Oversharing on Social Media: Advice for Parents
Kids share a lot on social media, be it SnapChat, Instagram, Facebook or the latest platform you may not know about. But how do you know when your child is sharing too much, or oversharing...
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For parents to understand this, oversharing is when you share sort of too much information. But it's much more complicated in 2017. So a typical teenager has to assess exactly who and what they're going to share with. So you have to think about who you're gonna share it. What you're gonna share on Instagram. What you're gonna share on Snapchat, but not your Instagram. What you might share on Facebook with your grandparents and your parents. What you might share on a text. I mean there's multi layers of sharing these days, and it's actually very complicated and nuanced. And this is one place where parents really need to be involved with helping kids to understand what's appropriate to share, and when it's appropriate to shar...
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For parents to understand this, oversharing is when you share sort of too much information. But it's much more complicated in 2017. So a typical teenager has to assess exactly who and what they're going to share with. So you have to think about who you're gonna share it. What you're gonna share on Instagram. What you're gonna share on Snapchat, but not your Instagram. What you might share on Facebook with your grandparents and your parents. What you might share on a text. I mean there's multi layers of sharing these days, and it's actually very complicated and nuanced. And this is one place where parents really need to be involved with helping kids to understand what's appropriate to share, and when it's appropriate to shar...
