Do you share your kids on social media?

[Blossom192]

Hello

I have two wonderful young children and since the day I became a parent, I've found myself constantly creating amazing memories with them - thousands of photos, videos, playlists, walks - but I have no safe place to store them beautifully. I have so many apps, a bursting photo album but no baby books completed. I don't share my kids on social media because I believe they have a right to their digital identity and I don't want them monetised for the sake of ads. I’ve seen a few articles in the press recently highlighting this newscentre.vodafone.co.uk/digital-parenting/sharenting-how-sharing-too-much-online-could-put-your-kids-in-danger/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=3&utm_campaign=4&utm_id=Twitter&utm_term=5&utm_content=6 and I’ve also had a few conversations with friends who are feeling frustrated too. Do any other parents have growing concerns around sharing on social media or share the same frustrations as me - too much content too little time to organise?

No. Not unless they say I can post something they are teens.

However the other day one of them told me I am not allowed to have a picture of them in our lounge without their permission. I told them that it is just us that sees it, no one visits (whole different topic), and as your mother I can have a picture of you in our home.
Has anyone else heard of teens demanding that the parents ask for permission to display a picture in your own home?

Each to their own.

But I’ve seen and heard of “friends” showing other people their SM profile, or screen shotting pictures and sending them to various other people who might not have access to the original persons profile. Some of it was good nature, some of it wasn’t unfortunately.

You can’t control what actions other people will do, you can only hope for the best imo.

I choose not to share pictures of my DC/DH partly due to this (and many other reasons)

Husband and I don't share.
Photos currently saved on Cloud/Google.

Yes, I did.
I only have friends on FB though, not random people I don't know, and I have the privacy settings all set up.

Plus, any one of us is on camera so much now with CCTV etc., plus random people videoing in the street and so forth. I'm not sure a picture of my dc in their wellies on a muddy walk is really that big an issue.

I do. The occasional photo on FB. I have privacy settings but don't for a moment imagine that protects their images going put there potentially. For that reason I don't post naked pictures or whatever. I see the risks as low.

@Tiredpregnantmess

Hi

Our first born is due in January and we will not be putting any pictures on Social Media. I will share them with family but will be explaining they are not to go on FB. I'll be backing them all up and printing out to make sure they're not lost.

Hahahahaha. Yes because you'll have TONS of time for printing photos and arranging albums. Hahahahaha

@headintheproverbial

Erm, I managed to print out all my baby pics and put together an album of first year etc? Unless you're very unlucky managing photos is very doable.

Yes I do. They are teens now so it's with their permission and I show them the photo first. I only do Facebook and don't have a huge number of fb friends. I like sharing and seeing them all my friends kids grow up; I don't see the issue if it's all by mutual consent.

No names and no photos.

I post occasional photos as I live overseas and have done since they were babies but they’re 10&7 now so it was different a decade ago.
I post less photos and more “shit my kids say” and there’s nothing that exposes them.

Each to their own. I never post embarrassing photos or posts of them.