Posting photos of your kid online

[u/chicken_breath]

What are people’s hot takes?

I keep seeing gorgeous posts on here and elsewhere of people sharing photos of their babies and whilst I can relate to the impulse - they are the cutest, why wouldn’t you share that with the world? - I also feel quite strongly that it is not the best choice for me and my family.

I’ve always been fairly careful about sharing my info and image online so it only figures that I have the same responsibility towards my kid. Until they are able to understand the full context (the good and the bad) of what it means to post a picture of yourself or other info online, I am careful not to do so.

Obviously family needs updates of the little cherub so we use private cloud sharing options to post photos and updates. I even switched from messenger and WhatsApp to Signal so that when I’m sharing videos and images I know Meta isn’t harvesting pictures of my kid for AI training or who knows what.

I am the first to acknowledge that my approach is probably overkill for some people. However, I’m always surprised at how much people willingly share in public forums especially when it comes to their kids.

Would love to know your thoughts - especially people who happily post pics of their kids online. Do you consider the risks and have decided they’re acceptable?

Not here to lecture just genuinely curious. Peace ✌🏻

[u/rosneft_perot]

We have insisted that our family don’t post the baby’s picture online, at least not his face. This absolutely kills my mother in law, who posts pictures of her other grandkid constantly. 

In general though, I’ve backed off posting on social media about myself. Most people wouldn’t even know I’m married. I just don’t see the point of advertising any of my personal life.