Former stepparent issues
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Anonymous
| What action can I take to stop my child's former stepmother (messy divorce from my ex) from posting my minor child online? It's old photos and videos but it's incessant, nearly daily posting to social media that seems obsessive. Not in contact with this former stepmother due to not respecting boundaries in the past. |
Anonymous
| Are all these posts visible to anyone? |
Anonymous
| Yes posting Instagram and Facebook |
Anonymous
| I believe you can contact them and ask to remove a minors photo. |
Anonymous
| I wish the go-ahead-and-get-divorced-and-go-ahead-and-marry-that-person-you-deserve-to-be-happy-the-kids-will-be-fine-it'll-work-out-great-our-blended-family-is-so-happy! posters on other threads would read more of these threads. The problems and hassles and damage to the kids never cease. |
Anonymous
| Op here - I have asked her repeatedly but she refuses to stop. Considering taking some legal action |
Anonymous
And what legal action would that be? Good luck. |
Anonymous
You don’t have a case lady. At one point she was his stepparent and had permission to take the photos. It’s annoying that she is posting them, but you are ridiculous and petty. |
Anonymous
| What are you, the third wife? |
Anonymous
More likely OP is the children's mother and she's annoyed that her children's former stepmom is posting pictures. If there's nothing to be done legally, drop it. She'll probably stop once it's clear she no longer has a place in their lives and you no longer care. |
Anonymous
| I believe you can report the pictures, but I'm not sure if there's much else. |
Anonymous
DP here. No, the person who is being ridiculous and petty and generally cuckoo is the former stepmother. What is she doing incessantly posting old photos of a child who is not hers after a messy divorce from the child's father? That's unhinged. OP has every right to ask her to stop and to report the posts. If OP wants to take legal action, I would completely understand. I am not an attorney so I have no idea what legal options OP has, but I'm not judging. Ex-stepmom needs to step off and move on with her life. |
Anonymous
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You can report the posts to the social media sites in question, but they may or may not remove the pictures. You can be on the same page with your ex about how to manage it. You can be very clear with your kids' schools that this person is not allowed access to them.
Other than that, there's very little you can do about it. I would be trying to minimize contact with her as much as possible and not engaging with this issue beyond reporting the photos and being clear about safety with the other parent. Not because you're not in the right, but because you can't really do anything and it's not worth your time. |
Anonymous
Not her. The website. https://help.instagram.com/150792105063683 |
Anonymous
You can but it's hit or miss if they will do it. I've tried and they weren't removed. Honestly I'd ignore it as she's looking for a reaction. |