Kids & Parents Reading Comprehension Questions
High schoolers, master sharenting comprehension! Analyze texts on online privacy & digital footprints.
Reading the following selection from the article.Children might first be concerned about what their friends think of a parent's posts or pictures - but later, new concerns are added to the mix: If you made a joke that your dad shared on Twitter, will a college-admissions officer think it's funny? If a potential employer Googles your name, would they find pictures of you and your sister in bathing suits at the beach?Which answer choice explains how the author uses rhetoric in this selection to construct the overall argument? The author poses questions that present an emotional rejection of the idea that parents can be objective about their kids. The author uses contrast to demonstrate how appropriate an online post will be, depends upon the time and place. The author uses contrast to provide differing expert opinions about the future consequences of the things that parents post. The author poses questions that develop logical objections to things parents might innocently post about their kids online. What purpose is the author attempting to convey by including the following quotes? "It's kind of creepy, if you think about it." "Why is it creepy, Elsa?" Pete asks. "Because you're in your sleep," Elsa says. "We look at you all the time when you're asleep!" Alison says. "That's looking," Arsen interjects, "not posting." The author wants to five support for allowing young people to regularly review their parents' social media accounts. The author wants to emphasize the differing opinions of parents and their children about what is shared online. The author wants to emphasize the argument that parents who post their kids online lack proper boundaries. The author wants to give support for persuading young readers to take more control of their images posted online. Read the final for paragraphs of the article.What is MOST LIKELY the reason the author chose to conclude the article with these paragraphs? to elaborate on the problems that having a parent with a large social media presence can cause to emphasize the importance of learning to curate and define a specific digital identity to present an arrangement in which the kids get to decide what their father shares about them online to reiterate the idea that parents and kids often have public quarrels about online images Read the following sentences from the article.At first, the choice belongs to parents alone since an infant can't object to a soft-filtered selfie with mama, or a toddler won't know if their tantrum becomes a topic of online commiserating."But what happens is those same kids then become tweens and teens and have not only more awareness about the positives and negatives of social media, but they have all the normal questioning of identity and body image, and now they're very aware of the message that they're sending to the world."Which answer choice BEST describes the relationship between the two sentences? They present one cause of parents' decision to post images of their kids along with its effects. They illustrate two contrasting perspectives about parents posting images of kids. They illustrate how kids develop an interest in their social media presence over time. They present a problem with social media posts involving young kids along with a solution. Which of the following statements BEST represents Stacey Steinberg's approach to "sharenting" in the article? Steinberg believes based on personal experience that "sharenting" is a wonderful experience for parents but admits that her research suggests parents should never post kids' images. Steinberg believes it is important to use only kid-approved photos when "sharenting," but also sometimes makes the choice to overrule the requests that her children make. Steinberg believes it is important to share photos when kids are very little and connected to their parents but that it should stop as soon as they have their own identity. Steinberg believes based on personal experience and research that "sharenting" has community value but that all families need to drw their own boundaries through discussion. Why does the author use the example of Gwyneth Paltrow and her daughter, Apple Martin, in the article? to provide a high-profile example of the debate between parents and kids over consent to share photos to suggest that only kids with famous parents need to be self-conscious about what heir parents post to emphasize the contrast between the judgment of celebrities and other parents who share their kids' photos to introduce differences between Gen Z and millennial perspectives regarding the sharing and curating of online images. Some parents struggle with giving up the habit of posting images and other information about their kids online. Which two details BEST support the central idea above?1. "But what I really found in my research, and in my own life - because I'm a mom who shared on social media - is that there are so many benefits that come from sharing our stories," she says.2. Parents offer a myriad of reasons for wanting to share their experiences on social media: There's a sense of community there, a source of solidarity and support amid the triumphs and pitfalls of parenting. It's a way to keep far-flung relatives in the loop.3. "Then it gets more complicated as they get older, as they have their own digital identity, and they have more of an interest in controlling what that identity looks like."4. Sathy has been sharing her family's story through images and video since her boys were infants, "so it's hard for me to surrender that control, because this is something for me, too," she says. 1 and 4 2 and 4 1 and 3 2 and 3 Read the analysis of how the central idea is introduced.The central idea is introduced by narrating a compromised between a 9-year-old and his other about the photo she posted of him online.How is the CENTRAL idea developed further? The author provides additional evidence that many parents choose to keep pictures of their children off social media. The author elaborates on the contrasts between the boy's opinion about online sharing and that of his older sister. The author elaborates on the effect of social media sharing by parents on their children's future employment. The author provides additional analysis and examples of how this type of situation has become more common.