Ryan Allen, MS, LPCC-S (Licensed Professional Counselor, Preschool Therapy & Consulting) explains how “sharenting” behavior can create a cycle of validation seeking and guilt that can hurt the parent-child relationship at the #AskTheExperts webinar “Overshare? What You Need To Know About Parent Sharenting and Child Privacy,” on Wednesday October 1, 2025.
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[Ryan Allen]: Now for us parents, there’s the validation seeking. So the, “I need other people to kind of say and see how well I’m doing,” which creates that comparison. And, as a result, we kind of have a moment like this where we have difficulty being present because either we’re taking the picture or we’re trying to watch for comments. But either way, usually there’s going to be guilt, because either we feel guilt because we don’t document enough or we feel guilt because we over-document and we miss moments or because the power struggle happens, and now we feel guilt about pushing them for the picture.
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Overshare? What You Need To Know About Parent Sharenting and Child Privacy
How does "sharenting" affect children's privacy, safety, and psychological development, and what should parents keep in mind before clicking "share"?
Fortesa Latifi, MA
Journalist
Stacey Steinberg, JD
Legal Skills Professor
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Liselot Hudders, PhD
Full Professor in Marketing Ethics
Ghent University, Belgium
Ryan Allen MS, LPCC-S
Licensed Professional Counselor
Preschool Therapy & Consulting