ABOUT THIS EPISODE
“I won’t go faceless.” Sarah has been sent a growing number of posts from parents defending the decision to keep showing their children online, even as AI makes it easier to copy and manipulate a child’s image. In this solo episode, she takes on five of their most common arguments, including the claim that keeping children off social media somehow makes them invisible.
Sarah explains why audience, frequency, identifying details, and monetization matter, and why a child’s right to privacy deserves more weight as AI makes images easier to misuse. She also examines the incentives that reward parents for turning intimate moments into content, offers five questions to ask before posting, and makes the case for normalizing a more private childhood.
If someone sends you a post arguing that children are being “erased” when parents stop sharing them online, send them this episode. It’s a way to start a thoughtful conversation without giving the original post more engagement and if this episode helped you rethink what belongs online, share it with another parent who might be asking the same questions.
Chapters
(01:45) — The “I Won’t Go Faceless” Posts.
(05:00) — “The offender is responsible, so parents shouldn’t have to change”
(09:05) — “The internet isn’t the only place children can be harmed”
(12:28) — “Not posting children makes them invisible”
(17:00) — “You’re judging parents for a normal family photo”
(21:00) — “You can’t eliminate every risk, so why change anything?”
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