WWYD? My best friend has posted pictures of my kids AGAIN without my consent

She's not your friend, how you can't see this is worrying.

@Chaibaby

She's taken the piss massively. She's not your friend. Walk away. Stop over-reacting.

Each to their own and they asked for honesty but really? The people are calling out someone who is telling you they're upset and saying they're 'over reacting' without knowing the history or length of the friendship, or any more background- it seems a lot of unkind people are floating around trying to minimise other people's feelings!

Oh as if that's remotely the same!

Bit more than "acting unpleasantly" if she's posting pics of a child who shouldn't be on social media for safeguarding issues!

It is a safeguarding issue. Before I got to the bit where you said she was being cold and distant, my feelings were that you should cut contact so that she was no longer in a position to take photos of your child, as she us misusing them. It seems that she is saving you the bother and removing her self!

I'm sorry you are upset, but frankly I would be f**king raging.
It was completely unacceptable for this 'friend' to have used your child's photograph the first time. A SECOND time? Wow.
Your friendship is over. Well, good.
She is not a friend.
My only concern now would be to make sure that she doesn't use any more images of your little one. I would seriously consider getting advice from a solicitor, or at the very least do some serious homework into the posting of unauthorised images.

Whether there's safeguarding issues or not, she has absolutely no right to post photos of your child online without your consent.
There's no safeguarding issues here, but I didn't like anyone posting pics of mine when they were younger either.
Personal details as well, even if it's just favourite teddy or whatever?! Bang out of order.
Especially if you've told her and she's still done it.
As for those saying you're OTT with tears, no you're not - it can be stressful if someone is repeatedly overruling/undermining or not listening to you re your kids.
If you lose a friend, sounds like you'll be better off without her anyway.
You've done nothing wrong.

YANBU. Even my MUM askes me if she can post photos of my kids online and she only has family members on her Facebook.
shes not a friend.

Does she have children ?
She is not a friend , you told her not to do it.
Let her go

If it is unlawful, report it to the police. Your children should be protected, and you might even lose them if you do nothing.

Cringing at the number of people on this thread probing for info about why it might be a safeguarding risk for this particular child clearly don't know that photos of kids online is a safeguarding risk in its own right and that no further context is needed.

YANBU I ask permission from my daughter every single time if I can post pics of my DGSs

She does get it but she doesn’t care. Her promotion is far more important than your wants and wishes. She’s not a friend. She’s been warned once and had the cheek to do it again. Keep your boundaries and for god sake don’t let her photograph your child anymore.

All the comments telling you to Buck up and get a grip - do people not realize that everyone feels emotions differently? I was recently diagnosed with borderline personality disorder due to childhood trauma and the best description they gave me was that it is like being in a house fire where 70% of your skin is burned down to the nerves leaving you constantly exposed to everything. So what might be a tiny emotional upset to somebody else can put me at risk of self harm and suicide.

Or saying OP has mental health issues, but a little human kindness goes a long way. Not everyone has the resources to deal with things as well as the majority.

We have a no social media rule for our son too and this would make my blood boil.
Your friend hasn't just disregarded your wishes, she has done it for self gain. She isn't worth your time. I'd pubicly post that you've asked her twice to remove photos of your child posted without consent and then ditch her.

Yes, but they don't wank over the kids in public.

Myself and DH are not on social media. Our kids are teenagers now but if we are at an event and somebody takes a picture I immediately tell them not to post it. My privacy and my children's privacy are so important to me.

What is the point of starting a thread and never returning to it? 😕

She has disrespected your wishes, but in all honesty there is no real danger to your child- there are millions of images online I don't think the risk can be seen as anything worrying. Clearly this is not the friendship you thought it was though- but I don't think it is driven by ego, getting traction for a business online is very difficult, and she may be desperate to make her business work- how much do you know about her finances? It's easy to judge, but I do think you are over reacting by stating it as a safeguarding issue.

It is a safeguarding issue: she gave out the child's name, the child's picture and her profile has no filters so anyone could see where the friend and presumably OP are based. You don't have to be Hercule Poirot to use those details in combination with publicly available data to locate a child. She also helpfully gave out information about what the child enjoys, so that complete strangers now have a helpful list of topics to use to engage the child in conversation .
If someone did this to my DC after I had already spoken to them about it, I'd be fuming.

Yes, this, but doesn’t look like you are coming back anyway so hay ho

It’s appropriate to set a boundary and she has broken it.

I would start to invest more time and energy into other friendships. You may not see it now, but she’s really done you a favour by cancelling and distancing herself.

Yes it’s upsetting and disappointing, but at the same time, you don’t need to be in floods of tears over it.

I think if anything your kids should be paid!
I know it was without consent but at the very least I would offer money. She would have had to pay models for the photographs wouldn't she?
I think it's actually a legal issue, not just a friendship one.
Pretty sure you can't legally use photos of someone's children for you business without permission from the parent.