Should We Post Our Baby's Photos Online?

Look at this! Her first taste of mashed carrot!

快看！她第一次尝胡萝卜泥！

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

哇，这张太珍贵了。她糊得满脸都是。

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

我要发上去。我在加拿大的姨妈肯定会爱死的。

Hang on, posting it where, exactly?

等一下，你要发到哪里？

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

当然是我的主页啊。不然还能发哪儿？

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

可你的主页是公开的。真的谁都能看到。

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

拜托，只是个满脸胡萝卜的宝宝，又不是国家机密。

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

我知道，可她总不能自己表示同意吧。

Consent? James, she's six months old!

同意？James，她才6个月大！

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

这正是我的意思。她根本没有发言权。

Every photo we post becomes part of her digital footprint.

我们发的每一张照片，都会成为她数字足迹的一部分。

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

想象一下她15岁时，在网上无意中看到这一切。

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

那你宁愿她一张婴儿照都没有？

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

完全不是。我只是希望由我们决定谁能看到。

Is this about that article you were reading last night?

这是因为你昨晚看的那篇文章吧？

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

部分是吧。现在甚至有个专门的词：sharenting。

Sharenting? That sounds like a terrible reality show.

Sharenting？听起来像个烂透了的真人秀。

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

是吧？但这些担忧是真的。

Photos get copied, saved and reshared without anyone knowing.

照片会被复制、保存、再转发，而且没人知道。

Seriously? Even from ordinary family accounts like mine?

真的吗？连我这种普通的家庭账号也会？

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

一旦上了网，就永远不在我们的掌控之中了。

But my mum hasn't even held her yet.

可我妈连抱都还没抱过她。

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

照片是她看着外孙女长大的唯一方式。

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

对不起，亲爱的。我不是想把你家人排除在外。

I just think there's a middle ground here.

我只是觉得这里有个折中的办法。

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

那你说吧。你有什么想法？

A private shared album, just for close family!

一个私密的共享相册，只给亲近的家人看！

Your mum, my parents, your aunt in Canada.

你妈妈、我爸妈，还有你在加拿大的姨妈。

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

等等，他们能看到所有照片，不只是最好看的？

Every single one, carrot disasters included.

每一张都能看，包括胡萝卜灾难现场。

Oh, Mum would absolutely love that!

哇，我妈一定会超喜欢的！

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

好吧，不过我也有一个条件。

Why do I sense a catch coming?

我怎么觉得有圈套呢？

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

由你负责去跟我妈解释。

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

成交。还有，她的脸不出现在公开页面上，说好了？

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

说好了。现在，胡萝卜照片直接放进相册！