To be concerned about nursery posting pictures of children in underwear on Facebook?

[MandB23]

This is my child’s old nursery but I still follow the page.
They’ve put a post on of the children doing a big floor painting in their underwear. There are 31 pictures.
I messaged them to say that I don’t think the pictures are appropriate for an open Facebook group and they replied to say they follow policies and ask parents questions about their preferences around photographs on induction.
I tried to reply to say that i still don’t think it’s appropriate as I don’t imagine they have actually specified to parents that the images may be of their children in underwear but it looks like they’ve then blocked me on messenger as it won’t send.
I’m concerned as to why a nursery wouldn’t just hear the concerns from a parent point of view and remove them? What’s it to them if those pictures need to be removed? Is it worth the potential safeguard concern of a child?

I dont think I'd be happy with my kid being in their underwear at nursery, never mind pictures putting on fb. Report them to facebook

Our council have made it very clear that children in underwear or swimming costumes are not appropriate photographs to take, let alone post on Social Media.

I would write a letter to the nursery first of all and see what happens then. Tell them also you're now unable to message them. Also report it to Facebook. You'd be doing the nursery a favour there - Ofsted check social media prior to inspections and I don't think they'd be impressed to see the photo you describe.
Your options, if you're not satisfied with the nursery's response to your letter, are a complaint to the council and/or both of whom I think would take it seriously.
Go through the proper complaint procedure first, though.

I remember reading a newspaper report on a paedophile being arrested He lived in a flat overlooking a school but as well as images that were illegal he had Mothercare catalogues. Those nursery pictures are just not appropriate at all.

I would not want a picture of my child on facebook at all never mind in underwear.

For childcare professionals to be so blinkered about safeguarding is really concerning!

Very concerning. I'm surprised a nursery has an open FB page with photos of children which could identify them. Safe guarding policy should never be based on the assumption that most people do not mean children harm, it may be true but it is also dangerous.

@N0tthe0nlyfruit

I think one of the oddest things in this story is that you follow the page actively but your children don't attend the nursery any more.

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That their Facebook page is open is concerning enough, but that you still actively follow the page (and work in safeguarding?) is at least inappropriate

@bluegreygreen I don't think it's the least bit concerning that the OP is following the page as an ex parent. You might not have got round to unfollowing or you might want to continue following if you have another child who might go there in the future. This is all on the nursery.

I'd lose my absolute shit if that was my child.

Faces are blurred in my kid's preschool's private group, let alone their public page.

I think one of the oddest things in this story is that you follow the page actively but your children don't attend the nursery any more

That really isn't odd. I never unfollowed my sons old nursery page, it's a public page so obviously not just for parents. The baby I'm about to have will attend in a years time.

@MissyEllyPants

I agree that the nursery is way out of line, and should never have had the Facebook page open, let alone put those pictures up.

However, in my experience people in safeguarding do tend to be a bit more cautious in what they follow

We had a nursery near us who took out a full page ad in a local free magazine. A couple of the photos showed a row of children sitting on potties. Not staged for the sake of the photo- proper half naked pics of little ones using the potty with their underwear round their ankles!
Several people complained and the nursery couldn't actually see what the problem was!