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To think that poor Ronnie Hinch deserves some privacy

235 replies

notfairnot · 19/04/2022 07:22

And the details of his life and e.g. speech delay not broadcast to his mothers 4.4 million followers (and whoever else wants to see as it's an open page)

Imagine having your life broadcast like that in such detail with no consent or consideration of his future Sad

OP posts:
Hertsgirl10 · 19/04/2022 10:25

@berksandbeyond

Oh what a complete shock that you 100% agree 🤣

NobleYeats1 · 19/04/2022 10:28

@MrsKC121

Oh I know, I’ll wake up at 7:30am and create a post about Hinch that her trolls will flock to. Honest to god, who cares? And what business is it of anyones if she chooses to put her child online or not. Ever heard of the phrase “mind your own business”?
You are part of the problem. People shouldn’t ‘mind their own business’ where vulnerable people are concerned - children can’t consent to being put online - the more people don’t ‘mind their own business’ the better chance of protections being put in place for these poor children.

Also the double standards you have - Would you be happy with a family member putting a half naked photo of you on the toilet on the internet for millions to see? Yet you don’t seem to have a problem with this happening to a child @MrsKC121

We need more of these threads where people say no it’s not acceptable to exploit your children like this.

Also a look into the future:

converseandjeans · 19/04/2022 10:30

YANBU but I think she's bought a huge farmhouse on the back of money made as an influencer. So I can't see her stopping.

I think influencers who are 'flawed' in some way are popular as they seem more real.

Many celebs who have found fame through a skill don't use their children in this way.

I do wonder what they will do when kids get to 12 and refuse to have a photo taken?

berksandbeyond · 19/04/2022 10:30

@Hertsgirl10 Why is my opinion less valid than yours? It’s not. Go kiss up to Hinch if you like, I could not care less but I stand by my right to say that based on the many things she’s posted online, including pictures of her child half naked on the toilet to 4 million followers, she’s a shit mum

Summerbot70 · 19/04/2022 10:33

Peddling your wean for likes on social media is grim as hell. Cannot abide the whole influencer culture .

NobleYeats1 · 19/04/2022 10:35

@Hertsgirl10 I find your posts very confusing. You say you care about child protection. Yet here we have a woman who exploits her vulnerable non consenting children to millions when it’s well known paedophiles take pictures of children off the internet for nefarious reasons. Yet when a poster says this makes her a bad mother you jump down their throats. I agree this makes her and all other influencers who do this bad parents. Their child’s safety should be their number one concern.

So do you believe it’s good parenting to put half naked photos of children online? How does this not conflict with your views on child protection?

Do you not feel you are part of the problem with getting this attention and hopefully legal support to stop this exploitation of children online if you defend mothers rights to exposure their children however they see fit?

Hertsgirl10 · 19/04/2022 10:37

[quote berksandbeyond]@Hertsgirl10 Why is my opinion less valid than yours? It’s not. Go kiss up to Hinch if you like, I could not care less but I stand by my right to say that based on the many things she’s posted online, including pictures of her child half naked on the toilet to 4 million followers, she’s a shit mum[/quote]
@berksandbeyond

I’m not kissing up to her that’s where you’re getting confused and showing that you’re just a strange troll.

Again you don’t have to be a fan to not slag someone off.

People have a right to say what they want, don’t mean they should.
And if you’re determined to be obsessed and watch them constantly, just to slag them off well good luck to you.

My opinion isn’t more important than yours why would you say that?
Not on victim mode now are we 😂😂😂 I can say what I want about people but no one can say anything about me … wahhhh wahhhh

Silverswirl · 19/04/2022 10:40

@Hertsgirl10
I really couldn’t care about your previous interactions other theads or if you have been mother Theresa in the past. I’m talking about what you have said in this thread.
To quote you.
Stop worrying about other people’s experiences and worry about why all these people are worried about a kid, Ronnie in this case, worry about why you all even know his every day life so much you feel you can have an opinion about it.
Stop over investing in people’s children and start investing in yours 😂

  1. People should be invested in other peoples children if they think they are coming to harm. Your last sentence is literally a statement of looking the other way. Anyone who claims to be ‘protecting childre’ (I don’t mean just their own) would never have typed this.
  2. The OP shouldn’t have used the child’s name I agree. You have used his name also which I find strange alongside your other statements about how you have gone out of your way to protect children.
  3. Plenty is being done to try to change the laws and regulations around influencers exploiting their children for money. The wheels are slow and the social media companies arnt overly invested in helping due to revenue. One day, when enough people are aware of the damage this is doing to children, this will be seen as a ghastly and extremely exploitive / slack regulations time in children protection. It will be looked back upon as completely unacceptable.
Anyone condoning adults making money from children in this way and asking people to Mind their own business is also adding to the problem. From the words you have used in your posts this is you right now.
berksandbeyond · 19/04/2022 10:40

You’re being so weird about this @Hertsgirl10 and i’m clearly not the only one who thinks so 🤷🏼‍♀️

longwayoff · 19/04/2022 10:41

I don't know who these people are, I opened the thread to find out. Now I do know. Monetising your child's life is reprehensible. If that's what's happening, that's bad and awful parenting.

longwayoff · 19/04/2022 10:42

Has N*mums shut down?

Wonteat · 19/04/2022 10:42

Not Mrs hinch but a fb poster who (fair enough I guess) has a page for her teenage daughter with SEN but ALSO posts the same content to a lockdown group with over 1 million members.

Not sure her dd realises that her mother is posting all details of her personal life and even pictures of her when in hospital with bladder and stoma surgeries plus pictures.
Dates and times of hospital appts before they’ve happened so safeguarding issue there really

Tells her dd these people are her ‘fans’ and has an Amazon wish list …..

Poor girl has no privacy and it worries me that unpleasant people could be seeing this content and it seems off

Hertsgirl10 · 19/04/2022 10:43

[quote NobleYeats1]@Hertsgirl10 I find your posts very confusing. You say you care about child protection. Yet here we have a woman who exploits her vulnerable non consenting children to millions when it’s well known paedophiles take pictures of children off the internet for nefarious reasons. Yet when a poster says this makes her a bad mother you jump down their throats. I agree this makes her and all other influencers who do this bad parents. Their child’s safety should be their number one concern.

So do you believe it’s good parenting to put half naked photos of children online? How does this not conflict with your views on child protection?

Do you not feel you are part of the problem with getting this attention and hopefully legal support to stop this exploitation of children online if you defend mothers rights to exposure their children however they see fit?[/quote]
@NobleYeats1

How am I part of the problem? Iv never seem a half naked pic of this kid in my life, I don’t follow them and don’t obsess about them to the point I know every detail of this kids life.

The problem is people that are constantly going on about this kid being naked and saying he needs protecting but are telling everyone that don’t know he was naked, that there’s pics on there where kids are naked.

Why don’t people put this child protection. Passion- that they only have when it’s an infielders kid -
Why don’t you all get together and work with people like Adam Whittington, that actually is helping people protect kids online and out there.

If everyone feels so strongly, start a petition, get publicity and make laws change.

Or just sit back and slag people off.

You won’t catch my kids on any open social media platforms or on profile pictures, so no I’m not part of any problem.

My issue is with people saying she’s a shit mum when they don’t know her, or saying things likes she’s conned people into buying things, then top it off with ‘child protection’
This shows it’s a personal vendetta and using kids to make a point, it’s pathetic, when no one is willing to help these kids by doing anything about it but say … she’s a shit mum.

Hertsgirl10 · 19/04/2022 10:46

@berksandbeyond

You’re being so weird about this *@Hertsgirl10* and i’m clearly not the only one who thinks so 🤷🏼‍♀️
@berksandbeyond

You think it’s weird, I think trolling is weird so yea difference of opinion again.

Thought you was way too busy for all this anyway 😂

NobleYeats1 · 19/04/2022 10:47

@Hertsgirl10 you didn’t answer my question - do you believe someone who puts half naked pictures of children online is a good parent or a bad parent? It’s a simple question.

If you believe they are a good parent then this surely massively conflicts with your views that you care about child protection. If you believe they are a bad parent then why are you jumping to their defence here?

In my opinion this is bad parenting and should be called out as often as it can in the hopes either influencers realise it will damage their ‘brand’ and stop doing it or instagram step in with rules to prevent it.

People like you who say you can’t say someone is a bad parent for this are part of the problem in my opinion.

nitsandwormsdodger · 19/04/2022 10:49

Yes all the people declaring they have no clue who these people are and feel the need to share that here are disingenuous to the core
A few are screamingly honest in their jealousy at least that’s honest

incywincyspider1 · 19/04/2022 10:50

I used to love watching her cleaning tips. But I've unfollowed her now.
I find it's all about how amazing her house is and trying to sell you stuff.
It made me feel quite rubbish and inadequate about my own life as I could never afford what she has.
The same with Stacey Solemon.

It's a shame because I used to enjoy watching them but it all became a bit grabby and look at me and what I have and can do.

AlternativePerspective · 19/04/2022 10:51

Who are any of them?

I’ve heard of the Hinch woman from posts on here but have never followed, or had any inclination to follow any of them. And what the fuck is an influencer? Are people incapable of making decisions for themselves now unless someone and their cat on instagram has endorsed it?

But anyway back to the OP. IMo it should be illegal for children under the age of 16 to be in video’s on YouTube, instagram, fb etc. As things currently stand children have to be 13 to have an account of their own, so if they can’t have an account of their own, then they shouldn’t be being exploited on someone else’s.

EvilPea · 19/04/2022 10:51

There’s so many rules around tv. What can be put out and when, how it’s filmed, who is in it, working conditions - especially for children.
there’s none of that for YouTube etc, it’s unfair for tv makers it’s also unethical.

WhackingPhoenix · 19/04/2022 10:51

Does her other son deserve the same privacy or is it just Ronnie you think should be hidden from public view because he has a speech delay? Confused

Silverswirl · 19/04/2022 10:51

@Hertsgirl10
It really is simple.
Do you think mrs H or other influencers should use their children for SM content and thereby make money from them.

  1. Yes
  2. No
If you chose yes, you are supporting exploitation of children. If you chose no, you agree that she has made bad parenting choices because by her actions she has exploited her child. By exploiting her child she has failed to protect him. No slagging off, this is fact. So which is it to be?
Hertsgirl10 · 19/04/2022 10:52

[quote Silverswirl]@Hertsgirl10
I really couldn’t care about your previous interactions other theads or if you have been mother Theresa in the past. I’m talking about what you have said in this thread.
To quote you.
Stop worrying about other people’s experiences and worry about why all these people are worried about a kid, Ronnie in this case, worry about why you all even know his every day life so much you feel you can have an opinion about it.
Stop over investing in people’s children and start investing in yours 😂

  1. People should be invested in other peoples children if they think they are coming to harm. Your last sentence is literally a statement of looking the other way. Anyone who claims to be ‘protecting childre’ (I don’t mean just their own) would never have typed this.
  2. The OP shouldn’t have used the child’s name I agree. You have used his name also which I find strange alongside your other statements about how you have gone out of your way to protect children.
  3. Plenty is being done to try to change the laws and regulations around influencers exploiting their children for money. The wheels are slow and the social media companies arnt overly invested in helping due to revenue. One day, when enough people are aware of the damage this is doing to children, this will be seen as a ghastly and extremely exploitive / slack regulations time in children protection. It will be looked back upon as completely unacceptable.
Anyone condoning adults making money from children in this way and asking people to Mind their own business is also adding to the problem. From the words you have used in your posts this is you right now.[/quote] @Silverswirl

My mention of being in people’s business what to you about what you deemed step mum material not about this.

Yes I mentioned the name as it is what the thread is about.

I’m not trying to be mother Theresa so no need to try and belittle people that don’t share your opinion, my past experiences on this site was to show that people aren’t actually aware of child protection issues, which is relevant to this thread.

And I didn’t ask what’s being done, I asked what it is YOU are doing to stop this child exploitation issue in the world, that you feel so passionate about.

And at which point did I condone anyone using kids to make money?
This is this issue with people, you read what you want into things and come up with something that fits what your view is.

Hertsgirl10 · 19/04/2022 10:55

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converseandjeans · 19/04/2022 10:56

I'm on Family Lowdown FB page and people post all sorts of really personal stuff about their kids.

Examples are a 9 year old DD who started periods really early, health issues, weight issues etc & all often accompanied by a photo. I'm certain a young girl wouldn't want news of her starting puberty all over FB. Kids with other problems like being bullied honestly don't want this advertised on a big FB group.

I don't know what's up with people.

SouthernFashionista · 19/04/2022 10:56

The Saccone Jolys are a disgrace. The sex change kid and the nine year old who’s feted as a teen. Utterly grim and disturbing if you read too much about them. Those poor kids.