Would you give permission for your childs pic to go public?

[Caz]

Would like to know why, when I asked police a few months ago, before I moved back to Clayton, if I was in a public place, ie on the pavement, I was not allowed to take pictures of juveniles vandalising property.

[Studio25]

Originally Posted by onlyme

I think you have to look at age ranges here. When my child reaches 9 years old, he will have had some 'life experience', know what behaviour is acceptable from someone else, and what is not. When this happens, I will happily loosen 'the reins'.

OK - my mistake for being too specific. There's one other person in this thread whose children are just beyond toddler age- we all know that from the ticker in her sig. So I'll ask again with that age group in mind:
Why should anyone worry about attaching a picture of their toddler to this thread. Can anyone explain why that would be increasing the risk of something bad happening to the toddler or their family?

[K-P]

Originally Posted by onlyme

Everytime I leave my front door, I could be being photographed, doesnt mean I know I will, or would be happy for it to be plastered all over the internet?????

true and therefore thats not a situation i meant. lets not make things up eh . although as said.. if in a public place then you currently have no rights as to wether you or your kids can be photographed or not.. and equally no rights as to wether someone post them onto the internet..

There are situations where you will go that you know you will be photographed.. if you take part in a nativity play and people are there with cameras.. then duh

[K-P]

Originally Posted by Caz

Would like to know why, when I asked police a few months ago, before I moved back to Clayton, if I was in a public place, ie on the pavement, I was not allowed to take pictures of juveniles vandalising property.

thats different .. thats then treated as a crime scene (commiting a crime) and therefore becomes not a public place... or words to that effect..

[SPUGGIE J]

It comes down to the individual at the end of the day. Some will exploit their kids and have them running around like little "trophies" yet others lock them away like family heirlooms. We could argue all day about this and no one is right nor is anyone wrong. People like Studio 25 and K-P make a living out of photo's, some have it as a hobby, some like loads of photo's of their kids growing up others none. At the end of the days we weigh up the pro's n con's before deciding and I dont believe parents dont do this when considering pictures.

[West Ender]

It all comes down to the present obsession with paedophilia, doesn't it? So many parents are convinced that there is a paedophile hiding round every corner and, once he/she has seen a child's face in a picture, he/she will immediately be plotting to pounce.

Keep your child off the internet by all means, there is an element of danger in some chat sites etc., but a picture of a child, provided the picture is decent and in no way "pornographic", is hardly, to my mind, in the same league.

[cherokee]

Safety measures to protect against what? It's not intended to sound confrontational- I genuinely don't know why I should worry about attaching a picture of my nine-year-old son to this thread. If you could explain why I'd be increasing the risk of something bad happening to him or to our family, I'd be grateful.[/quote]

Safety measures to protesct against whose going to be viewing! Lets say for instance facebook, you can have settings in place to choose who views your profile, homepage etc etc. I choose who I want to see my pics on facebook so unless our computer whizzes know of a way to access them (and Im sure most do )they stay within the limits I want them to.

Like I have said It is my personal opinion on this bit inparticular but you have said it yourself. " who has bothered to ask the child what they want"? although at such a young age they dont really have a say so its left in the hands of the parent to choose whats safe and whats not. I personally would never have had my own children posing for pics and placed them on a social networking site. why should I? If my children wanted to pose for the family album they would... (a) choose the pose themselves be it a silly or serious and (b) be at a reasonable age to decide for themselves which pics (if any) they wanted plonking on a website.
I think most people wil have double standard on this topic (myself included)

Oh and for the record I dont see a problem with you attaching a pic of your 9 year old to this thread if you so wish all Im saying is I wouldnt want to

[SPUGGIE J]

While the unsavory warped minority are around there will always be fear. The chat sites are a good example and going on all the social networking kids get up to online it can be a valid fear. When this fear is removed (if ever) we might get peace of mind but until then we have to use our commen sense to protect our kids.

[pipinfort]

Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

we have to use our commen sense to protect our kids.

I think thats about it in a nutshell..................

[Lilly]

No-one should put pictures of other people's children on the internet without first asking permission from the child's parents.

You don't know the circumstances of every child in the group. As Blazey said, some people do not want a violent ex partner to trace them and pictures on the internet may lead to them being traced......possibly with tragic consequences.

I would have no problem with one or two photos of my children being posted but I would not put group pictures on which showed other children without their parent's consent.

[K-P]

Originally Posted by Lilly

No-one should put pictures of other people's children on the internet without first asking permission from the child's parents..

Untrue as a fact.. Valid enough as an opinion

[onlyme]

Originally Posted by K-P

true and therefore thats not a situation i meant. lets not make things up eh . although as said.. if in a public place then you currently have no rights as to wether you or your kids can be photographed or not.. and equally no rights as to wether someone post them onto the internet..

There are situations where you will go that you know you will be photographed.. if you take part in a nativity play and people are there with cameras.. then duh

KP, may be worth quoting correctly. I actually asked the question ' how you would define'. And incidentally, its a shame you have to relyon silly childish comments,when you obviously feel you cannot makeya point without them.

[katex]

Originally Posted by onlyme

Put it this way, whilst I dont mention my childs name on here, I know some people know what it is, how old he is etc. and details such as this are on Accy web for example for anyone to see. Add to that a picture as well, and any strangerwould be quite capable of having a conversation with him, with enough correct information to have him feel more secure than he should. Enough people are wary of identity theft, I holdmy son more important than my identity.

Another dangerous way of putting a child's identity at risk too Onlyme is the popular fashion of having your child's name labelled onto their school bags, t-shirts, hats, jewellery etc. A stranger sees this and can call them by their name. I would never have done this with my children and neither would my daughter. Think people should be aware of this.

Originally Posted by pipinfort

My daughter was on a picture in the observer office window.............without my permission, i was ready to go in but the missus persuaded me not to. MY kids, MY pictures MY decision.......MY kids, somebody elses pictures..............a very annoyed ME

Funny how times change, I used to look forward to going down Little Blackburn Road, and viewing the display outside Garth Dawson's window, which showed all the photographs of the last few weeks from the Observer. Was pleased as punch if mine was on there .. be it Carnival, pantomime, school, event, etc .. OK .. smaller catchment area but still open to public view and local crackpots.

Originally Posted by K-P

Untrue as a fact..

Good job too K-P or that Rhyddings calender would be in trouble ....

[Less]

Let's be honest these people are amongst us, the clever ones probably won't be caught, the obsessive ones do get caught.

How on earth do we mix innocent piccies of our, children with the type of photo's these people want?

Instead of worrying about silly little pic's that cause no bother at all, maybe we should be worrying about the poor little child that sits in the corner afraid to mix with the others because, they are the ones suffering because of the perv's and they daren't say anything!

Innocent photographs are just that, the harmful pictures are the ones that ruin a childs life for ever, (but then without the camera, they would always be suffering), be happy if your child isn't one of them.

[K-P]

Originally Posted by onlyme

And incidentally, its a shame you have to relyon silly childish comments,when you obviously feel you cannot makeya point without them.

I dont recall making any childish comments. Please quote.. What point would you like me to make that I have not already.