Do you post pictures of your children on social media?

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This is a debate I keep seeing cropping up as a side topic on MN threads and it's made me curious.

Do you or don't you and why?
I do (not overly but occasionally) and I was quite shocked by how many people are so completely against it.

Yes I do but my accounts are private and I post quite infrequently. The photos are always with her clothed (not in the bath for example). I'd never have her in a profile picture or anything open to the public.

No, I don't feel it's fair to as he can't consent to any pics being shared (DS is 2). I take a lot of photos of him and will happily share those with him as he grows up. I share photos with family via messenger or WhatsApp but see no need to share photos of him with my wider network of Facebook friends. The important family and friends in his life already see him in person... Surely that's enough!?

but because her mum is really weird

Might be lots of reasons why they don’t want their child plastered over everyone else’s SM.

And it’s not your choice to make.

Yes I do. I need to rethink it really and I will probably go through and restrict at some point. Children do have the right to ask for photos to be removed and social media sites have to remove the photos under GDPR if requested.

It does make me laugh when people put stamps over a baby's face though, honestly all babies look the same to to me barring my own!

Winesalot but why do people in IT and security services only have the one grainy photo of themselves?
Okay, security services I can probably understand but IT? What do they know or imagine will happen with if they have a clear, recent photo of themselves?
I know someone in IT who refuses to put photos of his children on Facebook for fear of paedophile gangs tracking them down. His wife however quite regularly posts their photos as she has relatives who live quite a distance away. No compromising or embarrassing pics, just the kids on their first day at school, winning a sports award, birthday party, that sort of thing. He doesn’t like it and often doesn’t know that she has posted these photos. I would really like to understand what the perceived risk of misuse of your photos might actually be?

I do but only on private accounts, and like pp only when clothed!

Yes

Occasionally but not very often.

but because her mum is really weird

Her mum is really weird in a lot of ways, not just about social media!

I do on my private accounts (friends and family). I love posting adorable things about my kids. If I post a pic of myself I'll have like 2 likes and a comment. If I post my kids I get a hundred likes and comments lol. I do NOT care about stuff like that at all I'm just saying I don't think any of my followers are bothered or bored by my kid posts and if they are they can easily mute me. I figured I would not have cared at all if my mom had FB back in the day and had posted things about me. I would have liked it and it just would have shown how proud she was of me. My kids love seeing pictures of themselves and of their friends "on my phone" so it's not like a secret or anything that I post their pics. Everything is also fun and positive and I never ever complain about them or post anything embarrassing about them.

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No - although I don’t get particularly worked up if anyone else does, IYSWIM. I think that it removes their privacy; I wouldn’t like all and sundry (or even - perhaps more pertinently- my mother’s friends) to know every detail of my early life. It’s theirs to share if and when they want to.

Yes, loads. But I had a talk about what they were ok with so I know they're fine with it. It's always positive, loving stuff. Nothing embarrassing.

No, never & I don’t sign releases for clubs etc either.

Very sparingly - I love my DS to bits, but I don’t see why anyone else would be particularly interested in him (I find everyday pictures of other people’s children very yawn inducing). I don’t think I’ve ever posted a pic of just him - I’m always in them too. It’s my Facebook account, not his.

Yes, but only on accounts where I only have family and friends I know in real life. Never on Twitter where the majority of my followers are strangers. Not constantly though! And no bath photos or embarrassing moments, just photos of them taken on trips or at Christmas etc.

Yes I do. My Facebook is private, so only family and friends can see.

Yes, with Dds permission. I only use fb and its locked down so only friends and family that see DD are on there anyway.

A few years ago one of my students was distraught because her mum had filmed her and put it online when she was upset and lots of people at school had seen it. And mum refused to take it down. Since then I've always asked Dds permission.

Even though he's a baby now, I feel like his photos belong to him, not me. He can't give permission to put them up, so I am very sparing with what I put up. I think we've put about 3 up so that the family can see how he's getting on. I don't often post on social media though.

Saying that, I do have some lovely embarrassing ones to show his first girlfriend or put up at his 21st birthday party.

Never, what they post as adults is upto them when they get to that stage.

I do occasionally, but only pics where something else is the main subject of the picture and they happen to be in it. I would never post anything that could cause potential embarrassment in the future. Also only on Instagram where I only have followers who are people I know well.

No I don't. My Facebook picture used to include DS. He asked me to change it recently as he doesn't want photos of him online, so I did, even though my FB settings are as private as they can be.

No, never.

Yes,mostly to show relatives who live far away. But all of ,y friends on Facebook I know, and my setting is set so no one can view profile unless we are friends

Yes I do.

I love seeing pictures of my child relations on Facebook. Keeps me feeling really connected as I’m miles away.

I think that there are many positives.

The younger generation have a much freer view of privacy than us oldies.