To hope that all parents who put photos of their children on FB/Insta/Twitter end up getting sued . . .

[Harumphy]

. . . by their grown-up children for breach of privacy.

Children have absolutely no say or control over what is shared by their parents, or with whom it is shared.

My family member has posted, on her public Instagram feed, her son's full name, date of birth, and every waking moment. Now that information will be out there for anyone to consume. At best, this could erode the boy's sense of self-esteem, security, and privacy. At worst, the data can be used to commit identity fraud or give a stranger the information they need to socially engineer access to him.

And I don't care if you say that you get consent before you post anything, because children don't have full knowledge of the context of their decision. They are not cognisant of the whole range of risks.

I also don't care if you say your FB/Insta/Twitter is private. Social networking sites are porous. Facebook in particular is never private, and the data you share will never be expunged.

I think it's not your place, and it's not your right.

we all know you have to be very careful what you put on social media, that includes photos that include others.

I haven't bothered to RTTT
But OP seeing as you are telling us that you hope we are all sued by our children for invasion of privacy blah blah blah, did you also spout the same thing to the 'family member who posted a naked pic today of her boy'?
Surely you must have.

What does it matter if I have or not?

Because you lord it over on an anonymous forum but won't say a word to the family member.
Keyboard warrior comes to mind 👋🏼

Sure hen.

I do not agree with the op in any way but sometimes il be scrolling down my Facebook page and il see photos of children with no cloths on like in the garden or in the bath and I do think that maybe a little inappropriate or online social media. But harmless family photos are lovely to look at and to share :) no harm at all

*for online social media

I dont wish harm on them b u t some parents are very naive about social media

I think it's an interesting debate anyway and even more interesting is the range of views. Agree it's good we can choose for ourselves. Where the line is between putting pictures of your kids "out there" for likes to boost your own self esteem and acting in your kids best interests is in a different place for many people. When I was honest with myself as to why I was doing it I didn't feel I could keep posting. Because doing so wasn't for their benefit but for mine.

I totally agree, I rarely post my family photos on social media. I feel thankful of the fact that the evidence of every dodgy hair cut, wrong dress choice and drunken night out I had is kept in a box under the bed and I want my sons to feel the same. Their lives their choice.