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Why is that some parents and grandparents think that it is just oh-so-CUTE! to take and then share one or more photos of a child with food smeared all over his or her face and everywhere in his or her immediate vicinity?
Frankly, this sort of photo wants me want to hurl -- first off, right into the toilet -- whatever contents happen to be in my stomach at the time of viewing such an image -- but then in addition later, also carrying this on in a different way, that is, hurling comments/questions directed at the offenders. The kid isn't to blame -- he or she is still learning about the mysteries of eating and exploring all kinds of neat new foods. The parents and the grandparents, though? Don't they realize that while they may think such photos of the little one are just soooo adorable, others may not? It certainly is also not complimentary to the child. Imagine how that kid might feel if fifteen years from now he or she runs across a photo that Mom and Dad or Grandma and Grandpa shared on Instagram or Facebook or some other internet place of of him or her with food smeared all over his/her face as well as splattered everywhere around the immediate vicinity? (This whole invasion into a child's privacy without his or her consent due to their extreme youth at the time also applies to photos of little kids naked in the bathtub, too!)
OK, so I'm not a parent and I am probably sensitive to this sort of thing in a way that parents or grandparents are not....nonetheless, I do feel it is a valid concern. Why don't parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles and any other doting relatives think about what they're posting before they post such images up on the internet for all the world to see?
Frankly, this sort of photo wants me want to hurl -- first off, right into the toilet -- whatever contents happen to be in my stomach at the time of viewing such an image -- but then in addition later, also carrying this on in a different way, that is, hurling comments/questions directed at the offenders. The kid isn't to blame -- he or she is still learning about the mysteries of eating and exploring all kinds of neat new foods. The parents and the grandparents, though? Don't they realize that while they may think such photos of the little one are just soooo adorable, others may not? It certainly is also not complimentary to the child. Imagine how that kid might feel if fifteen years from now he or she runs across a photo that Mom and Dad or Grandma and Grandpa shared on Instagram or Facebook or some other internet place of of him or her with food smeared all over his/her face as well as splattered everywhere around the immediate vicinity? (This whole invasion into a child's privacy without his or her consent due to their extreme youth at the time also applies to photos of little kids naked in the bathtub, too!)
OK, so I'm not a parent and I am probably sensitive to this sort of thing in a way that parents or grandparents are not....nonetheless, I do feel it is a valid concern. Why don't parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles and any other doting relatives think about what they're posting before they post such images up on the internet for all the world to see?
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