Protect Your Child's Privacy
1/20/2025 | 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Oversharing online can risk your child’s safety. Post privately to protect their privacy.
A joyful birthday post can turn into a privacy nightmare if shared carelessly. This video illustrates the hidden dangers of oversharing online, showing how even innocent posts can open doors to your child’s private world. Learn the importance of limiting your audience to trusted individuals and keeping your child’s safety a priority. Think before you post to protect their future.
Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.
Protect Your Child's Privacy
1/20/2025 | 55sVideo has Closed Captions
A joyful birthday post can turn into a privacy nightmare if shared carelessly. This video illustrates the hidden dangers of oversharing online, showing how even innocent posts can open doors to your child’s private world. Learn the importance of limiting your audience to trusted individuals and keeping your child’s safety a priority. Think before you post to protect their future.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ Happy birthday to David ♪ ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ (family clapping and cheering) (David blowing) - All right.
All right, now to post this online for everyone to see.
"Celebrating my boy's sixth birthday here at the house."
All right.
Okay.
- [Narrator] Every post is a door to your child's world.
You never know who is behind that door.
Don't take the risk, protect your child's privacy and don't be an oversharing parent.
- [Narrator] Made possible by the generous support of the Marlene and Spencer Hayes Foundation.
Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.