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Hey, what's up, everyone?

Andrew Limbong here in for Mariel Segarra.

I'm at that age where a decent amount of my Instagram feed is friends posting pictures of their kids.

You know, at the park, at the pool, at church, the recital, or tournament or game.

And it's great.

I'm not going to be one of those people who get on a soapbox yelling about kids on my feed.

But there is something disconcerting about the whole process, isn't there?

So I do think parents should be aware that they're not going to know at the moment that they

share a piece of information or even a photo or a video where it might go.

That's Leah Plunkett.

She's on the faculty of Harvard Law School with a specific interest in children and family law and technology.

Given that the devices we hold in our hands, the ones I'm holding right now, are digital

billboards.

They are, metaphorically speaking, digital billboards by the side of every highway, everywhere

in the world, now and in perpetuity.

She wrote a book about how adults unwittingly compromised the privacy of children by posting.

It's titled, Sharonhood, you know, like sharing and parenthood.

And listen, my wife and I are actually pretty strict about what we share about our kid online.

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