Personal Blogs About Children
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I have often wondered while Entrecard dropping about all of the (mostly mom’s) who write blogs about their children’s lives from babies to toddlers and as they grow up through the years. I think its funny how some blogs post photo’s of kids either in a bath tub, or covered in mud, or in some other embarassing situation. If these blogs live on for years, what end of embarassment will kids have as their friends and other kids from school search for their names on Google only to find out all the embarassing stuff about them as a young kid that was posted publicly.
Now most people honestly post their lives and everything that is going on which is totally cool, but I question posting things that may embarrass your kids later in life. Socializing is hard enough, you don’t need to make bullseye targets out of them on the web. Fortunately most people use only first names, but it isn’t hard to find people these days. This is why I may mention my kids and something they have done, but I won’t post pictures of my family or kids on my blog. I don’t even reveal their names, because my personal blog is about me and my struggles, but I don’t want to expose the rest of my family anymore than I have to to tell my adventures and stories in life.
After all, I chose to share this information about myself publicly they didn’t.
Just one of my thoughts and insights, you may or may not agree.
-Justin Germino
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Boy do I ever agree with you on this one! I do talk about my granddaughter on my blog from time to time, but I would never post an embarrassing photo of her. I did put one photo of her and my daughter on a post, but nothing embarrassing AND I wouldn’t do it as a normal thing, nor would i put nude photos or even partially nude photos because child predators out there might get there jollys from them. Thanks for posting on this, it is something that I have been wondering about myself. Keep up the good work!
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There are many reasons why moms blog about their kids. I stated mine clearly on my blog. I do aware about what you said, that’s why I always show my blog to my boy each time I post his pictures. He’s 3 now and so far he enjoy looking at everything on my blog. Should someday he thinks it’s embarrassing, I’ll close it. It’s not that I don’t want to talk about myself, but I wouldn’t name it A Little Boy’s Blog if it’s all about me.
Evan’s Moms last blog post..Entrecard Top Dropper Day
I totally agree with you. Great that you brought this up. I’m constantly amazed at how every little detail is spelt out both in words and photos on some blogs.
clairitys last blog post..second day of Chinese New Year
Dude, nice shave in the new photo! Hee! Hee! I almost didn’t recognize you.
Every single post and/or photo of my kids (ages 14 and 17) are pre-approved. If they aren’t embarrassed now, they aren’t going to be later. These are the “Mom, you are sooo embarrassing” years and I am careful not to post anything too personal and am always extra careful of photos. Both of my kids are on Facebook and MySpace so I don’t feel like I am sacraficing their safety on my blog. Any predators could find them there as well. Maybe this is a bigger issue if your children are younger, but with teens, I think as long as they approve and agree to what I post, it hopefully won’t be something they hate later on in life.
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Those of you who posted your “ethics and guidelines” about using your children’s photo’s and stories are clearly not the types I am talking about. You setup boundaries on what you will post and are open and communicative with your children.
I am mostly referring to the naked kids in bathtubs, or in sprinklers, on beaches….etc That have seemed to be rampant on blogs that I drop on sometimes.