To think that you shouldn't put naked pictures of your kids on Facebook

[coralpig]

I'm Facebook friends with a mother (we don't know each other in real life but our kids share an activity).
She has 3 kids of primary school age and has put up lots of photos of them completely nude with the way they are positioned obscuring their private parts. The children look really really smiley and relaxed in the photo and I think it's totally fine for them to enjoy being naked around each other. However I do think that it's massively inappropriate and quite unsafe to put these on Facebook. Mother in question has a private profile but hundreds of fb friends. What do you think? Is it my place to send her a message saying I think she should them down for the safety of the children? WWYD?

Except they wouldn't be naked in a public swimming pool

Plenty of photos of me as a child naked from the waist down and enjoying the local outdoor swimming pool. Wouldn't bother me to have any of them put online.

It might not bother you, disappointed, but not everyone will feel like that - how do any of us know if our children will be bothered by this stuff when they're older?

I don't mind friends putting up pictures of me from nights out or whatever, but I know my mother for example would not be happy if I put pictures of her up. She doesn't use Facebook, doesn't like it and would be understandably upset if I posted pictures of her against her wishes. Just because it doesn't bother me doesn't mean everyone else will be cool with the same thing. Whatever he reasons are, it would bother her, so I respect that.

I have to smile at the typical MN "oh look how liberal I am" posters. I'd be devastated if I found out that a photo of my child was found on the computer of a paedophile. I think that makes me a human with normal emotions but not on here when we try to "out cool" each other.

Also, it's not only about you and your feelings, what about your child and their feelings. They are people, nor property.

That's the thing though multivac that child would have to wait until they were a teenager to post anything (including pictures of themseleves let alone anyone else) however until that point, the child's parents can post whatever pictures they want of them....

I think I've only posted one picture of my son on Facebook and it was one he'd already posted and I asked him if I could share it. I don't post much and even less personal stuff, so I don't really understand the need to post every cough and spit of your life, and cringe a bit when I see some friends posts. However I've never experienced anyone sharing a naked (or semi naked) image of their children and don't know why anyone would do that.
I feel that our bodies are ours alone. I know some parents feel that their children are their property, but they're not. Put it this way, if your are happy to share naked pictures of your young children now, how will you feel in 10 - 15 years time if their gf/bf is sharing naked images of them without their consent?

Good point bonita however that IS against the law so says it all really....