In 2024, the messy business of family vlogging is at an inflection point: to show your kids online or not? Sure, tens of thousands of parent influencers continue to prominently feature their children on social media in a bid to vie for our gnat-like attention spans (not to mention, those lucrative brand deals). But recently, more people have begun to ask unsettling questions about the murky ethics of the entire endeavor. How do you protect the safety and privacy of these kids when nearly every second of their lives is being broadcast to millions? Can toddlers—or hell, infants—meaningfully consent to being part of this chaotic ecosystem before they can even say the word “internet”? What does it mean to stamp their online footprint in ink? Will they eventually share in the profits being made off their work in this almost entirely unregulated industry?

Latifi, F. (2024, March 12). The Parenting Influencers Who Won’t Stop Posting Their Children . Cosmopolitan. https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a60115669/why-family-influencers-post-children/