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Unless you are the child of a celebrity, your kid is likely already more famous than you—internet famous. Bits of their lives are posted online every day…and kids today grow up with far less privacy and control over their public image. Parents are also tracking and following and, also, judging— their kid’s world via their devices, in a way that didn’t exist for their parents. Dr. Devorah Heitner’s new book is GROWING UP IN PUBLIC: Coming of Age in a Digital World, where she shares research-backed advice about caregiving in the digital age. Dr. Devorah Heitner’s writing on kids and technology has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Fast Company and others.