Parenting Kids is Hard Enough
Parenting kids is hard enough, parenting kids with social media is another thing… Without clear guidance from us as parents, and education on the consequences of oversharing, our kids can open themselves to damages we can’t even predict. This is an enormous challenge, but a challenge worth understanding and taking on. Strong boundaries and education around social media are important as data thieves, and other criminals, don’t consider age a deterrent. In fact, a child’s information has more value to an identity thief than an adult because they have clean credit files and typically a longer length of time before discovery, creating even more damage. Helping our kids to understand what they are doing, what impacts their social media behavior has in the long term is more important than ever. If our job is to equip them to face this world without us, we have to ensure they are aware […]
