The book says, ‘If your work isn’t online, it doesn’t exist.’ I do and do not agree with this statement. There are various layers of what I’ve done and what I’ve created in my lifetime. Some are for my eyes only, some are meant to be shared with close friends and family, some are meant to be shared with acquaintences, and some I post online.
I mainly stay at home and work with my kids, homeschooling and ‘bringing them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.’ But I’m not about to go posting their pictures and bragging about them online. The wider world doesn’t need to see them shine until they come into life themselves and decide to let their little light shine in whatever way they want.
There are a lot of mom blogs out there already, and some reactions from some of the now-grown kids that I’ve seen online reinforce my beliefs that I shouldn’t post about my kids. Besides, I wouldn’t want someone posting about me without my knowledge or consent. Things online tend to stay online and bite people in the @$$ somewhere down the line.
Later on in the book, it quotes publicist Lauren Cerand as saying ‘Post as though everyone who can read it has the power to fire you.’ But in this case, it would be about my kids. Andy Stumpf brings it up about trying to get through to his kids that the things they post may come up when they’re looking to get hired, and to think twice before posting anything.
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