be embarrassed by what was shared.

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