I know multiple couples who have had explosive fights over whether to put pictures of their kids on social media. I come down pretty heavily on "absolutely not" aside from things like holiday...
I know multiple couples who have had explosive fights over whether to put pictures of their kids on social media. I come down pretty heavily on "absolutely not" aside from things like holiday cards of family pictures that are intended to be for public display. As much as I enjoy seeing my friends' baby-pics, I feel like they should be able to go off the grid if they want. Maybe my opinion would be different if our social media world was controlled by a company less creepy than Facebook and if we actually took a "right to be forgotten" seriously and meaningfully allowed online interactions to fade away over time.
I really wish I had the same foresight of this girl when I first joined Social Media; it took me until my twenties to come to the same conclusions as her. What a bright young girl.
For my generation, being anonymous is no longer an option. For many of us, the decisions about our online presence are made before we can even speak. I’m glad that I discovered early on what posting online really means.
I really wish I had the same foresight of this girl when I first joined Social Media; it took me until my twenties to come to the same conclusions as her. What a bright young girl.
This boils down why I personally will not share my kids photos any longer on social media or a mostly public location. I now group text photos to immediate family. I also have no idea how facial...
This boils down why I personally will not share my kids photos any longer on social media or a mostly public location. I now group text photos to immediate family. I also have no idea how facial recognition will get used/abused in the future and I don't want to give these companies a database of photos of my children that is effectively been licensed to use as they will to build profiles of them.
The wife and I decided our child wouldn't have a public social presence they didn't decide to create one themselves. We caught a lot of flack from our family and from others thinking we were...
The wife and I decided our child wouldn't have a public social presence they didn't decide to create one themselves. We caught a lot of flack from our family and from others thinking we were judging them as bad parents. Some people even tried to say that by not posting photos of our child that they would grow up thinking we didn't love them as much as other parents.
Seeing articles like this certainly validates my feelings on this subject.
I'm young enough that I was still a kid when social media exploded. I also really dislike the thought of pictures or videos of me being shared online, and I pretty much always have. When I was a...
I'm young enough that I was still a kid when social media exploded. I also really dislike the thought of pictures or videos of me being shared online, and I pretty much always have. When I was a teen I decided that my "teenage rebellion" would be deleting my online presence and not signing up for any social media at all, which is a decision I've stood by since I was 13. Now that I'm older, I'm so happy that my years as a kid/teen are nowhere to be found online.
Speaking from that point of view - thank you so much for what you're doing!
I really don't like the trend of parents sharing everything and anything about their kid online - your kids are people too, treat them with the same respect you would anyone else. Don't upload their pictures without their permission, that's a dick move.
Judging by what we see online, some parents seem to treat their children like puppies in the context of social media. They share videos of them crying for something silly or doing embarassing...
Judging by what we see online, some parents seem to treat their children like puppies in the context of social media. They share videos of them crying for something silly or doing embarassing stuff as if they couldn't possibly grow up to be ashamed by all that. Not to talk about the recent trend of throwing cheese on their baby's face...
It's as if they don't realize that they are dealing with human beings with complex emotions.
My Sister has a son with a rare genetic disorder and has had a public page on him since almost the beginning of his life. On one hand it's helped to spread a bit of awareness of his condition....
My Sister has a son with a rare genetic disorder and has had a public page on him since almost the beginning of his life. On one hand it's helped to spread a bit of awareness of his condition. Helped raise a bit of money to help her with expenses and built a network with other parents of kids with the same condition.
But on the other hand I couldn't even comprehend how I would feel if I learnt that there were thousands of photos and posts documenting my life and suffering for all to see.
I think it's even worse that Facebook is the vehicle for it too. Possibly the worse company to have this data.
What a bright young kid. That's honestly really amazing to have this kind of awareness as an 8th grader. Among other things this stood out to me. I feel like this could be the case in some...
What a bright young kid. That's honestly really amazing to have this kind of awareness as an 8th grader.
Among other things this stood out to me.
They didn’t know I would get so upset over it, because their intentions weren’t to embarrass me, but to keep a log and document what their little sister/youngest daughter was doing in her early childhood and young teenage years.
I feel like this could be the case in some instances but for the majority it's going to be for the quick laugh/like/comment. That doesn't mean it's done in malice but I think it's an important distinction.
Social media is, in essence, the 21st century forum for gossip. Having fought a similar battle against 20th century gossip with my own parents, I am heartened to know that at least some kids are...
Social media is, in essence, the 21st century forum for gossip. Having fought a similar battle against 20th century gossip with my own parents, I am heartened to know that at least some kids are aware of and beginning to push back against the absurdity of the current state of affairs.
I know multiple couples who have had explosive fights over whether to put pictures of their kids on social media. I come down pretty heavily on "absolutely not" aside from things like holiday cards of family pictures that are intended to be for public display. As much as I enjoy seeing my friends' baby-pics, I feel like they should be able to go off the grid if they want. Maybe my opinion would be different if our social media world was controlled by a company less creepy than Facebook and if we actually took a "right to be forgotten" seriously and meaningfully allowed online interactions to fade away over time.
I really wish I had the same foresight of this girl when I first joined Social Media; it took me until my twenties to come to the same conclusions as her. What a bright young girl.
This boils down why I personally will not share my kids photos any longer on social media or a mostly public location. I now group text photos to immediate family. I also have no idea how facial recognition will get used/abused in the future and I don't want to give these companies a database of photos of my children that is effectively been licensed to use as they will to build profiles of them.
The wife and I decided our child wouldn't have a public social presence they didn't decide to create one themselves. We caught a lot of flack from our family and from others thinking we were judging them as bad parents. Some people even tried to say that by not posting photos of our child that they would grow up thinking we didn't love them as much as other parents.
Seeing articles like this certainly validates my feelings on this subject.
I'm young enough that I was still a kid when social media exploded. I also really dislike the thought of pictures or videos of me being shared online, and I pretty much always have. When I was a teen I decided that my "teenage rebellion" would be deleting my online presence and not signing up for any social media at all, which is a decision I've stood by since I was 13. Now that I'm older, I'm so happy that my years as a kid/teen are nowhere to be found online.
Speaking from that point of view - thank you so much for what you're doing!
I really don't like the trend of parents sharing everything and anything about their kid online - your kids are people too, treat them with the same respect you would anyone else. Don't upload their pictures without their permission, that's a dick move.
Judging by what we see online, some parents seem to treat their children like puppies in the context of social media. They share videos of them crying for something silly or doing embarassing stuff as if they couldn't possibly grow up to be ashamed by all that. Not to talk about the recent trend of throwing cheese on their baby's face...
It's as if they don't realize that they are dealing with human beings with complex emotions.
My Sister has a son with a rare genetic disorder and has had a public page on him since almost the beginning of his life. On one hand it's helped to spread a bit of awareness of his condition. Helped raise a bit of money to help her with expenses and built a network with other parents of kids with the same condition.
But on the other hand I couldn't even comprehend how I would feel if I learnt that there were thousands of photos and posts documenting my life and suffering for all to see.
I think it's even worse that Facebook is the vehicle for it too. Possibly the worse company to have this data.
What a bright young kid. That's honestly really amazing to have this kind of awareness as an 8th grader.
Among other things this stood out to me.
I feel like this could be the case in some instances but for the majority it's going to be for the quick laugh/like/comment. That doesn't mean it's done in malice but I think it's an important distinction.
Social media is, in essence, the 21st century forum for gossip. Having fought a similar battle against 20th century gossip with my own parents, I am heartened to know that at least some kids are aware of and beginning to push back against the absurdity of the current state of affairs.