Parents who post lots about their children online can be pretty annoying – and now even kids say that they’d be reluctant to share so much.
A new survey shows that the majority of children wouldn’t share images of their sons and daughters on the internet.
Over 55 per cent of the 16,000 British schoolchildren who took part said they wouldn’t post about their kids on social media.
The survey found that primary school-age kids were more against ‘sharenting’ (parents who overshare online) than secondary school pupils.
Among their reasons for being wary of oversharing, the survey’s participants listed being embarrassed and being worried about how long their information would be online.
Others said that they were concerned about their personal data being made public.
“Although our parents mean well, sometimes the aftermath of a post can be disastrous,” one child who took part in the survey said.
Despite being raised as the first generation of social media natives, it shows that kids have an understanding of privacy and the consequences of sharing online – and that parents might want to take a leaf from their books.
“Children are the experts on the real and immediate impact of sharenting – the full extent of which we cannot know yet,” Sandra Davis, head of the law firm Mischon de Reya’s family department, told The Guardian.
“We must ensure we listen to children and take their views into consideration now in order to avoid any unintended consequences further down the line.”
