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Ellie Fennell

“My kids have an incredible life thanks to our family’s Instagram feed” – it’s time to meet the ‘Sharents'

A composite image shows Rebecca Wooldridge holding her triplets as newborn babies, Vicki Broadbent and her daughter Florence, and Laura Dove and her family in a group photo.

With parents on social media sharing everything from their kids' first day of school to a live-stream of their breakfast routine, images of children’s lives flash up online in the millions every day.

A recent study by Posterista found that pictures of newborns are uploaded to Facebook on average 57.9 minutes after their arrival into this world, while another report from the UK’s Office of the Children’s Commissioner found the average child has 1,300 photos of themselves posted online by the time they’re 13.

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