Posting about kids on social media every single day

[Anonymous]

I know someone who posts pictures and little anecdotes about her young children every single day without fail. It’s always a super adorable photo and text about something amazing her kids said or did that day.

What’s the psychology behind this? Is it a hobby? A way to portray perfection? Make people jealous? I can’t keep up with the posts anymore so I just ignore them now.

[Anonymous]

It’s to annoy people like you, and it’s obviously working!

[Anonymous]

It’s a diary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a diary

This.

[Anonymous]

I did this on IG for my sons first year and then had it easily printed and bound Into a book.

I also did it to bother you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did this on IG for my sons first year and then had it easily printed and bound Into a book.

I also did it to bother you.

But why?

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did this on IG for my sons first year and then had it easily printed and bound Into a book.

I also did it to bother you.

Every day of the first year? That sounds like the most boring book ever.

[Anonymous]

I put pics of my kids on Facebook (not every day though) because when I don’t my mother in law bugs me to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did this on IG for my sons first year and then had it easily printed and bound Into a book.

I also did it to bother you.

Every day of the first year? That sounds like the most boring book ever.

So don't read the son's baby book.

I get very bored with people who clog my social media with a million pictures of their ES aged kids so I just turn them off from my feed. I also try to remember if I see them that the pictures they're taking on our random outing are going to end up on Facebook, so I either tell her not to tag me or try to avoid having my kids in the pics but yeah it reads as kind of sad to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did this on IG for my sons first year and then had it easily printed and bound Into a book.

I also did it to bother you.

Every day of the first year? That sounds like the most boring book ever.

I wrote a diary entry for nearly every day of the first year and then on a weekly basis since then. All in my private diary, not posted. But I love looking back at it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I put pics of my kids on Facebook (not every day though) because when I don’t my mother in law bugs me to.

Is there a reason not to just send a Google link to the photos you want her to see? I'd feel really odd broadcasting to my whole social network something just meant for my mother in law. I'm not offended by ppl who do it your way, but am curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I put pics of my kids on Facebook (not every day though) because when I don’t my mother in law bugs me to.

Is there a reason not to just send a Google link to the photos you want her to see? I'd feel really odd broadcasting to my whole social network something just meant for my mother in law. I'm not offended by ppl who do it your way, but am curious.

NP. How would you even do that? You know what, don’t tell me. I know so much easier to post them on Facebook.

I don’t post every day but often when I post it is for the in-laws. And note that MILs often don’t know how to do much on the computer besides Facebook.

Also I really don’t care if somebody looks at my posts or not. Mute me, de-friend me, whatever. I don’t post to make everybody I know happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I put pics of my kids on Facebook (not every day though) because when I don’t my mother in law bugs me to.

Is there a reason not to just send a Google link to the photos you want her to see? I'd feel really odd broadcasting to my whole social network something just meant for my mother in law. I'm not offended by ppl who do it your way, but am curious.

NP. How would you even do that? You know what, don’t tell me. I know so much easier to post them on Facebook.

I don’t post every day but often when I post it is for the in-laws. And note that MILs often don’t know how to do much on the computer besides Facebook.

Also I really don’t care if somebody looks at my posts or not. Mute me, de-friend me, whatever. I don’t post to make everybody I know happy.

Yep. I also post for the grandparents. My IG account is private and I only have about 25 followers, only family and close family friends. It's essentially the list of people I would send that link to photos to if that's how I shared. It's not like my IG is going to hundreds.

I don't share every day--I have a job and life is busy. But when the kids are doing something cute, I take a photo and share. It helps us stay close to far away family.

[Anonymous]

I know a lot of people who use it to make a book (chatbooks?) or some sort of compilation video thing. Not my thing (I can barely remember to take my contacts out daily) and I find it a little annoying, but easy enough to just scroll/click past.