{"id":287113,"date":"2019-10-11T14:53:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T18:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/?p=287113"},"modified":"2023-11-08T20:29:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T01:29:44","slug":"leah-plunkett-shares-some-tips-from-her-new-book-sharenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2019\/10\/leah-plunkett-shares-some-tips-from-her-new-book-sharenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"The do\u2019s and don\u2019ts of sharing about your children online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t
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Author Leah Plunkett says despite temptation, children's privacy should be taken seriously on social media. <\/p>

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Leah Plunkett serves on the Youth and Media team of researchers at the Berkman Klein Center for the Internet & Society<\/a>, focusing on student privacy, digital citizenship, and educational equity. The publication of her first book, \u201cSharenthood,\u201d<\/a> this month says the many ways adults can compromise children\u2019s privacy is an \u201cover-sharenting crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have the hardest time getting used to the idea that a baby photo has a realistic chance of harm. They think the odds are low, but I don\u2019t think it is. Even if I accept that the odds are low, it\u2019s incumbent on us as parents, grandparents, teachers, to model the kind of citizenship we want them to have,\u201d she said. \u201cIf we don\u2019t model asking tough questions about surveillance, they\u2019re not going to be the ones speaking up when they are on their own. I want to raise kids who are going to say, \u2018Tell me more about that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Plunkett<\/a>, a faculty associate who graduated Harvard College in 2001 and Harvard Law School in 2006, gave the Gazette her do\u2019s and don\u2019ts for navigating technology when it comes to kids (hint: smart diapers are a no-no)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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