Teach By Example - How Do You Share Your Photos?

As the mother of two young children I am more aware of my own actions than ever before. I know there are two sets of eyes watching everything I do...

I teach them to be kind and compassionate to others, never liter, look both ways before crossing, but what about my online habits?

My son is almost 5 and there are an increasing number of sites and apps targeting children his age. I want him to feel comfortable online and with technology, but there are ground rules.

I have told him we don't give out personal information and I don't publicly post my their names or our street address, so why wouldn't I be just as careful with our family photos?

How fast photos can be shared over the internet scares me. When I was a child we still had manual film and clunky envelopes of freshly developed film! The biggest worry was if you dropped or lost a photo. My children are growing up in a completely different world. Amazing, but easy to lose your privacy.

Yes, I blog and share photos publicly all the time. Most of those are for a project or event, but that doesn't mean all my photos are so openly shared. Yes, outmywindow^TM  allows me to set some boundaries on who can see my photos - I'm in control. By practicing what I preach to my own kids, I hope they follow my example and control who sees their photos in the future.

Of course, I better be in the share group!

Have you taught your own children about web privacy? Do you currently use outmywindow^TM to control who you share your photos with?

If you haven't yet, check out the outmywindow^TM  App on iTunes and see how easy it can be!


*Disclaimer - I have been hired by Warner Bros WBWord division to raise awareness for 'outmywindow™.' All opinions are my own.