To ask that my child's pictures aren't put up on Social Media

[DinosaursArentMakeBelieve]

Just that really. I don't like the idea of DS's pictures being shared online.
I live quite a distance from my side of the family so I send regular pictures and have also set up a photo Sharing folder on the iPhone (which we all have) for family to see and comment but Im quite a private person as is my husband (our social media profiles are extremely secure and minimal) I just don't want my DSs photos on social media....

[islandsandshores]

I think sharing a picture of a minor without consent and posting provocative comments would be considered an offence but with that being said we are going off topic

I think the point is that no one has to share anything they are uncomfortable with but that doesn't mean those of us who do share the odd photo on social media are bad parents. My own parents have been dead years, before I turned 30. So I have no one to share photos with. So it's nice to stick the odd picture on Facebook.

[RicottaPancakes]

If you put photos on there of your own chiod tgen that is different (although I don'y do that either), but why would you post photos of someone else's child? It's getting to the pont when sometimes I feel that I don't want to go to events or parties because some people are constantly taking photos are there's no way of knowing where they'll end up.

[OnTheRise]

Your child, your rules.

Tell them not to share any photos, and to delete all photos of your child they have already shared.

Tell them that if they share any more photos of your child you'll stop providing them.

There's a reason you've set up a private group to share the pictures in: it's private. Therefore, not for sharing.

I am sure they'll justify why it's ok for them to continue sharing, and will imply you're being uptight and unreasonable. But you have every right to ask them not to do this, and having seen what happened to a friend of mine whose parents repeatedly shared pictures of her children online, I think you're wise to do so. (Sorry, I can't share details as it's too outing but it was horrendous.)