I'm a paediatrician — and this is why using your child on social media is wrong

Dr Niamh Lynch says digital child labour must stop.  We must consider the children's rights and their safety

Is it time to end digital child labour?

I was an ‘early adopter’ of the social media platform, Facebook, back in the days when one had to receive an invite in order to join. 

When my first child was born, I shared her every milestone, from her first day earthside, to her first birthday. Friends and relatives from around the globe sent kind comments and good wishes. I continued to share photographs until one day I passed someone at work that I did not know at all, and she complimented me on my gorgeous daughter.