'Sharenting': Can Parents Post Too Much About Their Kids Online?

For many of us, posting on social media is a daily habit. For parents, that often means updates about what their young children are up to. But can parents be guilty of sharing too much about their kids online?

The phenomenon is called “sharenting” — and now, some experts say parents ought to pay closer attention to what they’re sharing.

Stacey Steinberg, associate director of the Center on Children and Families at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, says sharenting represents a “cultural shift” in the way kids grow up.

“Social media has only been around for about a decade or so, and so as parents, we’re first learning about social media at the same time that we’re talking about our kids,” Steinberg () tells ‘s Jeremy Hobson. “And as our pride and joy, we want to share them.”