<![CDATA[Sharenting, the act of parents sharing information about their children on social media, raises ethical dilemmas concerning digital privacy, agency, and power relations within the family. This critical review examines 35 scholarly articles to analyze how the concepts of co-ownership and privacy boundary turbulence, as framed by Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory, manifest in sharenting practices. The findings reveal that parents often unilaterally control the digital representation of their children, disregarding the child's role as a co-owner of shared personal information. This imbalance triggers resistance from children, expressed through verbal protests, avoidance, and requests for content removal, indicating the emergence of digital agency. The study argues that sharenting is frequently executed without proper negotiation of privacy boundaries, resulting in disrupted trust and potential psychosocial harm to children. In the Indonesian context, the issue is compounded by cultural norms and the lack of legal safeguards recognizing children’s rights in digital spaces. This paper calls for a shift toward participatory ethics and a reconceptualization of digital parenting that centers children as active stakeholders in managing their digital identities]]>
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