Millennial sues parents for sharing embarrassing childhood photos (3 yr old, learning, grown up)
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I agree. There is a huge issue here. If parents post possibly embarrassing pictures online and share them with a 1000 facebook 'friends', you create a virtual footprint for your kid and he/she can't do anything about it. Or post a facebook status saying something about your that may be embarrassing in the future. Some parents don't understand that once you upload something on the net, there is no guarantee that you can take it offline. Ever.
Cyber bullying is a serious issue these days, and if the parents provide the bullies with material, it's even worse.
^^All of this. I can't imagine posting embarrassing photos of a spouse or a friend or a relative, let alone refuse to take it down at their request. Why would someone not show the same respect to their own children? They are people, not props for your personal amusement.
You know...if your parents are bullying you...its worse then someone at school. At least you have your home (and parents, hopefully) to retreat to. And the bully at school doesn't have access to every embarrassing story or photo or moment of your life. I might be projecting, because my mom was that sort of bully with me and my siblings. But I imagine these parents are the same...it sure seems like it.
Again I will say, I was *very* lucky the internet wasnt around when I was a kid (for so many reasons!)
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What does this have to do with the topic? No identifying facial information is shown and they are, I don't know, NOT NAKED. Do their parents know you shared this?
My brother and sister-in-law do not want any photos of my niece online. None. My parents, however, kept posting photos after explicit instructions not to. Guess who doesn't get photos of their granddaughter (who they only see once a year) anymore?
Privacy matters, whether you think it's superfluous or not. I wouldn't care if my naked baby pictures were shared, but you better believe I would take full action if someone shared them without my consent.
You missed the part that one can restrict who see things on Facebook, right?
What this has to do with the topic is that when someone has the user name of "city living" others can infer a lot of what their perspectives in general are. They demonstrated some of those stereotype thoughts in their postings. I can almost guarantee your are in an urban, sheltered environment, and your perspectives are shaped by that.
That's OK, but don't put on your judgmental hat on others.
You missed the part that one can restrict who see things on Facebook, right?
What this has to do with the topic is that when someone has the user name of "city living" others can infer a lot of what their perspectives in general are. They demonstrated some of those stereotype thoughts in their postings. I can almost guarantee your are in an urban, sheltered environment, and your perspectives are shaped by that.
That's OK, but don't put on your judgmental hat on others.
Your perspectives are constrained by your environment. Unlike my grandchidren.
P.S.
They also know what the bull is doing to that cow, and not embarrassed at all about it. Funny having my 3 year old granddaughter shouting out loud that the dog and the neighbors dogs are making puppies and are stuck together. Your children are probably protected from "that kind of stuff".
P.P.S.
As this is a PUBLIC forum, and I can't restrict who views it, unlike FaceBook. Notice no identifying features are given. Not even a license plate.
Ok, how about this. If you are so accepting and open, how about if some pictures of you and your mate were posted making love ? Would that be ok with you ? Would you feel violated ?
Cows are one thing, but a persons personal feelings are something altogether different.
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Ok, how about this. If you are so accepting and open, how about if some pictures of you and your mate were posted making love ? Would that be ok with you ? Would you feel violated ?
Are you promoting pornography now? Is there a voyeur fetish you want to tell us about?
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Cows are one thing, but a persons personal feelings are something altogether different.
Don
Yes, we know how everyone has to have a safe place, and trigger words are so harmful. This too shall pass.
You missed the part that one can restrict who see things on Facebook, right?
What this has to do with the topic is that when someone has the user name of "city living" others can infer a lot of what their perspectives in general are. They demonstrated some of those stereotype thoughts in their postings. I can almost guarantee your are in an urban, sheltered environment, and your perspectives are shaped by that.
That's OK, but don't put on your judgmental hat on others.
I grew up in a rural area. My brother and SIL live in a very rural area. Thanks for playing.
Social media is my job, which is why I scoff when you think you can really restrict anything posted there. You can set up filters, but someone can take a screenshot and keep the photo or share on their own channels. That's how my parents did it - they took screenshots off of a private, family only, password protected photo album and posted those photos on their Facebook page. Now, there's no more photo album and the rest of the family gets far less photos and are under strict orders not to share them with my parents.
You see, some parents put their own whims above the needs and expectations of their children and grandchildren.
Facebook also uses facial recognition software. For many, like my brother and SIL, they do not want their infant to immediately be part of that system from birth.
But none of that matters. What matters in the OP is that the woman in question DID NOT WANT nude photos of her online. That is her right. Her parents ignored it. It doesn't matter how they restricted who sees it - it's not their decision to make.
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I'm going with the daughter, and I'm definitely not a millenial --- an older Gen-Xer, in fact.
People should have control over their own childhood photos, happenings, etc. unless there is a truly compelling public interest in the wider public knowing that information. Any benefit the parents gain from showing these pictures is clearly outweighed by the girl's need to preserve her dignity. This is especially true of pictures with information (pictures, text, or voice) with plausible potential to be embarrassing - which this qualifies for (in fact, anything associated with digestion, excretion or sexual content usually qualifies). BTW, even in cases where there is a great compelling interest (medical textbooks or other material) still should seek permission to use the images, and even then they should remove any specifically identifying characteristics of that particular person.
You missed the part that one can restrict who see things on Facebook, right?
What this has to do with the topic is that when someone has the user name of "city living" others can infer a lot of what their perspectives in general are. They demonstrated some of those stereotype thoughts in their postings. I can almost guarantee your are in an urban, sheltered environment, and your perspectives are shaped by that.
That's OK, but don't put on your judgmental hat on others.
Funny when rural people are feeling superior to urban dwellers, when neither automatically exclude each other. An urban person might've spent really much time in the 'wild',seen and learnt useful things. An rural dweller might be very familiar with NYC and is not in the first line of being lost, scammed or mugged.
I guarantee I live more rural than cupper3, and I think the parents are wholly wrong in the news story from the OP. Moreover, I feel sorry for kids growing up these days whose parents document their entire lives online. They've lost control of their digital footprint before they even are old enough to click a mouse for themselves.
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