Insta Mum 3

[Babaloo88]

Why is the other thread closed?!? I was enjoying reading through it?!!

@Atalune

I read @CadyHeron reply as meaning it is the parents choice, which it is.

Well, it's the parents' choice to post online photos of nude toddlers covered by a towel in a public space. It's not against the law or anything...

It's also not against the law for us to think, nope, poor judgement. Then discuss our opinions, because this is a discussion forum and all.

*post online in a public space

Poor phrasing!

I've posted hundreds, if not thousands of pics of my kids on Facebook and instagram. Most of my photo albums have high privacy settings but not all.

My 11 year old knows she's on my Fbk and has no issue with this. I definitely have pictures of them in the bath on there (nothing too revealing) as do many of my friends.

What are peoples views on here re celeb children who feature on their parents insta, tv shows and in magazines? Tamara & Jay Ecclestone/Rutland for example?

I was being facetious. But hi Sofia. Thanks for swinging by when your emplyer gets mentioned.

Interesting cady has no issue with this but won’t even show her children’s faces on SM.

Do you mean employer? No idea what you're on about?

Sorry sorry did I say employer?? I meant to say totally arbitrary unrelated, unaffiliated random instagrammer.

Sorry about that 😌

@Sofialemon I don't like celeb kids being pushed into the spotlight or featured in magazines or documentaries either.

But not sure what that has to do with a discussion on instaparents.

sofia didn’t you say you were on mat leave and didn’t have children yet?

Might have you confused with another poster. Might.

Many celebrities keep the identity of their children private. I’m talking about people specifically using their children as an advertising tool. They have no choice in the matter. Just because you are the parent doesn’t make it right! If you take the children out of the equation what does the adult have to offer? If the answer is nothing then I believe this type of feed should be stopped.

@PavlovaPrincess
I just don't get the fuss re instamums in particular featuring their kids (whether it earns them money or not).

Many parents feature their kids on their social media, myself included. I don't think they will be embarrassed by this when they're older and I don't think I'm putting them in any danger.

I'd be worried if, when they're old enough, they have their own accounts and post the kind of picture I see a lot of kids from 11 upwards posting. I'd like to think they know enough about social media not to do that.

@Atalune

No, I didn't.

@wren42

Even if they are "using their kids as an advertising tool". How is this harming their kids? In many cases it seems to benefit them.

@Sofialemon I also doubt that you have half a million followers.

We get that you don't care either way and apparently don't have the imagination to realise the detrimental effect it might one day have on these kids or even the danger it might be putting them in, even though plenty of people have talked about it on here and even though you've spent hours on these threads.

But great me-railing as per usual.

I haven’t said about harming their kids I’ve said about choice. They have no choice in the matter. They are being used to advertise and my personal opinion of this is wrong. I think as a parent you should shield your child so to parade them on social media I think isn’t fair. It’s all about choice but just because you are the parent doesn’t necessarily make it right. It’s is a business after all. Take it for what it is a money making scheme and then ask yourself should children be allowed to be used in this way. You don’t actually know how it will affect them later on. You can only guess. You don’t know what scenarios these pictures and videos wil present themselves later on. They will follow these children around. I don’t agree with it on any platform and respect the celebrity parents that keep their children away from all types of media until they are ready to make the choice for themselves.

@wren42

Many of the instamums features
D their kids before their accounts became monetised.

I've noticed a lot of them have lots of pictures of their younger children but not their older which I assume is because their older kids don't want to be on so much.

In general on these threads you have been saying it could be harmful to the children. Also many celebs don't keep their children private. They are the main feature of their tv shows, Tamara Ecclestone, Binky, The Mummy Diaries, Katie Price and loads more.

Yes but does it make it right? That’s all. Yes many celebrities don’t but many do. I personally agree with the celebrities that do keep their children away from the spotlight. It’s just a personal opinion. I think ig for example as a social media platform should have tighter regulations for this very topic. Like you said that the older children have maybe said no to so many pictures and videos now being used but they now have a choice, the younger children don’t.

Tbh @Wren42 I don't think it does any harm
whatsoever pictures of kids having a nice family day out or just playing or even in the bath being on their parents insta account. So what if a #Ad #Boden has been added?

I have a bigger issue with parents who put their young kids forward for child modelling.

And you are intitled to your opinion obviously. If you believe that that is acceptable then I respect that I just don’t. I don’t think you should make money from your children and exploit them across various media platforms just to make some cash etc

But child modelling, whereby your kid is pictured publicly in catalogues etc and has to travel and put hours of work in, with strangers is ok?

Not saying you said that but certainly on these threads it seemed the general consensus was that child modelling is fine as the money is (supposedly) put in trust for the child?

Sofia, I really think you can stop bringing up child modelling now. We get it. You think it's somehow worse. You know those pictures of 'a nice family day out' are staged and essentially exactly the same as child modelling, right?

I personally wouldn’t use my child as a model but from the small amount of knowledge I have there are strict guidelines and contracts in place safe guarding these children. On social media platforms such as ig there are none. Again it comes down to choice. A 15 year old child has a voice so you could discuss and engage about being a model etc but children of 2 and under 3, 4 their parents are the ones making the choices. This is a money making scheme and nothing else. My children are all a lot older and we have discussed this topic and they all said they would be mortified if we as parents had used them on ig in front of hundreds of people. How I look at it is would you go to a theatre to watch instagram parents bath their children, run around in towels etc effectively that is what’s happening. Just because you can’t see everyone on your feed there are hundreds of strangers eyes peering in on your life. Not only your life but your children’s life and sometimes in the most personal of times.

Exactly, Instagram accounts that feature children are essentially unregulated child modelling.

Make no mistake, these parents are modelling their children to make money. Look at FoD. Those twins are his living. He has about 2-3 years left of them being the adorable little cabbage patch kids that they undoubtedly are before the work starts drying up. I can't imagine his Instagram being anywhere near as successful without them. But their role in his success is unregulated, which is potentially worrying.

I'm NOT saying a) that he's a bad father b) that's he's exploiting them. I do think his intentions are more honourable than that. But the intention and the outcome are two different things. You can intend to do good things and make mistakes.