Influencers that show their children….

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Do we have any in here, or anyone that is close friends with one?
It’s something that I’m really against, and the sooner they bring in laws to protect the children involved the better in my eyes.
i’m always really curious with how the people that do show their children on a monetised account rationalise it with themselves as being ok. They certainly aren’t in the minority, it’s more rare to find someone who shares their life on line that doesn’t show their children.

It’s so sad that we need to introduce laws to prevent mothers exploiting their own children.

There is no such thing as integrity these days.

I’ve got one near me who has 175k followers. She’s got a toddler and I could easily work out where she lives and where she goes each day. The child has absolutely no privacy whatsoever. It’s about time influencers were regulated in some way.

Brummymummyof2 is disgistong she is well aware her kids are being used on porn sites but she’s so greedy she doesn’t care. She also gave a talk to school kids about internet saftey , bloody joke. Others out there are Emily norris and Louise pentland , the plaster all info online that any psycho could easily track them down . I’d rather be poor than sell my kids to any nutter out there

Same bloke bragged about having a vasectomy and put up a photo of the same child chopping up a sausage

That's when I blocked the smug twat

I mean,your child is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and your first thought is 'insta!'

Ditto telling the world about your vasectomy and you rush out to buy hot dogs to slap on your feed

He made such a fuss over her illness but didn't know it was diabetes awareness day

Those kids are going to be adults one day and if that was me,I'd never speak to them again

These stories are horrifying

The only “pro” is the money. Privacy, respect and protection of children should always come before that.

That's why I said the cons outweigh the pros but a lot of these influencers are able to turn it into their full time job so are able to spend a lot more time with their children and be home a lot more which is definitely an advantage over having to put your kid in nursery for 12 hour days but I would still put their safety above this

I’ve seen ECHPs shared - this is a clear breach of the child’s privacy.

I agree with the point you're making, absolutely.

But really, why does anyone actually need to post their kids online? Who are you doing it for and why? You could send photos to your nearest and dearest by email which would take the same time and effort. But you wouldn't get the same likes and validation. It's all fucked up.

Yes and with a child actor or model you just see them on a billboard/in a magazine ad/ on a tv screen playing a different character. You probably don’t know their name, dob, area they live, personality quirks, likes and dislikes, medical info. Most of this stuff IS known about the children of influencers. It’s not the same thing at all.

So being in nursery is worse than photos, videos and intimate details about the children of influencers being shared to multiple thousands of internet strangers? I’ll take nursery, thanks.

It’s not real time though. They might be physically present with their children but the videos they produce aren’t what’s actually happening at home. They aren’t really spending time making cakes or playing board games together all the day long. Have you watched the Ruby Franke documentary for example?

The content produced by influencers isn’t real.

It’s ludicrous to suggest that a child at home is automatically better off than one at nursery. There’s countless parents whose children are at home who are terrible parents.

Lots of them do still use paid for childcare anyway.

My daughter went to high school with a girl whose mum has an online parenting blog, complete with photos of her children, the village they live in and dressed in their primary school uniforms. Some of the things she has written about include her daughter’s tantrums, complete with a very unflattering photo of the girl aged about 8 red faced and tearful. Another was her son’s constipation and that he picks his nose and eats his bogies. That neither child flushed the toilet ever after use…

My daughter and the rest of the class (and the rest of year 7 by the sound of it) found out about this during internet safety week at school when they were tasked with googling the name of the child next to them to see what they could find out about that particular child if anything. My daughter was searching this girl. And the girl understandably lost her mind when she realised what was out there. It’s all still up on the mum’s website now. Madness.

I just binged the Ruby Franke doc after reading about it on here. Wow! It's shocking. I can't understand how her husband wasn't charged with anything and got custody of the kids.
I actually think he was very lucky she chucked him out and he wasn't allowed to contact them because I fully believe he was so obsessed with her that he would have gone along with anything. He in no way protected his children and was just as bad as her.

It's so awful seeing the behind the scenes videos of her shouting at the kids to pretend to be happy when they don't want to and grabbing her little girl by the face and shoving her out of the way then saying they would cut that bit out later.

I used to follow one on FB for her slimming world recipes, then it was the whole family, too much for me. unfollowed.

Taken from Child Rescue Coalition:

At Child Rescue Coalition, our mission is to protect children from sexual exploitation. Research shows that by the age of 2, 90 percent of children already have a presence on social media. Unfortunately, child predators not only use the Internet to distribute pornography, but also to stalk children, share info, and trade tips and techniques on how to seduce and lure them into sexual encounters.
Help protect your child’s privacy and ensure their image doesn’t fall into the hands of predators. Before sharing your child’s image on social media, ask yourself:

• Why am I sharing this?
• Would I want someone else to share an image like this of me?
• Would I want this image of my child viewed and downloaded by predators on the Dark Web?
• Is this something I want to be part of my child’s digital life?

Once you’ve posted your child’s photo, you can’t have total control over it, so think twice about sharing something that may seem cute or innocent. Together, we can bring safety to our children and other victims of child sexual abuse around the world.

Can I add Joe Wicks to the list of offenders on this one, his kids are nothing but performing monkeys to promote his brand.

The ones whose children need speech therapy and are wheeled out as cute for not being able to say words properly really annoy me. They’re not performing seals.

Whilst I don't really use social media, we know a family who do this. They don't stop the activity once the filming has finished and edit a lot with music so there doesn't have to be a perfect take - they just take a lot of footage. A lot of videos are of the dad setting up the activity with a short moment at the end with the kids enjoying it.

Their high earnings mean their kids all go to a prestigious private school and on all sorts of lovely holidays e.g. Disney. They also get a lot more time with their kids than I do doing a 40 hour week. Whilst it's not something I'd personally choose, I can see the appeal as they get more time as a family and can afford things we couldn't.

I do understand the legitimate issues people are raising but I do believe they are caring parents (and nice people) so think it's too simplistic to demonise them. Thanks.

There are good parents who use social media as a way to provide a better life for their kids. Those people arnt usually a problem

My concerns are for the parents who are not putting their children first ,who abuse their children for that income. Unfortunately they have ruined it for people like your friends. I just wish there was a way to protect children in a way that helps children .

They all need to have their kids taken off them.

Every single one of them. They’re monetising their children and exposing them to the worst kinds of people for money. I doubt those children have a % of their wages locked away in a trust account for them, do they? It all goes on things the parents enjoy. It’s disgusting.

Do they have a large following?

personally, no amount of money or trips to Disneyland would be enough for me to knowingly put images of my children out there for a sexual predator to enjoy at their own leisure.

They may not over share, but I’m afraid I’ll always have a lot more respect for those who make their money on line without pimping out their children. Thanks.

They have around 400k followers I think.