Should We Post Our Baby's Photos Online?

Look at this! Her first taste of mashed carrot!

你看！她第一次吃紅蘿蔔泥耶！

Oh, that's priceless. She's absolutely covered in it.

哇，這張太珍貴了。她弄得滿臉都是。

I'm posting this. My aunt in Canada will adore it.

我要貼上去。我在加拿大的阿姨一定會超愛的。

Hang on, posting it where, exactly?

等一下，你要貼到哪裡？

On my profile, obviously. Where else would I post it?

當然是我的個人頁面啊。不然還能貼哪裡？

Your profile's public, though. Literally anyone can see it.

可是你的頁面是公開的。真的任何人都看得到。

Come on, it's a baby covered in carrot, not state secrets.

拜託，只是個滿臉紅蘿蔔的寶寶，又不是國家機密。

I know, but she can't exactly give her consent.

我知道，可是她總不能自己說同意吧。

Consent? James, she's six months old!

同意？James，她才6個月大耶！

That's precisely my point. She has no say in it.

這正是我的重點。她完全沒有發言權。

Every photo we post becomes part of her digital footprint.

我們貼的每一張照片，都會變成她數位足跡的一部分。

Imagine her at fifteen, stumbling across all of this online.

想像一下她15歲的時候，在網路上不小心看到這一切。

You'd rather she had no baby photos at all?

那你寧願她一張嬰兒照都沒有？

Not at all. I'd just rather we controlled who sees them.

完全不是。我只是希望由我們來決定誰看得到。

Is this about that article you were reading last night?

這是因為你昨晚在看的那篇文章嗎？

Partly. There's even a word for it now: sharenting.

算是吧。現在甚至有個專有名詞：sharenting。

Sharenting? That sounds like a terrible reality show.

Sharenting？聽起來像很爛的實境秀。

It does, doesn't it? But the concerns are genuine.

對吧？可是這些擔憂是真的。

Photos get copied, saved and reshared without anyone knowing.

照片會被複製、儲存、再轉傳，而且沒人知道。

Seriously? Even from ordinary family accounts like mine?

真的嗎？連我這種普通的家庭帳號也會？

Once it's online, it's out of our hands for good.

一旦上了網，就永遠不在我們的掌控中了。

But my mum hasn't even held her yet.

可是我媽連抱都還沒抱過她。

Photos are the only way she gets to watch her grow.

照片是她看著外孫女長大的唯一方式。

I'm sorry, love. I'm not trying to shut your family out.

對不起，親愛的。我不是想把你的家人排除在外。

I just think there's a middle ground here.

我只是覺得這裡有個折衷的辦法。

Go on, then. What did you have in mind?

那你說說看。你有什麼想法？

A private shared album, just for close family!

一個私人的共享相簿，只給親近的家人看！

Your mum, my parents, your aunt in Canada.

你媽媽、我爸媽，還有你在加拿大的阿姨。

Wait, they could see every photo, not just the best ones?

等等，他們可以看到全部的照片，不只是最好看的？

Every single one, carrot disasters included.

每一張都可以，連紅蘿蔔災難現場也算。

Oh, Mum would absolutely love that!

哇，我媽一定會超喜歡的！

Fine, but I've got one condition of my own.

好吧，不過我也有一個條件。

Why do I sense a catch coming?

我怎麼覺得有陷阱？

You're in charge of explaining this to my mother.

由你負責去跟我媽解釋。

Deal. And her face stays off public pages, agreed?

一言為定。還有，她的臉不能出現在公開頁面上，說好了喔？

Agreed. Now, the carrot photo goes straight in the album!

說好了。現在，紅蘿蔔照片直接放進相簿！