Back-to-School Safety Tips Every Parent Needs with Cathy Pedrayes

But first, let's start with what every mom does the first day of school photos.

And a lot of them go online.

We're posting them.

We're so excited to share.

What should we not be posting when we're taking these photos?

You know what else I've seen this year that's along the same vein as the AI photos? And I would just caution that with the AI chat, I think it's a great idea to make the little billboards so that you can keep it privately your first day of school, whatever.

But I would still be cautious of what kind of information I give about my kid to the AI, knowing that, you know, it's not private, right? So that's something to throw out there.

But I think in general information, whether it's on a chalkboard, whether it's something you created in an AI bot or something, you know, you're just writing with your hand, information that I wouldn't post publicly is names, school, I don't even like sharing grade...

Well, I don't like being specific about grade level, although that's a little...

But like I typically say like preschooler or like my elementary, I try to be like a little bit vague.

I also don't share like birthdays.

I also personally...

There's a lot of considerations now about sharing kids' faces publicly because AI has gotten so good at piecing together all these little bits of information.

And I know it's like, it sucks because watching kids grow up on the internet is like, you know, whether they're your kids or your friend's kids, it's one of like the small joys we have, right? Like kids are so innocent and they do like these cute things and it's so enjoyable.

And it's like, not fair that we have to think about this in like a creepy way.

But it is something that a lot of parents are thinking about now.

And it's something that I've personally made the decision for my family.

I mean, I don't have a private profile or anything like that.

So those are considerations too.

So for my profile, I don't post my kids because it's a public, like large profile.

If I had a private profile with just like my closest 50 friends or something, then, you know, maybe I'd be a little bit more open to it.

But there's honestly at this point, like you have to really reconsider posting anything.

But the way I do it, by the way, is I take pictures that are like for my family.

And then I'll take pictures that are a public version of it.

So for example, a more private version of a back to school post would be the kid, like maybe you have the kid's backpack or the kid just with their back to like the door and then you have like their favorite stuffed animals in front of them and like a little back to school you know that's like a cute way of sharing it without sharing you know too many personal details or the face so there are ways to still share without taking on all the risks you know you're trying to mitigate it a little bit