The premise of the show is simple. A father posts a picture of his son on his personal family and friends’ website. The picture is of his son getting out of the bathtub. The show covers this subject directly and really gives the viewer something to think about.
What do I think about posting pictures of your children online? That’s a tough one to answer. I wrestle with it every time I post a picture of my children. This is my opinion and I welcome yours. There are pictures of children all over the place. Children are in magazines, commercials and advertisements online and on television. Do we stop using children on television and in printed advertisements? I don’t think so. I don’t think that parents need to stop posting pictures on their websites, either. What I do believe is that you need to use good judgment when you do so. I would never post a picture of my children in the tub, getting out of the tub, or in any state of undress.
Recently, I posted a picture of my son in the ocean. It is a picture taken from a distance and I debated whether or not it was appropriate to post. I decided it was. There were other pictures that I decided were not. I loved them. I will show them to my family and friends, but I don’t want them on the internet. It’s a judgment call. It is me not wanting an innocent picture taken from my site and used for not innocent reasons.
An argument can be made that all pictures can be taken and used inappropriately. That’s where we go back to the question of whether or not children should be used for commercial television and print advertisements, as well as television and movies. I handle this subject one picture at a time. What do you think?
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I'm not opposed to people putting pictures of their kids online, but I choose not to. I also prefer not to use their real names. It's a privacy thing for me. They may not want the entire world in on their business. When they get older, they might be embarrassed by what I thought was cute. And as we all know, even taking things off the net doesn't really ensure that they're gone. To be honest, I rarely post pictures of myself, and when I do it's for a very limited audience. I'd prefer for friends not to post pictures of me, but I find that less troublesome. I'll have to check out that show.
I don't post photos of my children on my blog, and I blog without mentioning their names.
That's because I want them to keep their privacy.
It's not up to me to make their photos public.
Some years ago I raised the issue at school, because schoolsites often put the photos of children online.
These have been used in cases where a parent wanted to kidnap a child to bring it to a foreign country.
Now schools ask permission at the beginning of the year.
Some time ago I blogged about a post I found on a blog where a child was sitting on the loo, crying. Mom was writing she was so proud to have forced him to be potty trained...
When I wrote her that maybe her child wouldn't thank her for exposing him this way, I got her whole group of friends over me. Let's say they were not nice.
Children need to be protected.
Better we do it well.
I am one who does not post any family photos online, this includes pets,cars and front of my house. That is not to say these things arn't online. My kids (all adults) have photos posted of themselves and friends and grandson. Their choice. I just feel better not having the responsibility of them being out there.. I also do not use their real names. I value thiers and my privacy.
I do post pictures of my kids and use their real names. Obviously, I don't see an issue with it, but to each their own.
I think you have to go with what you're comfortable with. My advice would be to watermark ALL the photos you post in a conspicuous place so it cannot be easily cropped out or cloned over. People are less likely to take pictures and repost them when they're clearly marked as yours.
The taking and reposting of the pictures has always been the larger concern of mine. Any picture of a child can be stimulating to someone who wants it for evil. I'm sure they even cut out pictures of the kids in the ads we see in newspapers and magazines.
Hi there, I'm cautious about posting too much information about my children on the internet, even though I'm a 'mummy blogger'.
In fact I wrote a post about it: http://sandycalico.blogspot.com/2009/06/cold-feet.html
I had some really interesting comments and suggestions.
I have only put pictures of my kids online where you can't really tell it's them. I think because I have a special needs child I really need to protect them as much as possible. I have photos online they are only accessed by friends and that's fine with me.
I'm not opposed to putting pictures of our daughter online, however, none of them are in conjunction with my blog. Anyone reading my blog for a period of time can figure out where we shop, visit etc, and I would never take the chance that someone dangerous would come up to us and try to do something, since this is a small area. I'd just rather be safe than sorry at this point.
Hi just passing by..good bLog!! cool : )
Whoa. Thanks for this heads up. It just never occurred to me that certain photos of our kids can be used inappropriately online. Your post just reminded me that it could.
I don't actually post pictures of my kids online simply because I am not a picture kind of person but my in laws do so maybe I should remind them to be careful
I have a beautiful picture of my daughter in the pool when she was under the age of 3. The light hits her just perfect and the way she is holding her head is absolutely beautiful.
I won't ever post it online, though, because she was wearing nothing but a swim diaper and the picture includes a view of her upper body.
I love that picture. It's one of my favorite. But I can also see how it could easily be twisted to something that I don't even want to consider... So I keep it private.
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