As of March 2020, a survey on parenting in the United States revealed that a major reason for 76 percent of parents to have not shared anything about their children on social media was because they did not want other people to have access to the information. A major reason for 71 percent of responding non-sharers was due to them not wanting social media sites collecting data about their children.
Most common reasons for parents in the United States to have never shared things about their children on social media as of March 2020
Characteristic
Major reason
Minor reason
Not a reason
Don't want other people to have access to this information
76
12
11
Don't want these sites to collect data about their children
71
16
12
Just not interested in sharing these things
55
25
20
Don't want their children to be judged by other users
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Pew Research Center. (July 28, 2020). Most common reasons for parents in the United States to have never shared things about their children on social media as of March 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153959/share-us-parents-never-shared-children-social-media/
Pew Research Center. "Most common reasons for parents in the United States to have never shared things about their children on social media as of March 2020." Chart. July 28, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153959/share-us-parents-never-shared-children-social-media/
Pew Research Center. (2020). Most common reasons for parents in the United States to have never shared things about their children on social media as of March 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153959/share-us-parents-never-shared-children-social-media/
Pew Research Center. "Most Common Reasons for Parents in The United States to Have Never Shared Things about Their Children on Social Media as of March 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153959/share-us-parents-never-shared-children-social-media/
Pew Research Center, Most common reasons for parents in the United States to have never shared things about their children on social media as of March 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153959/share-us-parents-never-shared-children-social-media/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Most common reasons for parents in the United States to have never shared things about their children on social media as of March 2020 [Graph], Pew Research Center, July 28, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153959/share-us-parents-never-shared-children-social-media/
