I have a four-year old, and I've actually started thinking about that quite a bit.
I think an infant has no expectation of privacy. Any decisions regarding a baby's on-line presence is limited to the parent's common sense.
Now that my son is in pre-school, we're dialing back on his on-line presence. Pictures on flickr and facebook are being re-categorized to "friends and family."
As he gets older, we're going to respect his wishes as to what should be made "public." If he doesn't want the story of the cute thing he did put up on facebook, we'll honor that request.
I'll also help him navigate being on-line. I know a pre-teen whose parents won't let him use a Minecraft public server (because of the risk of creepy douchebags), but a LAN server for him and his buddies is okay.
I think an infant has no expectation of privacy. Any decisions regarding a baby's on-line presence is limited to the parent's common sense.
Now that my son is in pre-school, we're dialing back on his on-line presence. Pictures on flickr and facebook are being re-categorized to "friends and family."
As he gets older, we're going to respect his wishes as to what should be made "public." If he doesn't want the story of the cute thing he did put up on facebook, we'll honor that request.
I'll also help him navigate being on-line. I know a pre-teen whose parents won't let him use a Minecraft public server (because of the risk of creepy douchebags), but a LAN server for him and his buddies is okay.