More and more parents are revealing personal details (in words and photos) about their lives, their children’s lives, and their parenting in their blogs and on conversational sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Parenting image: sxc.hu
Is this because they have too much time on their hands, are bored with life, or want recognition (even if it means sharing a dirty diaper)? They discuss their parenting errors, their children’s personal activities, and home life.
Will the children be appreciative of all this “dirty laundry aired” in future years? Will you, at some future time, wish you hadn’t revealed so much? Will it come back to haunt you? Sometimes when we act impulsively, because that’s the trend, we wish later we’d given more thought to what we did.
Sharing can be encouraging and inspiring to others, if done with taste. Humor has its place when we’re not poking fun at others, especially family, friends and colleagues who trust us. I’ve often written about our family life in articles and columns over the years. I frequently run an anecdote by the family member to see whether it will embarass them or not. If they don’t approve, I won’t use it. There are some incidents I won’t write about because it invades another’s privacy. There are some family members I won’t mention by name or situation because they’re very private people.
Also, what are we teaching our children, if we invade their and others’ privacy to achieve a “moment of fame” on the Internet?
What are your thoughts?
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