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Stranger taking photos of my 3yr old

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Emotionsrunhigh · 09/08/2021 21:31

Looking for some advice please.

I was at a soft play today with my daughter who is 3.7 yr old, just the two of us. She quickly made friends with another girl who looked to be the same age. The other girl was with her dad (I presume).

They were playing well together for about 45 minutes when I noticed the other little girl had her dads mobile phone and was taking photos of my daughter and telling her to smile. At first I thought that’s cute but then I thought actually that’s a bit unusual and I looked at her dad who was just sitting watching them. Then she gave him the phone and they went back to playing.

About 30 minutes later I looked up and the dad was taking photos of them both together. I felt a bit uncomfortable but I just didn’t know what to say, that’s never happened to us before. I didn’t say anything and we left shortly afterwards.

My little girl kept saying they were best friends - but they’d only met that day, they were obviously getting on really well. It’s probably totally innocent and the dad was just taking pics at his daughters request and not thinking what it could look like but the more I think about it the more uncomfortable I’m feeling about it.

I’m thinking of phoning the soft play tomorrow and asking if they've had anyone raise concerns about this before.

Am I overreacting?

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parietal · 09/08/2021 21:33

Yes you are over reacting. What possible danger is there in a 3 yr old taking photos? Would you feel the same if the child was with their mum?

Emotionsrunhigh · 09/08/2021 21:46

How often does this happen to you? It’s never happened to us. If my child had asked me to take a photo of another child they’d only just met I would say no but she’s never asked.
I have taken photos of her with friends and then shared with their parents but not of kids she’s just met who we don’t know. My husband would never do this either and he is annoyed with me for not saying anything.
I think I would feel the same if the girl was with her mam.

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