Keep It or Delete It? — A Child's Right to Be Forgotten and the Reconstruction of Autobiographical Memory

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Audience
Parents whose child has said "delete that photo" or "don't show that video to anyone"
Target length
~1,500 words
Status
Draft v1 (translated from Japanese v1)
Original
../212_embarrassing_past_records.md

Lead

A video from when she was 10: crying while tumbling in practice. At 12, she asks you to delete it.

Emotionally, you want to comply — and yet you also feel it's part of her story of growth. Legally, does she have the right to demand deletion? Developmentally, what does erasing it actually cost? There is no easy answer.

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