Do you have Social Media rules for your family?
What do you share about your child online? Do you share cute baby photos? Have you shared a funny bathtub picture? Do you post about difficulties in school or with behavior? You might think the things you share are cute, and might be informative to other parents, but how does your child feel about the pictures or information that you share about them?
Parents and children have different sets of rules for the different types of technology available to them, such as when to use it. Today’s teenagers were babies when the social media explosion began with Facebook. All of those embarrassing pictures are still there for the world, (or your friends) to see. Your child might not like those pictures. What do you do? Do you take them down?
Some children are very particular about what they post online. Being tagged by a parent in a less than ideal light may cause arguments. It might not even be an embarrassing picture, you could be out and tagging them with you. They might not want to be seen constantly with their parent. Consider making a rule that any pictures that are taken, regardless if it is the parent or child, needs approval prior to posting. Come to an agreement on how often, or if they are tagged in posts at all.
Remember, everything that is posted online is there to stay. One day your child will be grown up and want control over his or her online presence. That silly video of he or she screaming on the floor while covered in spaghetti sauce will no longer be funny.
To read more, go to: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/08/dont-post-about-me-on-social-media-children-say/?mwrsm=Email&_r=0
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