North East Parents In 'Sharenting' Warning
Parents across the North East are being warned of the dangers of posting images of their children online.
'Sharenting' is when parents put lots of pictures of their kids on social media - for some - it drives us up the wall.
But research says children will feature in almost 1,000 online photos by the time they reach age five.
The study by Nominet reveals the average parent posts over 200 photos of their children every year, although many don’t check privacy settings regularly.
The study revealed that 17% of parents have never checked their Facebook privacy settings and almost half (46%) have only checked once or twice, despite the social network being the most common platform for photo sharing.
Suzie Hayman is a trustee from the Family Lives charity says you COULD be putting your kids at risk.
"If you post pictures of your children on social media you could be putting them at risk and not even realising it.
"If you don't change your privacy settings on social media websites it means those images can be accessed by other people.
"If it also says location on the image particularly when you upload from a mobile that can also tell people exactly where your children are."