It’s absolutely appalling and should be banned outright.
There are the obvious risks from sexual predators, and, we already know that becoming recognisable well known or famous as a child rarely ends well. It skews friendships and trust, it screws up a child’s sense of self, and opens them up to all sorts of exploitation and sensitivities to other people’s opinions that they should be protected from while still young and vulnerable.
This is a particular bugbear of mine and I don’t think any children should be on You Tube, Instagram or mainstream tv, whether they are members of the Royal Family, live on a Yorkshire farm or are young equestrian “influencers”.
As a horse owner, I follow a lot of equestrian content, and I won’t name names but there’s an account on Instagram that features a posh equestrian family leading a “wholesome” country life with ponies, dogs, hens etc , present at the breakfast table and birthday tea table, and they are constantly filmed on early morning beach rides, on idyllic hacks on the moors, tiny tots jumping fallen logs etc.
The comments are full of praise for the parents providing their dc which such a “perfect” childhood!
They are all amazing riders but so many aspects of these children’s lives are filmed and curated; reading stories in pjs in bed, they are even filmed during bath time, and a lot is made of whether they are brave riders or not when there’s one older child who is patently more sensitive and less of a daredevil than the others.
It’s all presented as wholesome apple-cheeked “jolly good fun” but let’s just say sometimes parents reveal more than they intend eg which children are favourites, even though in this case the mother constantly professes her joy and delight in how much she loves all of her dc.
The mother flogs face cream and sells a few equestrian related items but honestly a lot of it imho is about showing off and that’s not a good thing to teach dc either!
I have unfollowed that account and any account featuring dc who by definition cannot consent and do not understand the long term implications of having their childhoods out there on line for all to see.
Apart from complete strangers and distant acquaintances having knowledge of your private family life, can you imagine people being able to access pictures of you in the bath aged four for the rest of your lifetime?
Sorry for the rant but I think filming your dc and putting the content out there on line for all to see, is exploitative, coercive, psychologically damaging, immoral and downright irresponsible.