Stacey Steinberg, J.D.
TEDxVienna Speaker, Attorney, Law Professor, Author, Photographer, Mom
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University of Florida Levin College of Law
Stacey is a legal skills professor and the Supervising Attorney of the Gator TeamChild Juvenile Law Clinic. Her academic work has appeared in top law journals and has been cited by UNICEF. She speaks regularly at international conferences including those organized in collaboration with the United Nations.
Growing Up Shared
Stacey is the author of the book, Growing Up Shared: How Parents Can Share Smarter on Social Media and What You Can Do to Keep Your Family Safe in a No-Privacy World. Her book was noted as a parenting bestseller by Library Journal and excerpts have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Stacey is also a photographer, donating sessions to families with children battling pediatric cancer and other chronic medical conditions.
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articles and Essays
Stacey’s work has appeared in many places, including The Washington Post and The New York Times. Here are her most recent articles.
The New York Times (August, 2020) Why Parents Should Pause Before Oversharing Online [Link]
The London School of Economics Parenting for a Digital Future Blog - (April, 2021) Ethical AI? Children’s Rights and Autonomy in Digital Spaces [Link]
The Washington Post - (May, 2021) Schools and other organizations are sharing more about kids online. Here’s what parents can do to protect them. [Link]
The Washington Post (July, 2020) Four things to keep in mind before posting about your kids online [Link]
The Washington Post (May, 2020) An oversharing grandma’s court case offers lessons on setting boundaries for kids’ online privacy [Link]
The London School of Economics Parenting for the Digital Future (May, 2020) Separating parents and social media: helping families navigate online spaces even when parents live apart [Link]
The New York Times – (May, 2020) How to Keep Children’s Stress From Turning Into Trauma [Link]
The Washington Post – (April, 2020) This may be the time to harness the power of social media as a family [Link]
The Washington Post (February, 2020) Let’s tell kids what they can do online, instead of what they can’t do [link]
The Washington Post (September, 2019) The online privacy checklist your kids need you to have [link]
The Washington Post (July, 2018) How Europe’s ‘right to be forgotten’ could protect kids’ online privacy in the U.S. [link]
Interviews and Quotes
Stacey is a sought after expert on children’s privacy and sharenting. Here are articles quoting her on children’s privacy.
Glamour UK (January, 2021) Are you guilty of 'sharenting'? Why there's now a shocking rise of children suing their parents for documenting their lives on social me [Link]
Al Jazeera (October, 2020) The perils of ‘sharenting’: The parents who share too much [Link]
The Doctors (September, 2020) Are You Oversharing about Your Kids Online? [Link]
The Washington Post (October, 2019) ‘Don’t leave campus’: Parents are now using tracking apps to watch their kids at college [link]
NPR (August, 2019) What Parents May Not Realize When They Post About Their Kids Online [link]
Medium - (August, 2019) What’s the Harm in Posting About Our Kids [Link]
BBC - (August, 2019) The Apps Combating Sharenting [Link]
The New York Times – (June, 2019) The Problem with ‘Sharenting’ [Link]
The Washington Post – (June, 2019) Gen Z kids are the stars of their parents’ social media — and they have opinions about that [Link]
The New York Times – (April, 2019) Facebook Is Stealing Your Family’s Joy [Link]
CNN – (March, 2019) What happens when parents abuse and exploit children for internet fame? [Link]
The Wall Street Journal – (March, 2019) Why I Put My Dog’s Photo on Social Media, but Not My Son’s [Link]
NPR - (January, 2019) 'Sharenting': Can Parents Post Too Much About Their Kids Online? [link]
The Daily Beast – Kids Don’t have Parents Anymore - The Have ‘Sharents’ [link] Interview/Quote - December, 2017
Consumer Reports - How to Protect Your Children's Privacy in the Era of Online 'Sharenting' [link] Interview/Quote - August, 2017
CBS – News4Gainesville - Sharenting: A parent's right to share and a child's right to privacy [link] Interview – February, 2018
NPR – Do Parent’s Invade Children’s Privacy When They Post Online? [link] Interview/Quote October, 2016
The New York Times – Don’t Post About Me on Social Media, Children Say [link] Interview/Quote March, 2016
CNN – The do’s and don’ts of posting about your kids online [link] Interview/Quote -October, 2016
The Atlantic – Protecting Kids in the Age of Sharenting [link] Interview/Quote - October, 2016
CBS – Something to consider before posting about your kids [link] Interview/Quote - October, 2016
Consumer Reports - How to Protect Your Children's Privacy in the Era of Online 'Sharenting' [link] Interview/Quote - August, 2017
NPR – Do Parent’s Invade Children’s Privacy When They Post Online? [link] Interview/Quote October, 2016
The New York Times – Don’t Post About Me on Social Media, Children Say [link] Interview/Quote March, 2016
The New York Times - (August, 2020) Why Parents Should Pause Before Oversharing Online [Link]
The Washington Post - (July, 2020) Four things to keep in mind before posting about your kids online [Link]
The Washington Post - (May, 2020) An oversharing grandma’s court case offers lessons on setting boundaries for kids’ online privacy [Link]
The London School of Economics Parenting for the Digital Future -- (May, 2020) Separating parents and social media: helping families navigate online spaces even when parents live apart [Link]
The New York Times – (May, 2020) How to Keep Children’s Stress From Turning Into Trauma [Link]
The Washington Post – (April, 2020) This may be the time to harness the power of social media as a family [Link]