Posting naked pictures of your kids online?

asyouseefit

A friend of mine just posted a naked picture of her 4yo daughter on her FB profile. I'm comfortable with nudity and I have nothing against posting pics of my kids on FB, I do it all the time. But this is crossing the line. I'm very uncomfortable with having this picture on my feed!

What are your thoughts?

PBJunky

Reminds me of my mother that always shows my baby nudes to visitors...very embarassing.
Guess I'm against it as it would be easy for a guy to simply download and spread the picture via other channels resulting in some sickos using it for .........

aa1440

That's something you need to discuss with your friend.

SoapyPonyLevine

Yeah, I really don't think you should do that because any sick person could download them or view them. The Internet can be terrible and they could end up anywhere. It's a bit different to showing them to family members.

LemonPoppySeedMuffin

I thought they stopped that. I have pictures of me in the bath when I was little but I know people who would never ever do that now. Any nudity is inappropriate on FB. Let's just hope her FB friends are innocent & trust worthy as she thinks.

dustcloudsmakecowsgomoo

I think that it might be illegal
it doesn't matter what age you it should be prohibited to post nude photos...especially on fb..you know, there are certain dirty minded people in this world..

RunningAddict

I think most people do this innocently because well baby pics like that are so cute. I rmbr my sis in law taking a pic of my nephew on the toilet reading a newspaper! it was to die for but we would never post anything like this online. I think a mother has the right but keep them between family there are some real crazies out there!

liseylee2012

That's something you need to discuss with your friend.

what they said.

MaraDiaz

Um...no. Just no.

mariewithers

I'm horrified, I think she may be inadvertently giving paedophiles a new piece of material. I would remind her that it's not a safe place to store a sensitive image of her child and if she doesn't remove it I would report it to FB to protect the child.

asyouseefit

I don't know about telling her it's inapropriate. I don't know her that well and I tend to stay out of people's business.

LemonPoppySeedMuffin

I think most people do this innocently because well baby pics like that are so cute. I rmbr my sis in law taking a pic of my nephew on the toilet reading a newspaper! it was to die for but we would never post anything like this online. I think a mother has the right but keep them between family there are some real crazies out there!

I agree, pictures like that should be kept between family & close friends. I have pictures of me running around in just my cowboy hat. My parents keep it for themselves & to wind me up because I was quite the nudist & didn't understand why boys were allowed to be topless but not girls haha.

Biggipooh

I don't have a problem with that. I let my kids run around buttnaked in a public swimming place (in Europe), when they were small. And people there are not that uptight. But if you don't like it, just let her know. Maybe she changes the pics or kick her out.

Kelly_Wilson1990

She can go to jail for that. I would talk with her. She is putting her child at risk for child PREDATORS.

PBJunky

"Facebook bars people from uploading anything "obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit" — a policy that translates into a ban on pictures depicting certain amounts of exposed flesh."

Well it is against their policy, if you feel you don't want to confront her then simply ask a friend to report her...

Goal_Seeker_1988

It is illegal! You may want to let her know that before someone reports her!

Naomi_84

I think that anyone putting any picture on their children on FB should think first and be careful. Although profiles can be set to private, you don't know who may be able to see them (potentially 1000's could). Plus any photo you ever upload to FB they have the rights to, it becomes their property (even after its been deleted) so you don't know what it could be used for or where it could turn up.

Everybody's proud of their children and wants to show them off but I think photos of your children should probably be kept private, they can chose whether they want a FB page when they're old enough x

bonkers5975

Rule of thumb: Don't do anything on FB that you wouldn't do in your supermarket.

asyouseefit

I don't have a problem with that. I let my kids run around buttnaked in a public swimming place (in Europe), when they were small. And people there are not that uptight. But if you don't like it, just let her know. Maybe she changes the pics or kick her out.

I'm in Europe too. I have no problem with kids running around naked (if they are protected from the sun) and I don't have a problem with swim suit pictures either. Here, it's the full frontal nudity that shocks me. If the little girl had knickers on, I wouldn't have given it a second thought.

i_love_vinegar

If I had kids, I would never post naked photos of them online. Too many sickos out there, and it would probably be relatively easy to track down where someone works...goes to school...puts their kids in daycare...lives etc through FB. <.<

IDK though. I am a rather paranoid person, and I feel a bit annoyed even when people use their child as their profile photo on forums.

I would probably not say anything though...but maybe ask another mutual friend what they felt. If the feelings of, "Um...why is this online for the world to see?"are mutual...i would prob approach the person together... <.<

Amybcb

I do have a picture of each child naked (aka butt shot of them laying on their tummies when about 6 months old). But they stay in the children's scrapbook. I wouldn't post those online. And I certainly don't take of post nude pictures of children older than that. It is inappropriate, even if she took them innocently. Even tubby pictures of my babies, had their genitals hidden under a facecloth or bubbles. Are tubby pictures cute - heck ya - but I don't need to have their genitals in it. As you said, there are some sick perverts out there and we should always protect our children. As for it being illegal, or picture places not printing them... I don't know. My 7 and 5 year old both have a butt shot as babies (about age 6 months, lying on their tummies after bath) and CVS or Walmart did print them. But I think you can tell the difference between an innocent baby butt shot and something inappropriate/sexual. Maybe if you had a ton of naked baby pictures or something, then that would flag them that something is wrong. Anyway, I agree and would feel uncomfortable too. I'd approach your friend in a nice manner and just remind her there are sickos out there and that she might not want to post those type of pictures of her children.