The other day I put a photo of my 5-year-old daughter holding a friend’s baby on Facebook. I tagged the baby’s parents and waited for the likes to roll in on an adorable shot of my clearly smitten kid with their gorgeous new baby.

Then I noticed that the mom Jill* had untagged herself — and I thought, Huh, that’s odd. I messaged her asking if she didn’t like the picture and told her that I would take it down if she wanted (not at all expecting that would actually be the case). Jill replied saying that she didn’t want her son having a “social media identity” and asked me to kindly take it down.

I duly did, of course. But I was kind of shocked and, to be completely honest, a little bit offended. What did this say about me as a parent as I frequently put up photos of my own children? I do so mainly because all of our relatives live far away from us in Australia and Ireland, so it’s just an easy way for us to show them all how our kids are doing.

I am careful that I never photograph my kids in the bath or in any way undressed — they’re always just cute photos of them enjoying parties, days out, and various adventures. My privacy settings are at maximum security so only my friends can see my photos and I’ve never been asked to take down a photo before.

The more I thought about it, the more confused I became … because unless the child was one belonging to a celebrity, what’s the harm?

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Hmmnnnn

segunonari:
The other day I put a photo of my 5-year-old daughter holding a friend’s baby on Facebook. I tagged the baby’s parents and waited for the likes to roll in on an adorable shot of my clearly smitten kid with their gorgeous new baby.

Then I noticed that the mom Jill* had untagged herself — and I thought, Huh, that’s odd. I messaged her asking if she didn’t like the picture and told her that I would take it down if she wanted (not at all expecting that would actually be the case). Jill replied saying that she didn’t want her son having a “social media identity” and asked me to kindly take it down.

I duly did, of course. But I was kind of shocked and, to be completely honest, a little bit offended. What did this say about me as a parent as I frequently put up photos of my own children? I do so mainly because all of our relatives live far away from us in Australia and Ireland, so it’s just an easy way for us to show them all how our kids are doing.

I am careful that I never photograph my kids in the bath or in any way undressed — they’re always just cute photos of them enjoying parties, days out, and various adventures. My privacy settings are at maximum security so only my friends can see my photos and I’ve never been asked to take down a photo before.

The more I thought about it, the more confused I became … because unless the child was one belonging to a celebrity, what’s the harm?

READ MORE> http://www.gloo.ng/busyhomemaker/248-2/

In this day and age, you ask people for permission before putting pictures of their kids anywhere.

Ok ... Then what? As in... What should I do?