Current Events > What do you think about people who post pics of their kids daily on social media

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Maybe I don't get it cause I don't have kids of my own... like I understand kids make people happy and proud, but you really want to share them every day? How many assholes from high school who you don't really even like are seeing your kids? It's weird to me now that most kids are going to grow up with basically their whole life documented without their consent to people who are predominantly strangers to them.

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I'm not an alt lol

It's gross tbqh.

Like, sometimes I see my older cousins posting about their kids getting a job, or winning some award, and I'm like "Oh neat!"

But the people that perpetually just post stupid pictures of their 4 year olds sitting on the couch with a french fry in their nose, make me cringe.

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I usually take it on a case by case basis.

There's some that have moved away from home, or have multiple family members living in different parts of the world, and it's easier to put pictures all in one place as opposed to texting 20 different people the same pictures over and over again.

For example, I have 4 different sets of aunts, uncles, and cousins living in Puerto Rico (I'm in NY), and if something cool happens with my kids that I take pictures of, it's easier to put those pictures on Facebook for them to see than send out 12 different text messages with those pictures.

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If you wouldn't have been taken a picture or video doing it before everyone had a camera in their pocket, do you really need to share it? It's fine to take more pictures since we have that luxury now, but it's also okay just to have some pictures for yourself. That goes not just for kids, the compulsion that some people have to share EVERYTHING is weird.

CoorsLight posted...

If you wouldn't have been taken a picture or video doing it before everyone had a camera in their pocket, do you really need to share it? It's fine to take more pictures since we have that luxury now, but it's also okay just to have some pictures for yourself. That goes not just for kids, the compulsion that some people have to share EVERYTHING is weird.

Again, I think it's a case by case thing.

Yes, there are people that basically live on social media. Things like posting pictures of their meals, what book they're reading, a moment by moment account of their vacation, etc., but there's also moments from my youth, teenage, and early adult years where I think back and wish I had a digital 12-megapixel camera in my pocket, and had 100 photos of a certain night rather than just the 4-5 we took because we didn't want to waste film (or space on an SD card for you younger people) on pictures that may not come out good.

It's definitely is a tough battle for some people between living in the moment vs document the events to relive them later.

I do not know how old you are, but I think you'll change y our tune as you get older (I'm 43) and the family members in the generations before you start passing away, and you wish you had more pictures of/with them.

I kinda changed my stance on taking a lot of pictures over the past year or so. I lost both of my parents recently, and would give ANYTHING to have more recent pictures of myself with them. You just assume that everyone is going to be around forever, and you'll take more pics "next time".

Now I try to throw as many pictures on my phone as I can. I don't necessarily share them all, but I do share the ones I know my relatives that weren't there would want to see. So I understand your view on "no one needs to see your kid's every movement" but there's also the opposite, where one day you will be longing for the day you can look back at every single moment.


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Posting them daily is pretty weird
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One_Day_Remains posted...

Posting them daily is pretty weird

not really

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Those types make me think of Maes Hughes from FMA lol



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Lol using social media.

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I post them for the family to see.

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It's fine if they actually post other stuff. If that's all it is or their profile pic is of their kids, it's weird

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I dont think its weird, it is usually those parents who tend to be the best parents

Don't care. It's probably mostly for other family members.

I think it's weirder when girls constantly post pictures of other people's kids.