Do you display photos of your kids in your own home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The idea behind the photos/class thing was this- the lower your class, the closer the pictures are to the front door.

Lower class people will display pictures in the entryway/foyer of the home
Middle class people will display pictures in the living/"public" areas of the home
Upper class people will display pictures in the "private" areas of the home, such as in the bedroom, the hallways leading to bedrooms, or in photo albums, and decorate the public areas with what is traditionally considered artwork

That being said, there are many people who are very wealthy who hire the services of a custom portrait photographer. The work that the photographers produce is high quality, beautiful, and truly art, and these photographs are displayed in public living areas.

*I'm just reporting what I've read, so don't attack me for it if you disagree*

I've never heard of such a thing!! Also, I don't think I've ever been to someone's house who has kids and DOESN'T have photos of their kids/family up all over the place. I personally like seeing family photos displayed, especially old ones

[Anonymous]

People don't put up pictures of their kids in their house? Seriously?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People don't put up pictures of their kids in their house? Seriously?

I know, right? The nerve of some people, not caring what you want them to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there has been a study on the relationship between class and where family pictures are displayed in the home. If there wasn't a study on it, then perhaps it was something that appeared in a book.

That aside, if you have beautiful pictures of your child that you would like to display in your home, do it without worrying about what others think! It's is not presumptuous, it is not show-offy. You pay for your home, whether you rent or own it, and you can display whatever you desire.

So what was the outcome of the study?


I would be surprised to learn it was "low class" to have pictures of my children in my living room. But I adore my children and
would not take them down based on a study (or anything else). I knew someone who had pictures of herself all over her house and that I thought really, really off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
So what was the outcome of the study?

I posted what I could remember of what I read at 20:32.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
So what was the outcome of the study?

I posted what I could remember of what I read at 20:32.

Sorry, had to deal with an actual child in between writing my post and being able to hit 'submit' so I didn't see that. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

So, my parents only put our pictures up in the private areas of our house, so we must be pretty upper class... however, my in-laws have pictures that begin in their entryway and have a 3 FOOT by 2 FOOT picture of their daughter at age 12ish at the top of their staircase (can be seen from foyer). i find it to be so weird to blow up a picture of one's child that big and display it like that...

of note, they have one picture of me (smallish) from a party held after our wedding. no wedding photo until i asked them why they didn't put one up, and then one was put into a room they never use. they have several family portraits hung all over their family room.

i, personally, don't like kids photos as "art."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The idea behind the photos/class thing was this- the lower your class, the closer the pictures are to the front door.

Lower class people will display pictures in the entryway/foyer of the home
Middle class people will display pictures in the living/"public" areas of the home
Upper class people will display pictures in the "private" areas of the home, such as in the bedroom, the hallways leading to bedrooms, or in photo albums, and decorate the public areas with what is traditionally considered artwork

That being said, there are many people who are very wealthy who hire the services of a custom portrait photographer. The work that the photographers produce is high quality, beautiful, and truly art, and these photographs are displayed in public living areas.

*I'm just reporting what I've read, so don't attack me for it if you disagree*

LOL! Maybe that's because upper class people had huge houses and could hide stuff in "private" areas. There are no private areas in my tiny house other than my own bedroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
i, personally, don't like kids photos as "art."

But what is art? Something you enjoy looking at, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The idea behind the photos/class thing was this- the lower your class, the closer the pictures are to the front door.

Lower class people will display pictures in the entryway/foyer of the home
Middle class people will display pictures in the living/"public" areas of the home
Upper class people will display pictures in the "private" areas of the home, such as in the bedroom, the hallways leading to bedrooms, or in photo albums, and decorate the public areas with what is traditionally considered artwork

That being said, there are many people who are very wealthy who hire the services of a custom portrait photographer. The work that the photographers produce is high quality, beautiful, and truly art, and these photographs are displayed in public living areas.

*I'm just reporting what I've read, so don't attack me for it if you disagree*

Who the hell made up this rule?

[Anonymous]

I have photos up of my child - not a ton but here and there. My sister, however, used to have these GIANT photos of her and her husband at their wedding and it would always crack me up. There was one of him, one of her and in the middle one of the two of them. They were really, really large...I can't stop giggling thinking about it. I always thought it was weird, mainly just due to the size, and the fact that these pictures made up all of the artwork she owned.

I guess the point here is that you can overdo anything.

[Anonymous]

I've never been in the home of someone with children but no photos of said children.

I guess I only go to lower class homes because every home I've been in has photos of the children displayed somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The idea behind the photos/class thing was this- the lower your class, the closer the pictures are to the front door.

Lower class people will display pictures in the entryway/foyer of the home
Middle class people will display pictures in the living/"public" areas of the home
Upper class people will display pictures in the "private" areas of the home, such as in the bedroom, the hallways leading to bedrooms, or in photo albums, and decorate the public areas with what is traditionally considered artwork

That being said, there are many people who are very wealthy who hire the services of a custom portrait photographer. The work that the photographers produce is high quality, beautiful, and truly art, and these photographs are displayed in public living areas.

*I'm just reporting what I've read, so don't attack me for it if you disagree*

Love this! Would put photos in foyer except I don't have one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The idea behind the photos/class thing was this- the lower your class, the closer the pictures are to the front door.

Lower class people will display pictures in the entryway/foyer of the home
Middle class people will display pictures in the living/"public" areas of the home
Upper class people will display pictures in the "private" areas of the home, such as in the bedroom, the hallways leading to bedrooms, or in photo albums, and decorate the public areas with what is traditionally considered artwork

That being said, there are many people who are very wealthy who hire the services of a custom portrait photographer. The work that the photographers produce is high quality, beautiful, and truly art, and these photographs are displayed in public living areas.

*I'm just reporting what I've read, so don't attack me for it if you disagree*

Wow. I learn something new on DCUM all the time. We displayed lots of photos before we even had a kid. I'd never heard of this supposed correlation. (No plans to change anything based on this, either.)

[Anonymous]

um yes- on the mantle i have some and we have a digital frame. why wouldn't you?!?