What Is This ‘Sharenting’ That Assam Police Is Warning Us Against? KNOW HERE!

Assam police shared a post on Twitter that warned the public against Sharenting. This post was especially directed towards the parents. It requested, “Shield your child from the perils of Sharenting.” But it is still not clear what is sharing exactly.

Here’s what Assam Police has to say

The tweet shared by Assam Police meant to warn the parents of this generation against over sharing of their child’s information. The tweet said, “Likes fade, but the digital scars remain. Shield your child from the perils of Sharenting. Be mindful of what you share about your child on Social Media.”

Likes fade, but the digital scars remain.

Shield your child from the perils of Sharenting.

Be mindful of what you share about your child on Social Media. #DontBeASharent pic.twitter.com/Z8oilz8PFR

— Assam Police (@assampolice) July 15, 2023

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Sharenting explained

‘Sharenting’ is the term that comes from two words, that is share and parenting. Nowadays parents are highly habitual of sharing tiny cute moments of their children. For example, their walk, their smiles, their eating time. Some parents are highly obsessed with this habit; so much so that they actually go on to share the whole schedule of their children in a vlog post or just social media stories.

This term came into being in the year 2010 and has since that time become an increasing practice. In the year 2010, it was only prevalent in the countries like United Kingdom, Spain, United States and France.

Sharenting has been criticised by a number of people for being an invasion of a child’s privacy and for having a negative impact on parent-child relationships.

But why is this warning?

In addition to encroaching on a child’s privacy, sharing carries the danger of cyberbullying. When the boy or girl becomes older, this may involve utilising the information to insult, mock, or even bully the child.

Parents may have little or no influence over any social media posts that are made, and they may have long-lasting impacts. Parents can attempt to lessen the harm by deleting the post, but screenshots taken by the author of the content may only serve to compound it.

Sharenting may also result in digital kidnapping, which is when someone downloads a picture of a child from a social media site and then uploads it back with a new name and says the boy or the girl is actually their.