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The potential dangers of sharenting syndrome include the theft of children’s identity information and use of their images on child porn websites [27]. Parents are concerned about the child’s online privacy [28]. According to reports by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, half of the photos shared by child sexual abusers were first posted on social media by parents [29].

What are the dangers of sharenting?
While posting images of kids may seem innocuous, parents should be aware that sharing photos online—with family, friends, acquaintances, or the public—can be problematic. As such, there are several factors parents need to consider before posting pictures of their children on social media. These are especially pertinent because some of these considerations can present sharenting dangers, including:

The pervasiveness of social media.
The permanence of digital content and the internet.
Potential embarrassment as the child grows.
Identity theft from information in the shared information.
The problem is that once images are online, parents have no way of knowing how far they go and how other people might be able to use them. There is the added complication that whatever is posted online remains there forever, even if the original poster deletes it. ‘Oversharenting’ creates a digital footprint for the child whose picture is involved in the online photo sharing, which presents numerous potential complications, such as loss of privacy and financial or identity fraud, for example. Below are some of the sharenting dangers parents should be aware of.

Privacy and legal issues of oversharenting
One of the biggest problems with sharenting is the question of privacy. Young children are too young to consent to their parents sharing photos online with family and other people, and even older minors may not entirely grasp the full implications of posting online. In fact, a recent study found that 29% of parents share content about their child without getting the child’s consent; only 24% say they ask their child for permission to post each time. Furthermore, the study found that 32% of children say that their parent has shared a story, image, or video of them on social media even after they explicitly asked them to refrain. All of this suggests that online photo sharing has inherent privacy issues between children and parents.

Babies, by virtue of their limited communication skills, are incapable of giving informed consent to online photo sharing. But it is especially important for parents to consider the ramifications of sharenting, especially as their children grow. In certain countries, such as France and Germany, the legal system gives children the right to their own images.

Online personas crafted by parents can hinder a child’s identity development.
KEY POINTS
Sharenting, even with the best intentions, can violate a child’s privacy and disclose personal information.
Social media providers have the right to use all content you post to target ads and train algorithms.
Sharenting creates a public image that may conflict with a teen’s self-image and hinder identity development.