Would you post your children on social media? Or are you already doing so? And why?

[melanieeeB]

I just stumbled over a question regarding this topic

Soooo personally I would never put my future children up on social media.
I don't even make stories with my little sis or if I did in the past, you could only see her hand and even then I asked her for permission haha

I remember that my aunt used to put pics of us kids on her Facebook back then and we still absolutely hate it!
When I was a teen and got fb, I reported those fotos lol.

Anyways I don't support that, I would wanna keep my kids private and also respect their privacy. Plus my future kids are no one elses business! Nobody has to know

[HopefulGuy94]

I actually would not. I once used to have Facebook account no any other social media in the past and will not want to. Even there I just had only profile pictures , however , I do not like take pictures nor the picture of me is taken. Only the people that I know were my friends in there then I deleted my account after using it 5 years. I really do not like social medya at all. And the people now have instagram accounts which allow them to take pictures of every ridiculous things that they are doing so I am so sensitive about it. Except Facebook I have an account on this website , as you see lol If I fed up using this I am gonna deleted this one , too. Anyway , I would not post any photos with my children (not only with them but also with anyone even our photo was taken) cuz the people that gonna see that maybe lost their children which could make them sad or the ones who will not have any children due to their health issues I do not want them to be broken-hearted , especially while they are upset it would not be suitable for anyone to post photos in which anyone is smiling with the other people could mean making them jealous. The first pic of my profile in here was with someone in my family but I then tought that it is also kinda same thing and changed it later on.

[HopefulGuy94]

Not only about them but also about the other people who have some difficulties in his/her life. Maybe someone is in a adverse condition , someone is lonely , soneone has a bad mood , someone who is not lucky enough to have a life that we do not even life or complain about and so on. Neither I post a picture with someone nor I post a picture in somewhere else or in condition portrayed which make them sad .

[KirbyFan246]

It's generally a bad idea to even be on social media when in a relationship. It can cause so much drama, and it's such a mark of maturity for the woman in the relationship, because a lot of girls get attached to wanting to post on social media, and love the attention and the likes.

My ex deleted her social media (Facebook in this case) with me. In fact, it was her idea to do so, and I couldn't agree more. Letting go of social media for Love and a healthy relationship is the best thing you can do. My hat's off to you if you quit social media for a relationship to be successful.

[CrazyGirl2]

That has nothing to do with the question at hand, which is “should parents or family members post pictures of children who legally cannot consent to those pictures being there?” I have mixed feelings about that, but to address your claim…
You even WANTING a boyfriend (or girlfriend) to literally quit social media because they are in a relationship is ridiculous! First because it shows that you assume that ALL social media sites are DATING SITES… THEY ARE NOT!
Second you assume that the only reason one would have a social media site, is to display oneself to the opposite sex… again, nothing could be further from the truth! Most girls have social media sites either because we enjoy the ability to stay in touch with friends & fam, or because we want to become “internet famous” and hopefully make a bunch of money! One of my friends makes about 15,000 a year just doing makeup tutorials and daily blogs. It’s not a lot especially when you consider the amount of time she spends every day editing and post production, but it’s what SHE like to do, so who the hell are YOU, or anyone else, especially her boyfriend to tell her to stop? This post of yours is extremely revealing as to you character, and how controlling you are in your personal romantic relationships… I for one am not surprised she is your Ex! Oh, and now that she IS your Ex… did she go back on social media? I’m absolutely sure she did, and I’m equally sure that you’ll say she didn’t. Either way, if she did go back to social media, it just proves she quit due to your controlling nature, and if she did not, it proves her quitting had absolutely nothing to do with you in the first place! Just WOW!

[KirbyFan246]

@CrazyGirl2 This is a lot to take in, but to give you the short answer which I had implied in my answer, No, you shouldn't post your children on social media.

[CrazyGirl2]

Well I certainly don’t disagree with that. I do however stand by my original statement that “MAKING” one’s romantic partner quit social media, is way more a sign of YOUR OWN insecurity, than her willingness to cheat… we’re women, guys make passes at us in the dairy isle of the grocery store. We most certainly don’t need social media or anything else online to find someone to cheat with if we wanted to! Those of us who value and treasure faithfulness, remain faithful because we believe in being faithful. Our social media presence is irrelevant, if one is the type to cheat, they’ll cheat with or without social media, and those of us who believe in fidelity, will remain faithful regardless of how often we use social media… bottom line, if someone is the type to cheat, they’ll cheat, they don’t need social media to accomplish cheating!

[Lucy68]

No because I love my children enough to keep their personal lives private. I never and can never understand why people have the need to share EVERYTHING their kids do whether they post pics of their kids either potty training or in the bath or even talk about stuff that's going to humiliate them in a few years when they're older. Plus there are some sick and twisted people out there. Sorry but I would NEVER do that to my children.

[Hürrem]

I would not post in public. Although I will post it where only my friends and relative family could see it. My friends and relatives are far and from the other side of the world so only social media is the way where there is constant communication for us.

[JustinTheGreat]

I do post my daughter but only on private accounts that only have family and friends so I know strangers aren’t viewing. Even then, I’m not one of those parents who posts every single detail of their kids lives. I just post family pics here and there.

[ChrisMaster69]

Not in general no.

however we do have a family n friends site and that is controlled by my daughter.

it’s always about having consent of subjects in the photo.

even posting friends groups is not really nice if the other (s) do not want it.

[Johnnyroyyall]

Sweet I deleted Facebook Instagram and all that stuff Twitter everything I deleted all my social media 5 years ago and it's the greatest thing I've ever done I come on places like this anonymously you know. Everybody's always trying to outdo each other on Facebook everybody's trying to one up each other not even involve children we're trying to say their children are prettier than everybody else children..

Number one reason I deleted it though. Was why would I care about what people are having for lunch and dinner when I didn't give a crap about them 30 years ago now all of a sudden everybody wants to be your friend to all the bullies all the assholes and all the girls that were mean to you social media is a cancer that must be stopped in my opinion of course WTF do I know

[Anonymous]

My dad does this
He takes pictures of me and my brother most days and puts them on Facebook for his mom to see, and a few others in the family look at them. The thing though is he takes secret pictures, which means he waits until I’m not looking, which means me being on my phone. It must look like I am always on my phone or something when really I’m not.

[letuswaltzforthedead]

Not necessarily, if anything, family is the one thing I'd lie about online or at the very least be more ambiguous about. People don't need to know. Kids can post themselves if they want when they're older.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

It would be very minimal. Social media is extremely useful and it is important kids understand how to use it.

That said. I would have my kids on social media because I would want to set the precedent of what is appropriate to post before they get their own accounts.

Being careful not to post too much of them or show them in any kind of opinionated light.

To me it's about setting them up with something they can use to be successful in the future.

[Helpmepls12345]

If I have kids I would because To tell people that I am taken and don’t try nothing cause I am happily married with kids 😇. But I would be careful where I take them, not anywhere near their school, outside our house, near friends house. I would take them in public parks but to make sure not to say where. I don't know I have this planned out 😂

[Graci_e]

Only privately for close friends and family. And definitely no nude photos because there are some creepy people out there.

[Anonymous]

I feel like you do, don't think so.
I followed a couple on Youtube who posted a lot of content that I was interested in. Then when she got pregnant they decided for that reason to cut the channel.
First time I ever thought about that but their reason make solid sense.

[Anonymous]

Eh. I don’t know. I’m generally really private. I would probably do it if I trusted the privacy controls and could limit the posts to family. I still use almost all fake info online so I’m harder to find. Fake birthdate and year, faked address, fake last name, etc.


I think if I DID post, I would still use nicknames or something, so that weirdos can’t just get a name and try to lure them away or something.

[KelleyNice]

I personally don't seen any harm in posting family photos that include children.

[annoyingpidgon]

I definitely wouldn't.
If I did, I would ask there permission before posting.

[dustybiker]

No. Won’t even talk about family without asking them first.

[Msputiton]

I have none, but probably would but it would be limited.

[Whatthefluff]

No. If I were to, it would be under "these people only" viewing

[BCRanger10]

I post photos of my son on Facebook every now and then. I have my privacy set so only friends can see them.

I will never post photos of him on Twitter or here. The little fiend is adorable, but you won't see him. Sorry folks!

[humanearth]

No way in hell

That invading that child privacy

[saffoler]

Never. I also won't allow them to have any until they are 18.

[Loveisgirthy]

I'd be very picky on what would get out there. They wouldn't have phones until I truly felt they'd matured for it. Until then they'll use a flip phone

[FriendlyDrugDealer]

I don’t have kids and even if I did? Hell no. I know some people do that and to each’s own but nope. I know how creepy people can be and I refuse to put my family in any form of harms way