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No Stupid Questions

218. Why Do Parents Overshare on Social Media?

No Stupid Questions

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Society & Culture

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

How does social media exploit our evolutionary instincts? How dangerous is it to post about your children online? And does Angela regret talking about her daughters on the podcast?

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0:00.0

Anyone who has you on their Christmas card list is so paranoid.

0:08.0

I'm Angela Duckworth.

0:09.6

I'm Mike Mon.

0:10.7

And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.

0:13.9

Today on the show, what's wrong with proud parents sharing photos and stories of their children online.

0:21.6

Mom, you have ruined my life. Look at all the stuff that you've put out there about me.

0:36.9

Angela, we have a question that hits at the core of so many things we've talked about.

0:43.3

Says this, I hear a lot about parents oversharing information and photos of their children on social media these days.

0:51.0

I'm absolutely guilty of doing this and justify it because it's the way we stay in touch

0:55.7

with so many friends and family members near and far. With the start of a school year, we're warned

1:01.2

not to share the kid's school, location, teacher name on a first day banner, things like that.

1:06.9

What is the actual level of threat to a child when a parent overshares? And if a parent has overshared and wants to stop, is it even worth it?

1:15.4

Since so much information is out there that you can't get back, Mandy.

1:20.0

Oh my gosh.

1:20.8

I'm now thinking about the times that I have posted photos of Amanda and Lucy on Twitter, or whatever Twitter is called now X.

1:32.0

Is that what Mandy's talking about?

1:33.6

Did I just commit oversharing?

1:36.2

I'm not going to say that you're oversharing, but I think that's sort of what she's talking about,

1:39.4

is this idea that parents are posting children, right?

1:42.3

This sharing is parents of our children on

1:46.2

Instagram and TikTok and Facebook. Okay, so this term sharenting, is that what you just called it?

1:52.4

Yeah, so sorry. Fair, that is, I think, the term Mandy's referring to, where parents are sharing so

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