Should You Be Posting Your Kids Online? | Author Leah Plunkett
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Turning Point USA
4.8 • 15.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Are we posting our kids online in ways that could seriously hurt them later?
Lead Plunkett, author of 'Sharenthood' and faculty at Harvard law school, talks about the hidden risks of posting your children online, what most parents don’t understand about privacy in the digital age, the dark side of the family influencer economy, and how AI is raising the stakes in ways most people haven’t even considered. We aren't in 2016 anymore- helping families navigate privacy, safety, and childhood in the digital era is more important than ever.
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| 0:00.0 | Don't post your children's faces. |
| 0:03.1 | Every newborn baby looks like a potato. |
| 0:04.9 | They look different in a week after you post them. |
| 0:07.3 | So is it really nefarious or still not a great idea to post a picture of the brand new baby when it's first born at the hospital? |
| 0:14.6 | I still would say no. |
| 0:16.4 | What is so different about posting your kids now versus 2016? |
| 0:20.3 | Artificial intelligence, whole different world than it was in 2016. Are we posting our kids online in ways that could seriously hurt them later? |
| 0:53.0 | And are most parents still treating |
| 0:54.5 | the internet like it's 2016, when in reality the rules have completely changed? Today, we're |
| 0:59.8 | talking about the hidden risks of posting your children online. What most parents don't understand |
| 1:04.4 | about privacy in the digital age, the dark side of the family influencer economy, and how |
| 1:08.8 | AI is raising the stakes in ways that most people |
| 1:11.2 | haven't even considered. This episode is with Leah Plunkett, author of Sherenthood, Why We Should Think |
| 1:16.6 | before we talk about our kids online and faculty at Harvard Law School. She's one of the leading |
| 1:21.4 | voices helping families navigate privacy, safety, and childhood in the digital era. |
| 1:25.6 | Watch today's episode on the Real Alex Clark YouTube channel or Culture Apothecary on Spotify. Please pause and leave a five-star review to support |
| 1:31.4 | the show before we get started and keep the discussion going in the cute servitude's Facebook |
| 1:34.7 | group. Please welcome author of Sharon Hood, Leah Plunkett, to Culture Apothecary. |
| 1:43.0 | Moms are still thinking of 2016, I think, when they're posting to social media now. |
| 1:47.9 | We're thinking of this 2016 social media landscape when really you're saying 2026 is an entirely |
| 1:54.3 | different ballgame when it comes to posting on the internet. |
| 1:57.8 | What is so different about posting your kids now versus 2016? |
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