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y last story, about how and why we created a digital trust fund for my daughter, touched a nerve. Understandably so. As parents, we're all incredibly proud of our children and excited about things that might seem insignificant to others. It feels natural to share that joy with others, and social media has made that process effortless.Time, Salon and various other blogs and news outlets published responses to what I wrote. More than 74,000 people liked the story on Facebook, and a few thousand Slate readers posted comments both in support of and against my central thesis, which is that when we share even innocent images information about our kids, we endanger their future anonymity and expose them to data monitoring by governments and private corporations that we can't control.
But what got some readers most worked up was my description of how I was shielding my own child. I have close friends and family members who are creating troves of searchable data on their children, and that has me worried. I wrote about my parenting approach in part because Facebook had just updated its privacy policy again and also because I wanted to share my knowledge and experience with other parents.
More: Privacy, Facebook, Kids: Don't Post Photos of Your Kids on Social Media.