Just to give context, in my local area, we have a well known woman who is a total media groupie. She loves attention and is regularly in our local paper being a victim of some perceived injustice by the authorities or a mysterious, vague third party smearing her. These dramas are always followed by a GoFundMe or open begging because ‘someone’ has stolen her car, wrecked her business, out to get her etc etc.
Her latest ‘hobby’ is becoming involved in Middle Eastern politics and she has openly expressed support for certain groups, which resulted in her arrest and is currently on bail, one of the conditions being she doesn’t comment on anything political or religious online - which she continues to do. Separate issue.
She is also quite open about the fact that social services have her on their radar regarding radicalisation of her children, which she mocks and jokes about. Again, between her and the authorities, but building a picture here.
However, her children and my son attend a local secondary school. Yesterday she posted a video online showing a certificate awarded to her son (child’s name fully disclosed) allegedly by this school. The award was for “X being most likely to overthrow the government” This certificate is clearly faked by her (there hasn’t been an award ceremony this week and there is absolutely no way given the ethos of the school it would even be presented) but she thought it was highly amusing and is using it to proudly suggest to her online followers how she is bringing up her children to be as anarchic and anti establishment as she is.
She held the piece of paper so no school name was apparent, but she’s mentioned the actual school on many of her previous broadcasts and can be easily found on a social media site.
There two issues here:
If she chooses to publish her child’s full name on a completely open SM site, is that her right as a parent?
Secondly, should the school be aware that she is suggesting, by association, that they would even recognise and award a pupil for future potential anarchy - particularly as the school is deservedly well known for its excellent pastoral care and ethos?
Is this a child protection issue or frankly, none of my business?