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The psychology of ‘sharenting’: Why parents can’t resist talking about their kids online — and what experts say about it

Sarah Hunter Simanson

Yahoo Life

Oct 13, 2023

Keneisha Sinclair-McBride, an attending psychologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and friend of the Digital Wellness Lab, explains the positives of connection and the potential negatives of sharenting.

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We believe that by following the science, we can create an empathetic and respectful world in which our kids can grow up healthy, smart, and kind.

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