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How would you react if a 6 year old child took pictures of your baby/ child???

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mummyloveslucy · 04/11/2011 22:02

My daughter has special needs and possibly a mild form of autism. You wouldn't know by looking at her. She likes to pretend to be different children every day. For christmas she's asked for a camera. I thought this would be great for her. It turns out though, she wants it to take pics of cute babies and toddlers, so she can look at the pics and choose which one to pretend to be. She said she will give them names and make stories about them.
I don't quite know how people will react to this. Should I just let her or not? It's hard to explain to her why she can't do that. She's so excited about getting her camera and making her little album. what would you do?

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MotherOfHobbit · 04/11/2011 22:05

Wouldn't worry me in the least but I could see others might be bothered. As long as you make it clear she needs to ask permission first, I don't think it would be a problem

iskra · 04/11/2011 22:06

I have a preschooler and a baby. It wouldn't bother me in the slightest if a 6 yr old was taking photos of them. I would hink it was cute & shed probably just got a camera to play with.

Georgimama · 04/11/2011 22:07

wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

thisisyesterday · 04/11/2011 22:09

i would let her do it, but i would explain that if you want to take a picture of someone then you must always ask them first

allagory · 04/11/2011 22:09

I think this is quite sweet. She can come and take pictures of my 21 month old any day. He would love it.

tigerlillyd02 · 04/11/2011 22:11

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest - but with people nowadays, I wouldn't be so sure. Perhaps if you asked permission on her behalf (assuming you'd be with her) and explained the situation and they're for her personal use only - I can't imagine anyone refusing.

littleducks · 04/11/2011 22:11

Tbh the explanation could sound a bit. Perhaps find another way to phrase it?

The taking pictures wouldn't bother me in the slightest. Could you coach her to say, "Please can I take a picture of your baby because he/she is so cute?" What she does with the pictures is then up to her, after all kids do role play and make up stories, it isnt any stranger than pretending to be Baby Jake etc.

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mummyloveslucy · 04/11/2011 22:14

thank you. Smile It's good to know that other parents wouldn't think it was too strange. I would get her to ask first.

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GoldenGreen · 04/11/2011 22:15

I would think it was lovely, but I would probably discuss with her that some people might refuse - just to prepare her?

smoggii · 04/11/2011 22:25

I would be fine with it. I like the suggestion that you should explain she needs to ask first, but other than that, I don't envisage a problem. most parents are so proud of their gorgeous little ones they are happy for people to have photos of them.

Merrylegs · 04/11/2011 22:28

The other thing you could do perhaps is to let her look through kids clothing mags (Boden is fab for this) and cut the pics out. My DD spends ages cutting and sticking pictures out this way, making pretend families and naming all the kids, giving them ages, hobbies etc.

BarbaraMillicentRoberts · 04/11/2011 22:29

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mummyloveslucy · 04/11/2011 22:31

She does this too Merrylegs. Grin

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Jaquelinehyde · 04/11/2011 22:32

No problem at all, in fact it would make me feel really warm to see one child taking pictures of my children.

countessbabycham · 04/11/2011 22:32

I think that to avoid any potentially upsetting situations she/you should ask first,and as GoldenGreen suggested,explain to her that some people may say no and it would not be because they don't like her!

thisisyesterday · 04/11/2011 22:32

that's a great idea merrylegs! I used to do that too

the baby pages of argos or mothercare mags are good. I used to sit there cutting out babies and sticking them into pushchairs and stuff lol

kslatts · 04/11/2011 22:46

I wouldn't have a problem with a 6 year old taking pictures.

Scorpette · 05/11/2011 10:25

I would think that pretending to be someone else would be really positive play for a child with suspected ASD traits. I would automatically ask permission from the parents of babies she wants to photograph, but there's no need to explain why she wants to; people will probably presume she's just being all girly and liking babies and find it cute.

eaglewings · 05/11/2011 10:28

My DS has AS and has a DSi to take photos as he can then adapt them.

I would have had no problem with a 6 year old taking photos of my babies

DW123 · 05/11/2011 21:40

It happened to me - a sixish year old took a photo on his camera of my twins when we were out walking. I wasn't bothered but his Mum came up and apologised/explained. I honestly didn't think twice about it.

mjlovesscareypants · 05/11/2011 21:42

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Firawla · 05/11/2011 23:31

I would be fine with it, I used to do the cutting out from catalogues and renaming making up families etc thing as a child and its totally harmless just exploring their imagination, would find it quite cute and endearing if a child wanted to take pics to do this!

seeker · 05/11/2011 23:33

Insane people might be bothered.

yousankmybattleship · 05/11/2011 23:35

Wouldn't bother me one bit. I think it sounds lovely - and very creative!

BadRoly · 05/11/2011 23:39

I wouldn't mind at all but I would appreciate being asked first by you or you daughter. Although if a child took pictures without asking I wouldn't get angry or upset.