It's six years ago but it's the first time I'm hearing "Sharenting". And I hope it's the last time I hear it too.
"Sharenting" is a portmanteau of "sharing" and "parenting", describing the practice of parents publicizing a large amount of potentially sensitive content about their children on internet platforms, most notably on social media.
My first thought (aside from cringing) was that the word referred to some aspect of divorced parents who share custody. But the idea of parents who overshare on social media, that goes all the way back to when parents first started joining Facebook, which was a long time ago.
My older daughter never posted - or allowed - any pictures or details of her kids on social media. Right or wrong, she always suspected it would lead to problems.
This makes me think of a couple of stories, to derail this thread. The first is the new series we're watching on Apple TV, called Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (it's not as salacious as it sounds). It starts with the main character doing an online video chat, and later realizing that her webcam captured (on the wall behind her) a cork board with all sorts of notes, names, and phone numbers.
As for me, I have monthly video talks with my new manager, and at one point she said "I love Glenmorangie!", referring to my glass that had my cranberry & water. I mostly use my collection of complimentary scotch glasses for my daytime juice drink. But I didn't really intend for it to be part of my monthly check-in conversation.
