Sharenting In Adrienne Lafrance's Argument

Sharenting is a portmanteau of the words sharing and parenting. In an article in the Atlantic Journal, Adrienne Lafrance writes about how parents are putting their children’s safety at risk on the internet by sharing private information. She takes account from other writers who have spoken of the subject and gives support towards her argument. Lafrance argues that parents sharing information about their children’s lives on the internet puts children at risk, and, indeed her use of pathos, outside sources, logos, and real life examples strongly supports this claim towards the children’s safety.
To begin with, Lafrance makes her argument towards the audience in an effective way by using pathos. The author tells a story of a family who shared a very political photo of their whole …show more content…
To show an example of a real danger of the internet, Lafrance brings up a story of a woman that posted a photo of her twins while potty training that learned that “strangers accessed the photos, downloaded them, altered them, and shared them on a website commonly used by pedophiles.” Lafrance creates a connection of these real life situations to support her argument. This real life example enables the audience to gain knowledge first hand of the risks and dangers of the internet. Another example the author brought up was the photo that “featured a mother and two girls with tape placed over their mouths, a small boy making a thumbs-up gesture, and a father holding a sign that said “peace on Earth”’ (Lafrance). Lafrance uses this example in order to show the audience that sharing on the internet, no matter how good it seems at the time, is always there on the internet and can have a bad effect for the children for years to come. By sharing multiple real life examples, which all include negative outcomes, it builds her argument because the audience knows how dangerous “sharenting” actually