Is this offensive?

mrsdahamm · May 2014

I mentioned this in the randomest thread, but I'm just confused. My friend and her sister posted these photos on fb and got reported and the photos removed. I'm not offended by these. Am I missing something??

Edit: I did ask her, but I get the point about it not being offensive but also maybe not appropriate so I removed the pictures.

All they were is one boy dancing in the rain and the other was spraying off his big wheel with the water hose. Both were naked but facing away from the camera.

ProudMommy030614 · May 2014

Doesn't bother me!

myfriendscallmemeg · May 2014

Nope. I don't find them offensive at all.

memo9 · May 2014

It doesn't sit right with me. Did that kid consent to having naked pictures posted for the whole world to see? How will he feel about it in a few years?

PerkyErky · May 2014

It is not offensive and completely innocent, however FB has to be careful because there are people who would abuse pictures like that and use them for inappropriate things.

Yenemous · May 2014

I'm not offended by it but I wouldn't post pictures like that because as some pp have mentioned, there are too many perverts out there and I just wouldn't want them looking at my son that way.

DTNZ4Ever · May 2014

It one thing to take a pic of your own kid for your own personal viewing it's another to post it on the internet. You never know where the pic may end up. If it's on a private FB page it's not safe and can be shared all over the place and you never know whose hands it would fall into. The OP just shared this possible private photo with a bunch of internet strangers and who knows who trolls these sites for photos and uses them sick purposes. If I posted pic on my personal private FB page I would be upset if a friend posted these pic on a public forum like the bump. OP did you get permission to post these pics?

clo1982 · May 2014

I'm not at all offended. Tiny bums are adorable! However I wouldn't do it nor would I allow pics like that of my kids posted. I'm just too paranoid about pervs. I can't blame fb for having an all or nothing policy though.

PinupMomma08 · May 2014

I do not post pics of my kids online that they could find embarrassing later on. I limit pictures of my kids online period. I'm not offended by the picture, but I can't imagine why anyone would post them online. I just think it's weird.

Andreabills · May 2014

I agree that it isn't offensive but I understand why they were taken down. I also won't be posting naked pictures of my child online. Assuming that there weren't any predators that had even the slightest chance of getting and using them I don't think she would appreciate it in 15 years.

SassyFlats · May 2014

I don't find it offensive but I wouldn't post it because of how my child might feel about it later on.

However, if you share on fb with only your friends and then your friend shares it, only mutual friends can see it. Not the whole world. I investigated this when my grandmother was sharing every one of my pics on her public profile. The public can't see my pics on her page, only our mutual friends.

SassyFlats · May 2014

DTNZ4Ever said:
If I posted pic on my personal private FB page I would be upset if a friend posted these pic on a public forum like the bump. OP did you get permission to post these pics?

Excellent point! I'm assuming her FB is set to private, so sharing on an internet forum takes all control of the pic away from its owner.

rockopera · May 2014

Not offended, but I can see why they were taken down. And what's the cutoff for appropriate naked pictures? 4? 7? 12? I think it's not the best judgement call to put things like this out there.

And yeah, not cool to post naked pictures of someone else's kid unless you were given permission.

KariB509 · May 2014

PerkyErky said:
It is not offensive and completely innocent, however FB has to be careful because there are people who would abuse pictures like that and use them for inappropriate things.

Exactly my thought. We don't find them offensive and instead innocent and cute. But other people might get off on them...

karacakes98 · May 2014

Eh, I wouldn't post them, but I don't find them offensive. I've seen plenty of boob on FB with the whorish -- er, stylish? -- outfits women wear.

myfriendscallmemeg · May 2014

Checked my Instagram after reading this thread and the first picture on my feed was a bare naked baby bum. The baby even had a pen squeezed between his cheeks. It was pretty adorable!

akflutterby · May 2014

I agree with pp's that it's not offensive & others could still see it as crossing a line, it's just a bummer it can go that far. When DS was 2mos (17yrs ago) we took him to Sears for pics and did a naked one (you couldn't even see his butt, just a naked hip) and they wouldn't print it and punched a hole in the negative. It was really disappointing (and now almost all of LO's nb pics are naked)

kaking78 · May 2014

Not offensive, but I agree with not posting it. I want him to have control over potentially embarrassing photos. When my in laws were visiting I didn't let MIL take naked pictures of him for that reason - I didn't want her innocently sharing them with umpteen friends and relatives and somehow one of the photos ends up somewhere it shouldn't be.

matthew24 · May 2014

I am sorry but it is so inappropriate to post pictures of someone else's kids on a public website. I have seen this numerous times and I truly will never understand it. But, come on, they were naked, why the re-post? Regardless, I am glad you removed it. Parents can post whatever pictures they feel comfortable with but of other kids on the bump-come on.

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