"Sharenting": are you oversharing about your child? Guest Leah Plunkett explains

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Today our topic is sharenting and we're talking about adults who overshare online about their kids and the damage it can cause.

We're joined by expert Leah Plunkett who has literally written the book on sharenting, and she'll explain how our current over-sharenting crisis is undermining our kids—and how we can make choices that restore their privacy & freedom to play & grow.

Guest Expert Leah Plunkett's Bio

Leah Plunkett is an author, lawyer, and mom of two young kids. Leah's book from MIT Press—SHARENTHOOD: Why We Should Think Before We Talk About Our Kids Online—joined works by Margaret Atwood and Stephen King on Wired's list of "must-read" books for fall 2019 and was named a "best self-help book for men" in 2019 by Fatherly. The New Yorker praised SHARENTHOOD for offering "gripping moments" where Leah envisions "scenarios that seem both far-fetched and, when you think more deeply about the direction of technological innovation, a bit inevitable" for how our tech choices impact our kids, now and in the future.

Leah, an honors graduate of Harvard College & Harvard Law School, brings her cutting-edge legal expertise and her background as an improv comedian to her work. After Leah talked with actor Dax Shephard on his podcast, Armchair Expert, Dax said of Leah: she's a "fascinating woman and also very funny." We hope you agree!

Connect with Leah on LinkedIn.

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