Brandon Coppernoll Web content management, internet marketing and social media in Indiana

If our children only knew…

I had a crazy thought this morning while doing my daily perusing of the social media atmosphere for topics to blog about or that I need to know for work. In a way, my generation is developing a generation of "little-known child stars". I know that you're probably wondering what in the world I mean, but I think I can explain well enough.

My wife and I have two beautiful children. A son who is three and a daughter who is coming up on six months. Pictures of their whole lives and random blog and Facebook posts have pretty much replaced the old-fashioned baby book, but at the same time it has created a web of publicity for our children. While they're nowhere compared to someone like Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, all of our children are still little "stars" in our social networks.

In some ways we know each others' kids better than our aunts and uncles possibly knew us because our whole lives were not out there for the world to see. I know we have capabilities of setting items to private but most of us rarely do this. I don't think it's an entirely bad thing to post this stuff for all to see as long as you take proper measures of protecting them:

• Don't give up your address publicly;
• I recommend not giving up your phone number publicly either;
• No questionable photos;
• Be a good parent and protect your children.

So I am really interested to see what the future will bring with the next generation. What social media tools and sites will be available when my son starts reaching high school? Will this generation be struck with crippling narcissism because their whole lives have been out there for others to see? This generation has already experienced narcissism because people have become instant stars thanks to sites like YouTube. I guess only time and guidance will tell.

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