If you post pictures of your children during events like sports day…

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Do you make sure you black out the faces of any other children who may appear in the picture?

I do. I know some parents don’t want their children on social media, so I respect that by editing my photos so that their faces are blacked out. Then I can safely post pictures of my children on my fb

No photos are allowed taken at my child’s sports days are allowed to be posted on social media.

As above. Pretty standard in schools and a simple yet important rule to follow. Enjoy the photos yourself.

Anyone who doesn’t is selfish and risks putting a child in danger. either don’t post or make sure others are blurred out it’s easy enough to do!

We have a ban on photos and videos on sports day at school.

There is a clear rule at our school, any pictures posted on social media must be of your child and your child alone. Unless you are friends with the other parent and have their explicit permission.
If anybody is found to break this rule photography will be banned- so everyone follows it.

Most schools ask you not to upload photos to SM.

if I did (which I don't!!) yes, I'd blur anyone else in them so it's pretty pointless anyway

Why would you put photos of this on social media? As pp says, just look at them yourself, show family and friends on your phone and that's it. Sometimes children can still be recognisable from other aspects of their appearance.

Absolutely! I'm surprised (as a primary school teacher) that there isn't an announcement at the start of every event. We always say that whilst we are happy for you to take photos of your own children, it is absolutely imperative that you do not upload images of other children on to social media.

Whilst this is ALWAYS said...there are of course, inevitably, those parents who ignore and do as they please 😢

It's just manners at the very least...but at its worst, could cause significant safeguarding issues for some of our families.

Makes me so cross! If I was the head I would be having a blanket ban on parents taking photos at school events. Not my call though unfortunately.

I generally don't post photos of my kids on Facebook, especially if other kids are in the photo. Our school doesn't ban it but strongly encourages parents /carers to not post photos /videos of sports day and such events for this reason. I know a few of the kids in my school are adopted and I thought that was the main reason to avoid posting photos of other people's kids (happy to be corrected).
Of course no one pays attention, my news feed was full of sports day photos.

We're not allowed to take photos at sports day at DC's school.
I would never post photos of someone else's child on SM without permission though,
I hardly even post photos of my own DC anymore

I blur before posting there arnt actually and LAC children or children who can't be on SM for other reasons in my youngest year group there was in ds1 year group so we were extra careful sadly he was moved on after a couple of years in his foster home and we never heard of him again

Don't post any photos of any kids on social media. There are loads of pervs out there.

That's one (very good) reason, but the biggest safeguarding reason we have now is to protect children/families who are in vulnerable Domestic Violence situations - we have so many in my school who have fled from DV and the ex-partner has no idea where they are now. But...when pictures get posted in SM you wouldn't believe how quickly that protected information gets out! It's scarily quick 😢