Child nudity on FB

chocopotamus · January 2012

One of my friends from college has a bunch of pictures on FB of her kids-normal right? It would be except that her one son loves being naked and she takes pictures AND posts them to FB. I don't even take nudie bath photos of DS! She has a bunch and just posted another one today. I am debating on blocking her b/c honestly it makes me uncomfortable

Bejebus · January 2012

I have taken nudie bath pics of both my kids--baby bums are too cute to resist. But it goes nowhere near facebook or any other public forum because of my comfort level. My profile is set to friends only and I still don't trust it.

If you feel that strongly about it, I would send her a private message and tell her you are nervous for her child because of the public nature of facebook-- blocking her makes you feel better because you don't see the pics, but her son is still being exposed (literally) which doesn't solve the underlying issue. GL!

EVA116 · January 2012

What is wrong with people? I would never even think of doing this. I would let her know that she shouldn't be doing that.

MrsCarroll.6-10-07 · January 2012

I would report it. I think a little toosh/crack is EHHH ok to show, but much more than that and it should not be shared online.

mmarsac · January 2012

I have no idea what the boundary line here is and no intention of finding out. I post tons of pics of DD, but I would never post a naked one online. You just have too little control over them.

OctGirl80 · January 2012

I've posted bath pics of K that show from the waist up and bum pics, but I draw the line at full-frontal nudity. That's just not ok.

daisygirl2010 · January 2012

How old is her child? This makes a BIG difference.

Even so, I personally would NEVER post a naked pic of DD without her "lady parts" being covered. And even then, on FB I probably wouldn't even do the cute naked butt pictures, just because there are too many wierdos out there and you never know......

LadyXaverian · January 2012

chocopotamus:
One of my friends from college has a bunch of pictures on FB of her kids-normal right? It would be except that her one son loves being naked and she takes pictures AND posts them to FB. I don't even take nudie bath photos of DS! She has a bunch and just posted another one today. I am debating on blocking her b/c honestly it makes me uncomfortable

If all the goods are showing, I'd be blocking her. I've posted pics of Nora in the bath before, but it's either waist up or there's a wash cloth covering her.

I doubt I'd report it or say anything about it, though.

rickandcaitlin · January 2012

I would report her to FB. That why the message comes from them that it is not ok and not you. However, I would still talk to my friend and let her know how it made me feel and also let her know the dangers of it.

kendra223 · January 2012

Oh wow. That's not ok. Not only could some creep stumble upon them (FB "privacy" setting aren't the best IMO), but just think... That baby is going to grow up someday. Putting myself in that little boys shoes, I would not want to grow up knowing that EVERYONE saw my "area" on FB. So embarassing.

mw_sorrel · January 2012

I think a little baby butt is cute (obviously...siggy pic)! But that's it - and age matters. Now that my son is past the super little infant stage I probably won't be posting anymore buns

That being said...a girl I'm friends with posted a pic of her 2 year old daughter saying her ABCs in the bathtub.

She was standing...with one leg up on the side of the bath tub - full frontal awkwardness if you ask me...and dangerous...and creepy...and stuff.

sparkymcgeee · January 2012

I have posted bath pics. There were some very strategically placed bubbles. I don't see anything wrong with that. Full frontal is not ok though.

AshasaurusRex · January 2012

I see nothing wrong with posting bare bums on FB, I say the more squishy booties the better. But I wouldn't post frontal nudity of my kids (and I try to avoid taking pictures of them like that), and would be weirded out if I saw someone who was.

magdalina.h · January 2012

I take the pictures of him in the bath, but I won't ever post them on FB or any where on the internet. Those are just for my photo album.

catsinawindow · January 2012

I'm surprised everyone's so up-in-arms about this. As PP pointed out, age makes a big difference here. IMO, naked baby = fine, naked (little) kid = a little weird, naked pre-teen/teen = report to facebook.

When I think about it, every FB friend I have who has kids has posted at least a partial naked picture of their baby at one time or another. Either bath tub (full shot), naked baby butt, or from the waist up. They never made me uncomfortable, and I never even thought of reporting them to FB.

I've taken plenty of naked pics of DS (I need them to show his girlfriends when he's a teenager Wink ) and while I've only posted cropped shots on FB, I don't think there's anything terribly wrong with posting the full shots if mom and dad's OK with it. In general, I think it's a good idea to keep pics of your kid's wee of the internet, but in any case they're not sexual, so I don't see what the huge deal is.

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