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AIBU?

to think its totally irresponsible and ridiculous to set up a facebook page for your 2 year old??

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MakeAnotherCuppa · 02/01/2011 09:59

was talking to a friend yesterday and she and her DH has set up a FB page for their 2 yr old son so they could 'tag' him in photos!

He has over 200 friends on his profile and all his baby pics and he's 2!

AIBU to think this is weird and irresponsible?

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EduStuckintheSnow · 02/01/2011 12:44

Normally I would say YANBU without a doubt.

However, I know of one page for the baby of a family friend, it was done so that family and friends could see photos taken by others as well as the parents.

The page has the highest security settings, about 12 friends (mostly family) and has never had any kind of update other than photos.

So, after that, I think perhaps if done the right way with the right attitude, it's not necessarily a bad thing, but agree that very often it's irresponsibly done.

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seeker · 02/01/2011 13:01

Don't worry-there's tin foil app so you can make a virtual hat to protect your child from the down the linle paediphiles.

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DrSeuss · 02/01/2011 13:02

What does she plan to do when he's a bit older and can read the status entries of most of his "friends", some of which were not meant for a child's eyes? It's extremely unlikely that al 200+ of them will all remember when posting that a young child can see their page. She'd better be ready for some interesting questions!
I post pictures of my child on my page, which is as secure as possible since I am a teacher. I have never seen child porn but suspect it involves something other than a four year old holding the tray of cakes he just baked.

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swallowedAfly · 02/01/2011 13:15

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chaya5738 · 02/01/2011 13:25

Ridiculous. I posted on this a while ago. A friend set one up for her baby and would make comments on other people's walls etc as though she was her baby.

It just made me think she needed to get a life. I mean, does she not realise that she is not actually her baby?

And what happens when the baby gets to a certain age that he wants to manage or set up his own fb page and realises that there is one already set up under his name with all these dorky comments that have gone out?