To “censor” my dd on social media?

[AliceTheCamelHasFiveHumps]

My DD is 7m old, and I am choosing to not out her photo up on FB etc.

If I do, the. It’s the back of her head in the situation, so might be sitting in the park. If her face is visible, I cover her face with a smiley face sticker. Say she’s part of a group picture
i don’t want her face online yet. My friend thinks I’m being precious.

I just think, I don't want people sharing those photos to all and sundry!

sounds perfectly reasonable to exercise caution - your friend has made her own judgement, but you don't have to follow whatever she does with photos of her own children.

I don't think you're being precious at all.

I have never posted a pic of my DCs on Facebook, Instagram or any other social media. Ever.

Friends of ours know the deal also, they don't post them either.

When my DCs are old enough they will have the power to exercise whether they want to have their image shared online.

I know people who put the face emoji on their children’s pictures on social media and to be honest I think that’s worse. Just don’t put pictures up at all if you don’t want your daughter on there.

Bonkers. She's either there or she's not.

Take a long break from social media.

I think if you don't want other people to put photos of your child on fb, then you really need to not do it at all your self - people might not twig you are only showing the back of their head or covering them with a sticker. Otherwise it could lead to misunderstandings etc. Or just tell people not to do it. I don't think you are being precious at all, but your half in half out approach could lead to innocent confusion and then awkward conversations where you have to ask people to remove photos.

It's up to you what you want to put on the internet and people should respect that. You are not being "precious".

@CeibaTree

I think if you don't want other people to put photos of your child on fb, then you really need to not do it at all your self - people might not twig you are only showing the back of their head or covering them with a sticker. Otherwise it could lead to misunderstandings etc. Or just tell people not to do it. I don't think you are being precious at all, but your half in half out approach could lead to innocent confusion and then awkward conversations where you have to ask people to remove photos.

I just don't understand why anyone would put photos of anyone else on social media.

Neither of mine have any social media presence. When they are old enough, they can make the decision whether to have their images/stories online.

Oh I don't know. I find it irritating and virtue signalling when a celebrity is pregnant they say "my baby will never be on social media" What they're saying is "my baby will be on social media with a silly sticker on their face"
I don't put my DC on SM at all except private groups on watsapp.

I've heard that the sticker can be removed by someone else if you have the right know-how.

I sometimes put photos of DS on Facebook, but they are always family photos and they are very few and far between.

it sounds a bit silly. if you don’t want photos of her on social media then don’t put any up - not even obscured or censored ones. the only people i used ever seen do that are celebrities.

I know people who don't put pictures of their kids on social media and I think that's fine. I look at people who put stickers over their kids faces and just wonder why. Noone else really cares, except you, the parent. Sometimes it does come across as a bit pretentious.

I once saw someone do this, someone else made a light hearted joke that the kid must be ugly. No offence was intended but you can imagine what happens when someone insults the appearance of a child whether jokingly or not. All hell broke loose. Very entertaining to watch unfold on an otherwise boring weeknight.

I understand why people do it on photos with other people's kids in e.g. Safeguarding issues etc but otherwise it doesn't make much sense to me. Each to their own, I suppose.

Is your fb public? The cute stickers can be removed not sure anyone would bother doing it unless there's a big back story.

Just don’t put any pictures up at all. The face covering emoji sounds really weird! If I was your friend I’d laugh to myself about that: Ask yourself why you’re doing it at all.
you’re not obliged to upload anything to social media.

do what you like OP but please try not to have low opinions of people who make other choices

The stickers can be removed if you have the right knowledge.

I think putting up a photo with a sticker on is very weird!! What’s the point? It comes across as attention seeking. Just don’t put any photos up.

You're right, I'll not put pictures up in the first place.

And I've deleted the censored ones

@Daisychains20

I know people who put the face emoji on their children’s pictures on social media and to be honest I think that’s worse. Just don’t put pictures up at all if you don’t want your daughter on there.

Agreed

@polkasquare me either, but the OP mentioned something about having to cover her child's face with a sticker on group shots, so sounds like someone is doing so 🤷🏻‍♀️

I don't think it's precious.

But then I don't think anyone should have the right to put other people's photos on social media without their informed consent.

So many parents plaster their kids over their SM for the 'likes' and 'lovehearts' but they'd have a total shit fit if someone put a pic of them up without permission.

Then of course they'll be teaching their kids that looks don't matter 🙄

The only people I know that put stickers over their child’s face is friends who have adopted/ fostered.
I don’t get the sticker thing. Surely if your kids face is visible and you don’t want their photo to be on social media you just wouldn’t post the picture. One of my friends decided she wasn’t having her pfb on Facebook so for the first year it was a picture of a little foot or hand artfully taken on a nicely arranged colour coordinated blanket. Or posts like “oh no little billy has just covered himself in sudocrem from head to toe” Funny post when accompanied by a photo of the disaster. Dull as dishwater when not.

If you don’t want to put her face on social media then just don’t post the photo at all. Your family and friends know what she looks like and you could always send these photos directly to them.

It is not silly to keep your daughter away from social media (randomers don’t need to see her). However, it is a bit silly to put an emoji over her face.

YABU either you put pictures up or you don't, putting edited pictures just sends mixed messages.

I havent looked into UK laws but I know when I lived in Spain, many Spanish celebs dont post their children's faces online because the law is such that any media has to automatically blur pictures of celebrities children eg when they're papped dropping them off at school or at the airport going on a family holiday etc to respect the children's privacy and right to anonymity. However, if the celebs post their children's pictures online including on their social media then the media could use their images as it was seen that their parents had waived that right to anonymity.