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Taking photos at playgroup
Hi
Just wondered what your opinions were.
Basically it was xmas party at play group and some mums and dads started taking photos/video of all the kids, BUT they didnt ask first if anyone minded.
I felt uncomfortable having people i dont really know take pics of my kids, the only pic of my kids that i have online is my avatar and you cant recognise them from that, I dont like the idea of the pics being uploaded to a site where anyone can look at them.
Is this just me being silly or do other mums feel like this??
Just wondered what your opinions were.
Basically it was xmas party at play group and some mums and dads started taking photos/video of all the kids, BUT they didnt ask first if anyone minded.
I felt uncomfortable having people i dont really know take pics of my kids, the only pic of my kids that i have online is my avatar and you cant recognise them from that, I dont like the idea of the pics being uploaded to a site where anyone can look at them.
Is this just me being silly or do other mums feel like this??
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Maybe in the New Year talk to the playgroup leader about it for the future if you're still worried. x
I heard that some dad was snapping pictures of his daughter playing on the park and one of the other mums rung the police!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whilst i think it is nice and perhaps wise that people are wary i also think its stupid when you cant even take pictures of your own child without being branded a pedo or worrying where pics of your child may end up and who will be viewing them!!!
I dont like the idea of just anyone seeing pics of my lo but i dont worry about it or if i was at a party like yours i dont think i would mind at all!!!!sorry but just my opinion,though i think its polite to ask so possibly these parents should of asked you and other parents
Poppys childminder asked me to sign a form allowing them to take photos of her while doing activities etc which I did but I was surprised they had to even ask permission.
If these were parents of other children that attend the nursery then I'm sorry to say I don't see the problem - if they were random people out on the street/park etc then I would have been annoyed.
Sorry!
It also doesn't really worry me if there are pics of Beth on the internet, as long as there's no way of identifying her. Obviously I use her name on here but I'm careful about not putting surname or too much about where I live and so on.
But if I honestly thought the other parents that attended THAT play group were a problem I wouldn't be taking my child there in the first place.
It's lots of little ones first Christmas this year or the first christmas that they will understand.. it's an exciting time for new parents and really you want to capture all of your baby's first's including your babies first 'friends' I have photos of me running around naked as a child (of course you wouldn't do it now!) and birthday parties.. I think its really lovely to have and helps you remember/build a picture up of your young life!
I have pictures of Charlie on FB ect.. but I don't think it's any more risky than a child playing in a park! God knows who goes in there!
we can't live in fear & imo we have to let our children play (of course to be safe) but not for them to grow up assuming that everyone means them harm!
xxx
At the end of the day most of the people there are strangers, I had never met any of the dads, and its only a turn up when you like group not a proper nursery with the same people each week, and sadly just because they have kids of their own doesnt make them safe people.
I know we cant wrap our kids up in cotton wool, but our kids are statistically more at risk from people they know, then from complete strangers.
I didnt say anything and maybe if they had asked it woudnt have been a problem at all.
Im probably just being neurotic, think af is due after 18 months break so probably hormones! xx
[Modified by: doublebubble on December 18, 2008 09:23 PM]
if i do take pic if my kids at school or nursery i only upload ones that have my child and my child alone in them.
in justin school you cant take photos or videos but you can buy a copy of the school plays on DVD
[Modified by: JodieBuckley on December 19, 2008 01:07 PM]