'Sharenting’ — where parents share information about their children on social media — is on the rise. By the time a child turns 13, research shows that their parents will have shared an average of 1,300 photos of them online.
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March 3, 2021
Kin: the new family messaging app hoping to combat ‘sharenting’
By 2030, it’s predicted that two thirds of identity theft will be down to information a parent has shared about their child online.
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