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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Regardless of relative fame, the information about the kids is "out there" now and always will be. Anyone with a search engine will be able to read about sleep issues, homework issues or whatever far into the future. I have a couple of friends who are not famous in any way but post about their kids to Facebook with abandon, have literally hundreds of friends and don't use any privacy settings. I feel for the day when the kids are bullied because they wet the bed seven years ago... [/quote]

The flaw in that analysis is these kids have already grown up in a TMI culture. Oversharing is all they know and they're not embarrassed by anything.

I do agree that the parents who post negative things about their kids -- my SIL does this, ranting about how awful my nephew is in a bid for reassurances that she's a good mom -- could cause family friction later.

But no kid is going to write a "tell-all" book about this trauma. More importantly, no publisher will publish it. I suppose the kid could self-publish in an e-book. But no one is going to buy or read it.

But yeah, if your point is that it's bad to chronicle your parenting challenges online, I agree. We're all judging the people who do this and public assurances to the commentary, we generally feel that you ARE a bad parent based on what you're telling us.  I just think your notion of retaliation later is a fantasy.[/quote]

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