Cam Barrett knows the precise date of her first menstrual period. Her mother posted the news on Facebook. Barrett, who lives in Illinois, is part of a growing movement of young people who are urging lawmakers to protect children whose parents monetize their private lives on social media.
For sure. For the worst ones, it feels like the kids are an accessory in the parents’ lives instead of the parents respecting them as their own selves. I’m an old millennial so I was definitely on Facebook while it was hot, and I totally posted pics of my kids when they were little, but man do I kind of regret that now. I stopped posting many years ago, certainly by the time they would be aware of it, so hopefully I didn’t do much, if any, psychological damage. But it still makes me feel icky to know how much I just shared without thinking. And I wasn’t even a serial poster like some friends.
For sure. For the worst ones, it feels like the kids are an accessory in the parents’ lives instead of the parents respecting them as their own selves. I’m an old millennial so I was definitely on Facebook while it was hot, and I totally posted pics of my kids when they were little, but man do I kind of regret that now. I stopped posting many years ago, certainly by the time they would be aware of it, so hopefully I didn’t do much, if any, psychological damage. But it still makes me feel icky to know how much I just shared without thinking. And I wasn’t even a serial poster like some friends.