Not Everything Needs To Be Shared Online
In today’s ONLINE world, the line between what’s private and what’s public seems to be quite faint.
Many seem to share ‘everything’, and are simply unsure of where they should draw the line.
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I’ve seen the following being shared online, by people I personally know:
- Screenshots of private messages, about someone else, whom they dislike at school or at work
- Screenshots of someone’s Instagram post (someone whom they dislike), sometimes adding to it degrading comments, too
- Facebook updates stating serious issues with spouse
- Facebook updates stating how they feel and what they do throughout the day
- Screenshots of real personal home address
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When it comes to ‘existing online’, I personally believe we need to:
>> stay true to ourselves (we must be the same person – online and offline)
>> think and choose what we are about to share because:
– not everything is useful, good, or kind
– not everything needs to be shared
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When I say ‘not everything needs to be shared’, I mean to say:
– we don’t have to always share ‘where we exactly are located’ at any particular point in time (for safety reasons, too)
– we should not share personal info online (eg. Home address)
– we should not share internal family or marital problems
– we should not share personal messages that are originally meant ‘for our eyes only’
– we should not be a cyber bully and share hateful and destructive comments
– we should not share private details of our children’s personal lives.
When our children have grown older, we should consider respecting their privacyWhen our children have grown older, we should consider respecting their privacy. Personal details like the kinds of tantrums she throws, the kinds of friends she has, the kinds of rebellion he displays, should be kept within the family, and not shared online.
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Today, the online world is a big part of our lives.
And it’s okay.
The online world is a big part of our livesAs long as we also remember to exercise extra caution, and think twice or three times even, about the things we are about share BEFORE we share them online?
Food for thought.
For us and for our children.
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[All photos above are from the internet]
