Insta Mum 3

[Babaloo88]

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

Binky has very few videos of her baby on IG, too. The videos feel like a greater violation of children's privacy, I think?

@marshabradyo that is it. The children are the business. Quite literally

I've said it before but some previous posts here (great discussion, I really hope it stays!) have really hit it home.

The amount of photos and information on the twins, shared with so many total strangers is actually really bloody scary I think. My god, are they not worried about who could be watching and noting where they go to nursery/play? I mean I'm far from the person who worries about perverts on every street corner but my god.

And I agree that they probably didn't set out to do that, it just snowballed and now they are making hay whilst the sun shines. No doubt they will be using what they make to make their kids lives comfortable financially in the future. But at what cost.

As an aside I also find filming/photographing upset kids really distasteful. I understand filming an epic one to share with the other parent, but I hate seeing that stuff online.

Mod is listening, she has gone back to her roots today with birth stories

This is why I think outside people should step in. Family friends etc my god they are so precious and young for such a short time why oh why plaster them all over the internet for money. Can you imagine growing up and being a teenager and you have all those pictures and videos of your younger self already out there distributed by your parents.

FOD had parents to stay recently, they seemed bemused by it all I think

MOD had her sister with her on the free holiday and she was happy enough to be on the insta merry go round too....if she was informed the pics were online that is, she may well be oblivious to it

So no responsible family members are likely to step in here!

parenting choice nice one.

You can stay here and discuss all you want, but your posts continue to demonstrate a wilful misunderstanding of the points raised. The continual me-railment and disingenuous counter points highlight your deep affiliations to Instagram. Which is your right. So carry on. But make no mistake, your agenda is paper thin. Give MOD a nudge won’t you.

I don't know MOD. I don't know how many times I have to state that.

Flyingbird, sorry if it came across as rude, but for goodness sake, it's like people are willfully not understanding on purpose so I was like "good, it's not just me, it did make sense."

@flyingbird that is a very interesting article and sums up everything I feel on the topic!
The internet never forgets quite chilling really.

Bloggers Unveiled post today is worth a listen

@MadameGrizzly

Seriously, how the hell you can say Binky's account doesn't feature India much is beyond me. She had a tv series called Born in Chelsea, all about her pregnancy then India's first months.

Many of her stories feature her daughter, I personally enjoyed her tv series and her daughter is adorable. She gets gifted lots of stuff for her for her daughter which she does # company name.

My point is you take such issue with FOD yet there are many other insta accounts with similar content.

@Wren42

This is why I think outside people should step in. Family friends etc my god they are so precious and young for such a short time why oh why plaster them all over the internet for money. Can you imagine growing up and being a teenager and you have all those pictures and videos of your younger self already out there distributed by your parents.

My god!! You do realise that whilst it is your view that featuring your kids on social media is wrong (and others on here obviously agree) many other parents have no problem with it? People should step in, ffs, really!!

My 11 year old has been on my social media from birth, my account wasn't always private but I honestly don't believe I've put her in danger. She loves looking through the pics and knows I still post pics of her.

@RunMummyRun68

You actually think MOD's own sister may not have been aware the photo's were going on insta?

Maybe, like hundreds of thousands of others MOD & FOD's family see no problem with their kids being pictured on insta so don't feel any need to "step in".

Tbh if someone tried to tell me how to parent my kids and basically said I was exploiting them, therefore imo pretty much saying I care more about making money than for my children. I'd tell them to FUCK OFF.

Instagram has only been around for 8 years. FB longer, admittedly, but it doesn't have the same reach as an Insta account and most people have a restricted number of friends, and don't share pictures with hundreds of thousands of strangers.

@sofialemon 🤦🏻‍♀️ How can you take issue with accounts you don't follow? How can you even discuss them?
If you look at the account mentioned it's mostly her. Her stories today are no child.

@sofialemon Tbh if someone tried to tell me how to parent my kids and basically said I was exploiting them, therefore imo pretty much saying I care more about making money than for my children. I'd tell them to FUCK OFF.
That's your opinion. We all know it. Doesn't mean it's not happening or true. Maybe that's what FOD says.

@Mumofkids

@sofialemon 🤦🏻‍♀️ How can you take issue with accounts you don't follow? How can you even discuss them?
If you look at the account mentioned it's mostly her. Her stories today are no child.

Have you actually looked?? Out of her first 9 pics India is in 4, another 3 or 4 are add for her fashion brand (not sure if they're #ad either but they are def ads) and India is a couple of mins into her stories.

Anyway, I have no issue with Binky, I enjoy her insta account. She's just one example (and there's thousands more) of someone who features their child on insta, often as part of a promotion or wearing gifted items.

I get you are inly targeting "instamums" on here, I just don't gee why why there are so many others using insta in the same way.

Well you / they can shout it as much as you want but it doesn’t change things

sofia did you read my post properly? i said she MAY have not been aware....no i did not say i think she was unaware. I had already said the sister seemed happy enough to be photographed!!

twist twist twist

why don't people read properly? i know mums net is a bit of a waste of time but is it too much to expect a bit of basic reading?

To whoever said child models are not exploited as it is a regulated industry. I find it strange that you have no issue with a parent putting their small child forward for modelling, which entails hours spent travelling and at photo shoots with strangers. The child obviously can't have agreed to it and what on earth could the parent think the child gets from it?

On insta it is mostly the child's parent taking the pictures, often at home or on a family outing or holiday. The money earned benefits the whole family.

If a child model is featured in Next or H&M they are just as much in the public eye as a child in a pic on an instamums account.