According to Korean media, the appearance of artists with their children has become a familiar content on entertainment programs. Along with the popularity of personal platforms such as YouTube or Instagram, more and more stars are sharing their children's daily lives online.
Publicizing intimate family moments helps artists become more friendly to the public, and if their children are loved, the family can also earn extra income from advertising contracts.
However, there are also artists who resolutely hide their children's faces. Even in the public, there are many warning opinions about "sharenting" - a term combining sharing and parenting, referring to parents posting images and information of their children on social networks excessively.
Actress Kim Tae Hee and singer and actor Bi Rain have repeatedly affirmed that they will not publicly reveal the faces of their 2 daughters.
In a 2019 interview, Bi Rain once shared that, in the past, he could comfortably talk about his children and family, but the current world makes him feel too scared.
He really wants to show off his child because he is too lovely, but that information may later become a "knife" to turn the tide. Therefore, he wants to continue to keep the line clear between family and work.
Recently, actress Han Ga In occasionally shares about her son and daughter in videos posted on her personal YouTube channel. But every time she appears, the faces of her two children are covered.
When the crew mentioned the comment: "If filming requires covering your face like that, what are you filming for?", Han Ga In explained: "Every time I film with my children, I cover their faces. I don't publicize my children's faces.
She said that the children really wanted to appear in the video and even asked their mother: "When are you allowed to appear?", "I want to film content like this".
However, Han Ga In is worried that when she grows up, her children may ask why she publicly shows their photos. "Now that is their choice, but later there may be a situation where they want to delete all the videos. I think that would be a regrettable situation," the actress said.
In particular, she considered that her children are still minors: "The children are still young, so I think it's a bit difficult to see that the current choice is entirely their will. Therefore, in the near future, I will still cover my children's faces. However, because the children really want to appear with their mother, I hope everyone will sympathize with this.
Other artist couples such as Lee Min Jung - Lee Byung Hun, Son Ye Jin - Hyun Bin, or Baek Ji Young - Jung Suk Won also often share their lives with their children on YouTube or social networks, but all use stickers and effects to cover children's faces.
YouTuber "Jinjeong Couple", who once owned 880,000 subscribers thanks to sharing the life of her child born in 2020, also temporarily stopped operating on YouTube.
They explain that when doing YouTube, their children become more and more famous. Even when taking their children to playgrounds, all attention is sometimes focused on the child. Although grateful for receiving attention, they worry that this may negatively affect the child's personality formation process.
They are also worried that, currently, parents are always by their children's side, but later it will be time for children to go to school and come home on their own. If the family's scope of activities is revealed, that information may lead to dangerous situations.
