I’m giving up the ‘sharenting’ – for the sake of my children | Charlotte Philby

It started off modestly, but soon I was posting dozens of photos of my kids on social media. Now I’m quitting to reclaim real life, and their privacy• Charlotte Philby is the former editor of the website MotherlandWhen I made the decision, a month ago, to take myself off social media for a year, I did so for various reasons. Not least because my two-year-old had taken to running up to me with a worried expression, shouting “mummy, your phone!” whenever he found it not in my hand for more than five minutes.Having amassed some 10,000 Instagram followers as editor of Motherland, the online parenting magazine I ran for two years, I had watched myself mutate from the sort of person who purposely only ever uploaded photos of my kids in an “ironic” way, and only ever occasionally (“See my child being a total monster as we queue for soft-play on Mother’s Day!” sort of thing) to the kind who seemed to be obsessively spamming my various online profiles across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, with fragments of my life. Related: The 'sharenting' divide: Half UK parents do not post children's pictures I wonder how many special moments with my kids I missed because I was busy trying to capture them for social media Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pavilion Children’s Books signs Katie Cottle

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Report: Diversity in children’s books is even worse than you think

This 11-year old girl demands more diversity for children’s books, which are overwhelmingly about “white boys and their dogs.” The lessons of Fenty Beauty and Black Panther have not yet trickled down to the world of children’s books. Apparently, the publishing industry has not yet realized that... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BA launches Independent Children’s Book of the Month Scheme

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Children's taps into biography trend with Extraordinary Lives series

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘We’re giving them a harder time’: Axel Springer tries to turn up heat on Facebook

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[ Digiday | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat gives publishers a new way to make Stories and money

Snapchat is trying something new: It's giving publishers a way to create videos without too much heavy lifting.On Thursday, Snapchat announced that its dozens of media partners, including Hearst, NBCUniversal, Refinery 29 and Daily Mail, will have the ability to build stories from the videos... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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