Arguments for my position

Argument #1- Parents are setting their children up for dangerous problems in the future.

"Barclays has projected that a full two-thirds of identity fraud in the year 2030 will be from scraping information of minors from social media sights, provided by oversharing parents." (Fernandez, 2019)

• Children whose parents post about them on soical media are more likely to experience identity fraud. This is solely because of their parents, and not themselves. Parents are supposed to protect their kids, not hurt them.

". . . you could post a completely innocuous video of your daughter doing cartwheels and a pedophile could comment with a time code of a particular split-second view as a signal to his fellows." (Kamenetz, 2019)

• This is a parents' worst nightmare. Parents are providing strangers the information to harm their children.

Argument #2- Sensitive information about children is shared.

" Imagine a child who has behavior problems, learning disabilities or chronic illness. Mom or Dad understandably want to discuss these struggles and reach out for support. But those posts live on the internet, with potential to be discovered by college admissions officers and future employers, friends and romantic prospects. A child's life story is written for him before he has a chance to tell it himself. " (Kamenetz, 2019)

• Things like mental health and illnesses are extrememly vulnerable things to experience, and should only be shared with friends and family. Others who see this may jufge and will never know the true story of a person. Children deserve a clean slate.

"You'd tell your teenager to use social media to create a positive portrayal of herself so future employers will be impressed by her savvy dissection of current events rather than how many tequila shots she had at Tommy's #houseparty last weekend. You should think about telling yourself to post only a tasteful update about your 10year-old's success at baseball rather than the fight he got into with his younger sister after the game ended." (Plunkett, 2019)

• Sensitive informations is can also be embarassing information. Children should be allowed to grow and evolve. Therefore, when they grow up, they may be embarassed or regret things they did as young children.
  

Fernandez, E. (2019, July 8). What we post on social media may harm our children’s development. Forbes.

Kamenetz, A. (2019, Jun 06). The problem with 'sharenting': [op-ed]. New York Times

Plunkett, L. A. (2019, Sep 15). Are you sure you want to post that about your kid on facebook?: Why oversharing about children today could end up hurting them for years to come. Boston Globe