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66 Emory L.J. 839 (2016-2017)
Sharenting: Children's Privacy in the Age of Social Media

handle is hein.journals/emlj66 and id is 863 raw text is: SHARENTING: CHILDREN'S PRIVACY IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Stacey B. Steinberg* ABSTRACT Through sharenting, or online sharing about parenting, parents now shape their children's digital identity long before these young people open their first e-mail. The disclosures parents make online are sure to follow their children into adulthood. Indeed, social media and blogging have dramatically changed the landscape facing today's children as they come of age. Children have an interest in privacy. Yet parents' rights to control the upbringing of their children and parents' rights to free speech may trump this interest. When parents share information about their children online, they do so without their children's consent. These parents act as both gatekeepers of their children's personal information and as narrators of their children's personal stories. This dual role ofparents in their children's online identity gives children little protection as their online identity evolves. A conflict of interests exists as children might one day resent the disclosures made years earlier by their parents. This Article is the first to offer an in-depth legal analysis of the conflict inherent between a parent's right to share online and a child's interest in privacy. It considers whether children have a legal or moral right to control their own digital footprint and discusses the unique and novel conflict at the heart ofparental sharing in the digital age. The Article explores potential legal solutions to this issue and offers a set of best practices for parents to consider * Legal Skills Professor, University of Florida Levin College of Law. J.D., University of Florida Levin College of Law; B.A., University of Florida. This paper was selected through a blind review process for presentation at the Section on Family & Juvenile Law 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). I thank Laura Ann Rosenbury, Dean at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, for engaging in energizing intellectual discussions that inspired me to write this article. I thank Mary Adkins, Warren Binford, Stephanie Bornstein, Nancy Dowd, Bahareh Keith, Lyrissa Lidsky, Rachel Rebouche, Shalini Ray, Benjamin Shmueli, Amy Stein, Ben Steinberg, and Barbara Bennett Woodhouse for their contributions to this article. I extend my deepest gratitude to my research assistants, Britney Ladd and Megan Testerman, and to the talented student editors at the Emory Law Journal. This paper also benefitted from the discussion and feedback of the co-panelists and participants of the AALS Annual Meeting, including Susan Appleton, Maxine Eichner, Sarah Abramowicz, Joel Nichols, and Jill Hasday.

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