The holidays are finally here. Time to get together with family, maybe hang out with the little kids in your life.

Just don't be surprised if some of them are now influencers.

Survey says more and more kids want to be influencers.

A recent study found about one in three American kids between the ages of eight and twelve aspire to be either a vlogger or a YouTuber.

More and more kids consider themselves influencers.

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And parents are doing a lot of the legwork when it comes to curation. There's even a name for the practice.

Sharenting!

Don't know if the term is going to stand the test of time, but there's a lot to consider here.

Kids are too young, often to understand what is happening to them when they are being sharented.

Even if they do understand, they have no legal recourse to give consent or not give consent.

The perils of parenting while sharenting coming up on today's point.

Today's point.

Today's point, we're going to spend some time this episode trying to wrap our heads around some of the moral quandaries at play

when you turn your child into a social media celebrity.

It's very much a thing, as you will soon see, but first let's just define an essential term.

Leah Plunkett is the author of...

Sharenthood.

Which is all about.

Sharenting.

All the ways that parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers, coaches, and other trusted adults share children's private information digitally.

Kids are too young, often to understand what is happening to them when they are being sharented.

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