Despite being worried that children may compromise their privacy by disclosing too much personal data online, many parents paradoxically share pictures and information about their children <em>themselves</em>, a practice called sharenting. In this article we utilise data from the EU Kids Online survey to investigate this paradox. We examine both how individual characteristics such as demographics and digital skills, and relational factors, including parental mediation styles, concerns about children’s privacy, and communication between parents and children influence sharenting practices. Counter-intuitively, our findings show that parents with higher levels of digital skills are more likely<em> </em>to engage in sharenting. Furthermore, parents who actively mediate their children’s use of the internet and are more concerned about the privacy of their children, are also more likely to engage in sharenting. At the same time, and further emphasising the complexities of this relational practice, many parents do not ask for their children’s consent in advance of sharing information about them. Overall, parents seem to consider the social benefits of sharenting to outweigh the potential risks both for themselves and for their children. Given the paradoxical complexities of sharenting practices, we propose further research is required to distinguish between different kinds of sharenting and their potential implications for children and young people’s right to privacy.

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代理的隐私悖论：考虑共享的预测因素

尽管担心孩子可能会通过在网上披露过多的个人数据而损害他们的隐私，但许多父母自相矛盾地分享他们孩子的照片和信息<em>他们自己</em>，这种做法称为分享。在本文中，我们利用来自欧盟儿童在线调查的数据来调查这个悖论。我们研究了人口统计和数字技能等个人特征，以及父母调解方式、对儿童隐私的担忧以及父母与孩子之间的沟通等相关因素如何影响共享实践。与直觉相反，我们的研究结果表明，数字技能水平较高的父母更有可能参与分享。<em> </em> 此外，积极调解孩子使用互联网并更关心孩子隐私的父母也更有可能参与分享。同时，为了进一步强调这种关系实践的复杂性，许多父母在分享有关他们的信息之前不会征得孩子的同意。总体而言，父母似乎认为共享的社会效益超过了对自己和孩子的潜在风险。鉴于共享实践自相矛盾的复杂性，我们建议需要进一步研究以区分不同类型的共享及其对儿童和青少年隐私权的潜在影响。并且进一步强调这种关系实践的复杂性，许多父母在分享有关他们的信息之前不会征得孩子的同意。总体而言，父母似乎认为共享的社会效益超过了对自己和孩子的潜在风险。鉴于共享实践自相矛盾的复杂性，我们建议需要进一步研究以区分不同类型的共享及其对儿童和青少年隐私权的潜在影响。并且进一步强调这种关系实践的复杂性，许多父母在分享有关他们的信息之前不会征得孩子的同意。总体而言，父母似乎认为共享的社会效益超过了对自己和孩子的潜在风险。鉴于共享实践自相矛盾的复杂性，我们建议需要进一步研究以区分不同类型的共享及其对儿童和青少年隐私权的潜在影响。