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Sharenthood
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Sharenthood

Why We Should Think Before We Talk About Our Kids Online

Leah A. Plunkett
MIT Press, 2019

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Law professor Leah A. Plunkett explores the risky digital behavior of “sharents” – parents, educators and caregivers who digitally disclose children’s personal information, often without understanding the range of consequences. “Sharenting” intrudes on kids’ privacy and sense of self, threatens their safety, and hinders their opportunities as they enter adulthood. Plunkett also describes how current laws enable and contribute to the sharenting problem, and proposes ways that parents and regulators might make the digital world safer for children.

Take-Aways

  • Divulging children’s digital data robs them of privacy, thwarts their ability to form their own identities and agency, and limits their prospects.
  • Young people’s digital data records can start forming even before conception, and follow them into adulthood.
  • Children’s data attract online predators, including child pornographers and identity thieves.

About the Author

Leah A. Plunkett is an associate dean and legal skills professor at the University of New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce School of Law, as well as a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Her experiences as a legal aid lawyer representing young clients helped inform her book Sharenthood.

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