Am I being precious??

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OK - DS starts primary school in Sept. Just been given loads of forms to complete over summer including one about giving consent for photography etc. No problem with giving consent generally i.e. for school website / school photo etc BUT have just realised local paper does a supplement containing pictures of all school starters which are also published online / for sale

I am really uncomfortable with this as think it is exploitative and simply a way for the paper to sell more copies / make money. Expect there is some sort of deal in place with LEA to allow access for photos. But I feel I am being forced into an impossible position. Give consent and my child's photo is published in a newspaper / online or don't give consent and my child gets upset because they are not included in group activity / treated differently.

Am I being precious? Over-thinking this? DH says I should't make a fuss. I wouldn't mind so much if DS was able to make an informed choice himself or there seemed to be a general reason for this (i.e. celebrating particular success). WWYD??

If children are at risk they arnt photographed. The ops isn’t so it’s her choice. Fine.

Nothing surprising there it’s been that way since my first went to school In 1993.. his classmate couldn’t be photographed as dad was a P.O.

Nothing new here. It’s choice. No dramas

ohmy That must have been a personal choice to make as my dad was a cop and my sister and I were photographed, as were other cops kids.

And mine get photographed.

Opt out if you want; but stop with the concern for other people's children. They'll make an informed choice just as you will.

School photographer here...
Where I live the pics taken by the newspaper are printed in a paper that is generally delivered to homes for free & they also only photograph around 6-8 schools so cant see it being a big money maker to be fair to them.
The class or individual photographs are taken by a separate professional photographer on a different day normally individual in Autumn & class in Summer. Generally in the schools I work in every child has to have an individual photograph taken for safety purposes (abduction/missing child etc etc). The class photos can be opted out of, again I have known of this & generally we will take 2 images one with the child (to go home to their parents) and one without the child to go home to other parents/use on school website etct.

There are many reasons people choose to withdraw children from school photographs domestic violence/children in social care but every school/nursery I know of takes this very seriously. At my sons school you can choose which images you would like or not like taken -
social media, website, printed and so on.

If you only want class/individual images taken then please do say so, Im sure they would have no problem obliging but personally I love seeing my children in the papers for all their achievements & have kept the clippings in a scrap book to embarrass them with when they are older (grin)

What's wrong with it? Kids love being in the newspaper! They don't put names.

Make sure you child isn't good at anything, heaven forbid that he should play for England, he might get his picture in the paper! Over thinking doesn't even begin to describe this hysterical reaction, they will be fully clothed one assumes? The damage you would do by not allowing this far outweighs any petty concerns you may perceive, children hate to be 'different'.

Sounds strange.Who on earth would be interested in a school photo apart from immediate family, and in this day and age it isn't as if photographs are hard to come by or expensive to get!
Why on earth would children's class photos be needed to be put in the local paper?
Mind you, when my DS was pictured in the local paper [for an activity and not named with a surname] I bought about three copies ..so this is probably done to increase circulation with a local paper :)

I loved those photos in the paper from when the kids started school. It is lovely keepsake.

Nick not cop prison officer so think slightly different?

Ah, got you. Probably still a personal decision though.

Unless you have a reason (whatever that may be) for not wanting your kids photo in the paper (and you can refuse to allow its, its no big deal) then let them join in with thier classmates. Our local primaries have all done this since I was a child, its lovely to see the supplement with all the new pupils for all the surrounding primary schools in it and the parents can (only if they wish nobody is forced to) order a copy. I have mine still on the staircase wall from when my eldest started, he is now 16!

Its just as lovely tradition.

Yes nick the prison was quite local so assuming that was why

So you don't want him in the paper because of all the extra copies it'll seek and all the extra money the papers will make?

Your child will still be involved with group activities, just their face will be blurred out.

I think you’re being precious.