Article on posting pics of your children online. Thoughts?

[Ozzieshunni]

https://edition.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/05/03/posting.kids.photos.online/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Just curious what everyone thinks of this

 

[elephant29]

Personally I feel as LO is my child it is my decision what I do in regards to her. I chose to her pictures on FB because I love showing her off I have friends and family that live to far away to see her so this is our way of keeping in touch. My best friend (and LO's godmother) lives in England (I'm in Scotland) and I like to let her see how LO is coming on.

However I do draw the line at certain pics, such as in the bath etc. OH accidently put a pic up on FB of LO naked. He added it with lots of others but I felt a bit funny about it. I felt this was taking it to far and taking my childs privacy to another level.

xxx

 

[summer rain]

I don't like to put pics of my LOs online publically but I do send them privately to friends and family; I have known mentally disturbed people in the past who have taken pictures of strangers children, or even 'friends of friends' on facebook and passed them off as their own children; that just weirds me out and I don't want anyone using my LOs pics that way xx

 

[tallybee]

Yea it can go too far - I'd never put naked pics up anywhere! But I do put pics up of my family on FB. I have my privacy as tight as it goes, so I feel fine about that. With friends and family spread across the globe it's a good way to update them!

That bit in the article about kids being entitled to make their own first impressions is bullcrap. Kids are seen and heard by many, way before they come of age to make their own decisions, whether their pic is on the internet or not. We've always shared family albums, the internet's just a different medium for it.

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

I do on FB but only 10% of my friends list can see my wall let alone the pics I add lol so I post them there. I dont post many online and defo no public blogs etc x

 

[Nibblenic]

I post a huge amount of photos of my Lo on Fb im talking its more than likely over 1000 however 70% only 20 people can see. Family and very close friends which infact is what the list is called. Otherwise 'friends' on my list can see a certain amount and then theres another list that can only see my profile pics. Some of which have been soely Lo

I think people I love can keep up to date with our lives through FB and family that live hundreds of miles away can be involved in Los up brining so they arent playing catchup over the 48 hours we spend with them every 6 weeks. They know exactly what we've done where we've been and how and what lo is doing at the time. Which means we can just enjoy being together and life doesnt feel so seperate

Im sort of in the middle. I dont think that photos I put up on FB are private and that they may not end up somewhere else No matter how well I have my settings sorted. However I dont think everyone in the world is a peado and has bad intentions towards children. I most certainly dont think that the odd peodo sitting behind a computer is wanting to look of my lo fully clothed playing when there are enough child porn shots out there. However horrible that is to think about.

I do worry about young teenagers who look older putting sexual shots on FB and I think there are a huge amount more of people (compared to those wanting children) wanting to look at sexualised photos of teenagers. However yet again if you are into that kinda thing there is a product out there for it. I think many more videos/photos of that nature are going up without the parties involved being aware or giving consent. Which is where the problem lays. I think may people put up naked pictures of thier children. Ive never seen a naked childs picture on Fb in a nappy maybe but thats it. However I think there is a lot of 13 year old + girls deliberately creating a sexual photo for FB. Which I think is the difference and where a line if crossed

 

[OmiOmen]

I have no issue with people who wish to or wish not to really.

I have LOTS of photos of my son on facebook, I too have family who do not live close so they keep in touch via facebook. I only have people I actually know and are close friends or family on my buddy list and my settings are set to only my buddy list to see my information though. I guess anyone can see my profile photo that often has my son on it but I am not massively worried about it. I have posted his first bath photo but I also did but a blacked out bar over his 'boys bits' with the word "censored" over it though.

 

[Avalanche]

I only have pictures on FB where my privacy settings are very high, and the odd picture on here.

 

[moomin_troll]

zanes pictures are private on my facebook and i had ago at my mum recently for putting pictures of zane on her fb and not making them private, plus she has ppl on her friends that i dont no so she took them off.

since getting a weird message from a man on fb asking if i breastfed my child still ive been alot more careful about posting zanes pictures as u dont no whos looking.

the artical made a good point tho as to what right do i have to post my sons pictures on places as hes not said i can, it does my head in when my mum posts pictures of me that i hate

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Hee hee, I suppose it's time I answer with my opinion. Thanks all for your wonderful responses! I too have high privacy settings on my facebook. Basically you need to add me as a friend to see pretty much anything. I would have issues with friends posting pics of LO if their settings weren't high like mine. I don't mind like my mom and dad posting pics, but they are not really into putting pics on facebook. I have pics on here of scans and bumps, but I'm not overly concerned with that. I do worry about the weirdos out there, but all my family is back in California and I want them to be a part of LO's growing up until we move back and pics and vids are the only way to really do that.