Do you share embarrassing photos of your kids online?

Asked by wildpotato (15224

) March 19th, 2015

I’m having trouble understanding why so many parents do this. Especially one of my relatives, who has a three-year-old – she’ll post photos of his bare butt, him naked in the bathtub, crying in all sorts of different situations, and even one of him squatting on the floor “moments before taking a dump, stepping in it and running off screaming,” which was related with apparent glee. Won’t this embarrass him as he gets older? Is it some kind of important parental bonding thing to share stuff like this? Am I overreacting, and this is not weird, disgusting, and attention-seeking behavior but a harmless bit of fun?

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No. I don’t share photographs of my children online, but I definitely wouldn’t share embarrassing photographs of them. I wouldn’t want embarrassing photographs of me on the Internet so why would one of my children think that was okay. Just because a child is young and doesn’t have control over what we do doesn’t mean they don’t have any rights in terms of ethical and fair treatment.

Earthbound_Misfit (13177

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My parents can’t use social sites, fortunately…

Mimishu1995 (23779

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My mom shares the really ugly selfies I take on her phone, or random pictures she takes of me at really unflattering angles. But nothing like what your relative does!!! To be honest I think that’s kind of weird… And I wouldn’t be surprised if it embarrassed him when he got older.

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I would never do that, crass in the extreme, done by parents who shouldn’t be.

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I don’t have kids. I have one friend who shares cute things of her kids that the kid will probably be embarrassed about at ages 7–18 when they become more aware.

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