The milestones people post about are often the answers to the security “challenge” questions we use to get into online accounts when we forget our passwords. There are few things more heartwarming than seeing parents posting about their children on social media. What parents wouldn’t want the world to know how wonderful their child is? In recent years, however, such “sharenting” has gotten some pushback for violating children’s privacy, and depriving them of choices about their online identities. How, some people are asking, will my 21-year-old daughter feel one day about what I’m sharing now?

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