Is posting a picture of a birthday party bad now?

[Anonymous]

You can post whatever you want as long as you don't mind people being upset and/or judging you. If you don't care, post away. I, personally, try not post much about my kids in general, so that eliminates a lot of the issues you're so concerned about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can post whatever you want as long as you don't mind people being upset and/or judging you. If you don't care, post away. I, personally, try not post much about my kids in general, so that eliminates a lot of the issues you're so concerned about.

Well put. Some people operate as if it were a requirement in life to post online everything they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a private group for family and post all this stuff there. No one who is not a relative of this child actually cares about any of this.

I don’t think op should post a bday party pic and I don’t even have FB and very rarely post anything on Instagram so I’m not a social media junkie whatsoever.

However, I disagree w you that no one besides relatives cares. I care a lot about my friends’ kids and I enjoy seeing picture and reading updates about my friends’ kids that is posted online. In fact that’s the main reason I’m even on Instagram: I like seeing both family and friends’ pictures of their kids, their pets, their vacations.

[Anonymous]

Ask yourself why you can’t just have experiences, enjoy them, take a few photos for yourself to remember the experience, and not splash them all over social media for attention.

[Anonymous]

I post it all. It’s normal in 2023.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I post it all. It’s normal in 2023.

Not so sure about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I post it all. It’s normal in 2023.

Not so sure about this.

Lol I totally agree. It’s very 2012 to post it all IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I post it all. It’s normal in 2023.

You mean narcissistic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ask yourself why you can’t just have experiences, enjoy them, take a few photos for yourself to remember the experience, and not splash them all over social media for attention.

Exactly this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I post it all. It’s normal in 2023.

Not so sure about this.

Lol I totally agree. It’s very 2012 to post it all IMO.

+1. Several parents I know never post kid pics and I’m sure would be annoyed if I posted their kid in my pics. Many people have moved past the post everything early days of social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I post it all. It’s normal in 2023.

Not so sure about this.

Lol I totally agree. It’s very 2012 to post it all IMO.

+1. Several parents I know never post kid pics and I’m sure would be annoyed if I posted their kid in my pics. Many people have moved past the post everything early days of social media.

I think it depends on the age of kids. I don’t post much for my middle school child but I post my kindergarten child. Friends with younger kids definitely post more than those with teens.

[Anonymous]

I would post a picture of YOUR kid from their birthday party. It's a good time to get a close in shot on them with the cake or whatever. But maybe not a group shot with a ton of people tagged.

To be honest, I am not really social media friends with a bunch of my kid's friend's parents. So I don't quite get the deal with this. But. Just post your kid on their birthday. No need to post the entire party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You shouldn't be posting a picture of other people's kids without their consent, ever, so there's that.

Not OP but even if it's just a picture of my kid and their cake with my party decorations people might get offended that I went all out on a theme.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ask yourself why you can’t just have experiences, enjoy them, take a few photos for yourself to remember the experience, and not splash them all over social media for attention.

Exactly this.

+1.

[Anonymous]

I post a few pics of my kids' bday party but either post ones with no other kids in it or block out the faces of other kids except when I'm good friends with their parents and they are also on social media and I know they don't mind me tagging their kid.

I do send party pics privately though either by sharing on the Evite or email and text group, however the party was arranged.

FWIW, I make amazing cakes and do fun themes for my kids so those are always posted on my social media, with a few friends often looking forward to see what I've done each year (so they've told me) as that's the only time of the year I do them. IDGAF -- or maybe I'm too old to care whether I offend someone with parenting or will be judged. I feel we should all be used to it by now. HAhaha.