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It is highly likely that many parents are posting content about their underage children online with little knowledge of the risks associated with this practice. This study aims to investigate whether variables such as parents\u2019 age, gender, marital status, occupation and educational level influence the practice of sharing child-related content and the degree of awareness.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We performed a pilot cross-sectional study, based on an anonymous questionnaire. The\u00a0questionnaire was administered to parents of underage children attending the pediatric outpatient clinic of the Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University, in Rome, Italy,\u00a0by researchers, through the google forms platform; qualitative variables were generated on excel sheets and a statistical analysis was performed on SPSS Ibm-statistics using the chi-square test.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Two hundred twenty-eight parents of children under 18\u00a0years of age completed the questionnaire (82% mothers, 18% fathers); 98% of the respondents used social media and 75% of them published their children\u2019s related content online. Thirty-one percent of the compilers started their practice of sharenting in the first 6\u00a0months of life of their child. Our analysis showed that compared to parents who do not post online, parents who usually post online their children are significantly more likely to be partial employees or unemployed (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090,002), with lower educational level (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090,05), younger (less than 35\u00a0years of age (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090,01)) and have a higher number of followers (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090,001). Finally, 93% of the compilers were not aware of the current legislation and of the risks related to the practice of sharenting.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Pediatricians, healthcare assistants and preventive healthcare professionals should play a central role in alerting parents and families to the risks of sharenting; the results of our study could draw their attention to the increasing practice of sharenting and make healthcare professionals active part in the protection of children.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13052-024-01704-y","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,30]],"date-time":"2024-07-30T14:03:05Z","timestamp":1722348185000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Sharenting: characteristics and awareness of parents publishing sensitive content of their children on online platforms"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Maria Giulia","family":"Conti","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fabiola","family":"Del Parco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesca Maria","family":"Pulcinelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Enrica","family":"Mancino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Petrarca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raffaella","family":"Nenna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Greta","family":"Di Mattia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luigi","family":"Matera","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Domenico Paolo","family":"La Regina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Enea","family":"Bonci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cinthia","family":"Caruso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fabio","family":"Midulla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"1704_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"113322","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpeds.2023.01.002","volume":"257","author":"P Ferrara","year":"2023","unstructured":"Ferrara P, Cammisa I, Corsello G, Giardino I, Vural M, Pop TL, et al. 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