Parents should stop posting about their child on socialmedia
Mar 13, 2021 12:52:13 GMT 10
Post by Captain Nemo on Mar 13, 2021 12:52:13 GMT 10
One stereotypical aspect of the typical "Millennial parent" that we all like to poke fun at is that they like to post about their child on social media. How amusing, right?
Well, actually, this aspect is not funny at all. In fact, it is actually quite detrimental for their child at hand, actually.
Without their consent, their child is having their personal lives publicized for the world to see, personal information that can be used to tease them in the future leaked online, all just so that their parent can garner a few hearts and thumbs-ups on their front Facebook page, it's selfish and irresponsible what these Millennial parents, and especially Gen X and Boomer grandparents who also partake in this, are doing by posting about their child for all the world to see.
Plus, most of these parents doing this are taking these pictures on their phones, which can send private messages to their close friends instead, there's absolutely no reason for them to share anything about their child on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or what have you, none, nada, zilch. So glad I was born early enough to have been a baby when film cameras were still the norm and you could only connect to the internet through a dial-up modem.
Granted, I also think children shouldn't have an online presence at all until they're at least 9, and even then should only be restricted to sites like Roblox and any ToonTown variant where they're only interacting with other kids their age with their personal information left completely anonymous until they are at least 15 or 16, when then they could join typical social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube, etc., as well as forum sites and Discords.
I also think that even adults should honestly take the responsibility to detox themselves from social media, and should only partake in forum sites or Discords instead of the typical social media shebang if they want to talk with people from around the world and just communicate with their real life friends through text messages and video calls to stay in touch, because social media has too much power over our personal lives that it shouldn't have, and companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc. need to be broken up or shut down. But key point is, children should not have an internet presence, and this includes parents posting about their child on social media.
What do you all think? Do you agree with me or disagree with me?
