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showing photo of teenage child on mn and talking about her problems

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Lalalucy · 03/12/2009 16:25

I've seen mums on here that have uploaded photos of their teenage kids and then discussing kids problems on mn.
Am I the only one who feels uneasy to see mums discussing their kids intimate details with strangers plus showing their pics? I think it's an invasion of the childs privacy TBH.

OP posts:
liahgen · 04/12/2009 00:13

yes I cat you

TidyBush · 04/12/2009 00:21

YANBU. Leaving yesterday's thread to one side it does concern me that people put pics and identifying info about their DCs up on any public site.

Not because I'm the paedo police but because it will be out there forever. I've been lurking around the net for more than ten years and there is still stuff I posted then accessible now. Even as an adult I'm a different person now to what I was 10 years ago and I could squirm at some of the stuff I posted back then.

IMHO there are going to be quite a lot of adults in the future who'll be trying to live down the disclosures made about them as children/teens that may well come out when some boy/girlfriend/boss/dodgy stalker starts googling.

JustAnotherManicMummy · 04/12/2009 00:41

Thanks

I've not received anything yet. Expect Justine et al are tucked up in bed instead of MN as they should be

JustAnotherManicMummy · 05/12/2009 00:14

I got the CAT. And I've replied on a new chat thread.

ICantFindAFreeNickName · 05/12/2009 00:29

YANBU I was suprised to see a thread a few weeks ago about whether someones child should have their hair cut & there was a picture of the child in question. I felt a bit uncomfortable about it as I know my son would be motified if I did that, although the OP may well have cleared it with her son in the first place.

SolidGoldpiginablanket · 05/12/2009 01:26

Hmm, bit of both really. On the one hand, posting pictures of your teens and then discussing their romantic entanglements/embarsassing rashes is a bit Julie Myerson, on the other hand, anyone at any time can take a photo of someone doing something embarrassing (or in the case of DC, 'cute') in a public place and it can go round the world and be in the public domain forever.

curryfreak · 05/12/2009 13:23

What sort of people would post pictures of their Dc on a public forum, Beggers belief!

BitOfFun · 05/12/2009 13:37

Erm, parents on a parents' site? It's not illegal you know.

MmeLindt · 05/12/2009 13:42

I have pics of my DC on my profile because I like to brag about them.

No names though.

bamboostalks · 05/12/2009 13:47

Some people are pround of their newborns etc and like to show posters their children.

BitOfFun · 05/12/2009 16:02

I've got my youngest on my profile, but I know my eldest would be uncomfortable with it, so I haven't got a pic of her on it.

SolidGoldpiginablanket · 05/12/2009 18:23

I have pics of DS on facebook. He is 5 so he isn't worried about it. As and when he gets old enough to mind about photos of him being made public, I will stop doing it - I do think the difference is that teenagers are more likely to be embarrassed if their parents 'display' them (even if the photos are lovely and the parents' comments/captions unembarrassing in themselves) but when someone is old enough to ask for privacy that needs to be respected.

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