Private is not the same as hidden.

Start with the child, not the audience

Parents share because they want distant family to participate. But a child's image, school, location, health details, and embarrassing stories can create a lasting digital record. UNICEF's sharenting guidance recommends considering audience, identifiable details, future dignity, and the child's developing voice in the decision.

Preserve generously. Share deliberately.

Shared albums solve one part of the problem

Apple and Google shared albums are useful ways to distribute selected media to known people. They are not inherently a child-centered archive for notes, answers, documents, provenance, restricted records, and future handoff. Apple's own documentation also distinguishes invited subscribers from an optional public website and warns families to save photographs before deleting a shared album. See Apple's current Shared Albums controls.

Five controls worth inspecting

1. Individual identity: every adult signs in separately; no shared family password.
2. Least access: viewing, contributing, and stewardship are distinct roles.
3. Item boundaries: sensitive records do not automatically inherit the broadest family audience.
4. Revocation: invitations expire and an adult's future access can be removed.
5. Portability: stewards can export originals and understandable context without asking permission to leave.

Privacy should mature with the child

A toddler cannot make the same privacy decisions as a teenager. Families need a path from adult stewardship toward greater child awareness, participation, and eventual control. UNICEF's online privacy checklist for parents emphasizes teaching privacy early and revisiting what is collected and shared as children grow.

All Their Days is designed around that direction. The current app is for adult accounts; future handoff must be verified carefully rather than reduced to a birthday unlock. Review the product's current boundaries in the Trust Center.