Parenting, social media and sharenting: listen now
14 Oct, 2024
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Parenting, social media and sharenting: listen now

Parent Zone CEO and founder Vicki Shotbolt has joined the latest episode of the Made by Mammas podcast, to share advice and tips for parenting in the digital age. 

Vicki gave advice to hosts Zoe and Georgia about how parents can navigate social media with their children. This included insights into what parental controls are available – and other hacks that can help keep children safe online. 

They were also joined by Instagram’s Tara Hopkins to talk about the platform's new teen account feature. 

Click here to listen to the Made For Mamma's podcast 

Protecting identities 

The podcast also explored the subject of ‘sharenting’ – and whether parents should cover their children’s faces when posting on social media. Vicki highlighted that this is a subject she feels firmly about, especially now with the rise of generative AI.

“Any image now that is online can be taken and manipulated by AI to look and appear in a different way to the way that you originally shared it,” Vicki said. ”You can’t withdraw consent once it's out there." 


Vicki Shotbolt is host of Tech Shock, the Parent Zone podcast. Click here to stream the latest series