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I used to take photos, a lot, and uploading quite a bit to Flickr and other. But then, I started thinking if my daughter won't want when she grows up. She is an individual and may want something else entirely different. She is not an extension of me. I have reduced my photo/video of her. I do upload for families, relatives but have reduced the frequency and quantity drastically, have completed deleted her Flickr Account too. I want her to be her and let her define her life when she know what's happening around her.

Perhaps, just my thought and way of looking at life and the people around.

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Why not take the photos and let her decide when she is old enough whether to keep them or not?

Interesting thought and perfectly valid.

I tend to avoid taking lots of photos these days and concentrate on doing a few good ones. They are usually snapshots of life as it was at a certain time rather than posed or set up photos. Occasionally I take a photo of something that is very strong in my mind when I see it.

The future is changing fast, and so are privacy implications. I'm glad you've recognized this.

I see my friends post pictures of their babies/kids all the time on social media. It's their right, but what's to say in the future that the then-grown kids will want their pictures made public?

The pictures can be alright as long as they are in moderation and not embarrassing.

The thing that really really irks me the wrong way is people complaining about their kids on social media. "Johnny is being SUCH a brat today and raising hell." In my opinion that is just really unacceptable to publicly broadcast that in a manner that basically archives it (somewhere) forever. What will Johnny feel when he reads that comment in the future? I understand calling/emailing/texting a friend to vent, but not publicly. I know someone who basically all she uses facebook for is 1) posting pictures of her in yoga class doing all the positions wrong 2) bitching about her children non-stop and 3) talking about how WONDERFUL her husband is.

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