Influencers who share their kids on social media

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen people do the thing where they put an emoji over the child's face, too.

I will say though - one person I follow just recently had a baby and is not showing the face. The comments she is receiving (she screenshotted some) are HORRIBLE. People saying "other moms are proud to show their babies" - like can they truly not comprehend it's not a lack of pride but a privacy consideration? Especially when someone has hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers?

Elyse Myers doesn't show her two sons' faces. But I hate what she does - she shows their bodies and slaps a stupid emoji over their faces. Just don't include them at all! I hate those dam emojis over the faces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've seen people do the thing where they put an emoji over the child's face, too.

I will say though - one person I follow just recently had a baby and is not showing the face. The comments she is receiving (she screenshotted some) are HORRIBLE. People saying "other moms are proud to show their babies" - like can they truly not comprehend it's not a lack of pride but a privacy consideration? Especially when someone has hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers?

Elyse Myers doesn't show her two sons' faces. But I hate what she does - she shows their bodies and slaps a stupid emoji over their faces. Just don't include them at all! I hate those dam emojis over the faces.

I'm not familiar with Elyse Meyers, but think it's probably easier to just do the emojis than it is to get a second set of photos that have the kid's faces turned away from the camera. One good set of shots with the faces, slap the emojis overtop, and you have both personal photos and ones that protects the kids privacy on social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why anyone posts photos of their kids on public social media accounts. So many people do it, influencers and not. I follow a podcast host who does this and I find it so surprising. She's not a SM influencer, and doesn't need to share kid photos to promote her work. She has hundreds of thousands of followers. Yet I know what her kids look like, their ages, their favorite activities, things about their medical history. Why? Why?????? It's so strange to me.

Is this one of the hosts of Best of both worlds podcast?

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Kelly in the City is the worst in this regard. Her kids might as well be co-authors of her blog they are in so many pictures and posts. I think her daughter (whi is like, 6?) now has a you tube channel which Kelly has cross-promoted, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've seen people do the thing where they put an emoji over the child's face, too.

I will say though - one person I follow just recently had a baby and is not showing the face. The comments she is receiving (she screenshotted some) are HORRIBLE. People saying "other moms are proud to show their babies" - like can they truly not comprehend it's not a lack of pride but a privacy consideration? Especially when someone has hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers?

Elyse Myers doesn't show her two sons' faces. But I hate what she does - she shows their bodies and slaps a stupid emoji over their faces. Just don't include them at all! I hate those dam emojis over the faces.

I am neutral on that approach but I actually have empathy for someone like Elyse who developed an Instagram following based not on lifestyle "influencing" but just on being funny and making stuff people like (she's a comedian but not a stand up -- she writes but makes funny videos, mostly about being awkward and having OCD). Then she had kids and because her comedy obviously draws from her life, it was inevitable that being a mom would be part of that, but she has obviously always wanted to protect her kids from public exposure. I think it's just tricky. If she excluded them entirely, it would be inauthentic because being a parent of young kids is obviously the biggest thing going on in her life at the moment. But she doesn't want them on camera and I think she also is careful about what info about them she shares -- she really focuses on her own experience as a mom and does not include a ton of anecdotes about them or quote them a ton.

That's really different from someone who is making money off their image as a mom/wife/homemaker, who puts their kids in everything even when they don't need to because they know a photo with cute kids will sell better. Chrissy Teigen is a good example -- she uses her kids to sell her cookbooks and other products, they show up in a lot of her paid promos even when it's for something that has NOTHING to do with children, plus she just posts a lot of photos of them generally knowing those pics get a lot of clicks. I think it's gross, especially because they have sources of income that have nothing to do with their kids and could easily shield their children from that without giving up their rich-person lifestyle. They do not need to exploit their kids to pay for college, you know? She's really just doing it for the validation because she knows people will click and like more if they see the cute kid faces.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen people do the thing where they put an emoji over the child's face, too.

I will say though - one person I follow just recently had a baby and is not showing the face. The comments she is receiving (she screenshotted some) are HORRIBLE. People saying "other moms are proud to show their babies" - like can they truly not comprehend it's not a lack of pride but a privacy consideration? Especially when someone has hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers?

One of Fergie and Prince Andrew’s daughters decided to not show her baby’s face on social media and people started rumors that the baby had Down syndrome. Since her parents had public lives and she was born into the British royal family, people felt entitled to see the baby.

To be fair, the British royal family in the past has hidden family members with disabilities. It's def a thing.

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The one I don’t get is the Caps wife. The daily post of what her kids wear to school is over the top. We all know how much your husband makes and it is use a lot. Why post well today the girls wore Prada. Really who cares.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've seen people do the thing where they put an emoji over the child's face, too.

I will say though - one person I follow just recently had a baby and is not showing the face. The comments she is receiving (she screenshotted some) are HORRIBLE. People saying "other moms are proud to show their babies" - like can they truly not comprehend it's not a lack of pride but a privacy consideration? Especially when someone has hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers?

One of Fergie and Prince Andrew’s daughters decided to not show her baby’s face on social media and people started rumors that the baby had Down syndrome. Since her parents had public lives and she was born into the British royal family, people felt entitled to see the baby.

To be fair, the British royal family in the past has hidden family members with disabilities. It's def a thing.

I’m sure it’s a thing. I’m also sure that in this day and age the brf screens for chromosomal abnormalities the same way any other providers would, and it’s very unlikely that any of them would give birth to a baby with Down’s syndrome or any highly detectable abnormality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are you certain that they're doing this just for the money vs. like sharing pictures of their kids just like the hundreds of thousands of parents on social media?

I totally understand the dangers of sharing kids so publicly but I think it's hard to determine intentions of why these people are doing it

You know it when you see it. I'm looking at the Ballingers both Colleen her creepy brother Chris and his wife Jessica

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Anonymous wrote:Because it sells, and our kid gets a cut. She knows she is working.

Does a toddler know they’re working? And is anything in place legally to protect their financial interests? I doubt it.

Is she always working? Do you film embarrassing stuff like toliet training?

Let your kids have privacy

[Anonymous]

Carly Heitlinger Riordan is the WORST for this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kelly in the City is the worst in this regard. Her kids might as well be co-authors of her blog they are in so many pictures and posts. I think her daughter (whi is like, 6?) now has a you tube channel which Kelly has cross-promoted, too.

She’s in IL, right? So in theory her kids will have funds set aside for them when they are featured in ad campaigns and what not?

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It’s easy to understand why they do it - they make 3-4x more $$ from the extra engagement it gains (easily, maybe more). Most people compromise their integrity at that point. It becomes super easy to rationalize - eg, “if I include my kids, I can work 1/2 as much, make twice the money and still spend more time with them which is better for them in the long run.”

I disagree with it but I wonder what sketchy things I’d do for a 4x salary increase.

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The Happily Eva After creature (Susan Sarandon's daughter) has her kids plastered all over her sad blog. The kids of course have zero say in this, they're just used to having a stylist and professional photographer following Mommy around, documenting every fascinating detail.

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Yoga Girl has overshared her now 6 year old daughter since she was born. And when he son was born this year she not only shared the tub birth itself, but also photos of her placenta in a special bowl, and more breastfeeding than we need to see. Disclaimer: I’m pro BFing but not in a gratuitous way to get views, which is what this narcissist does.