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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are there so many kids who oppose so vehemently to having their pictures on FB? Isn't this the age of social media? As long as it is a flattering picture - God knows they are almost all posting TONS of those themselves - what about it gets them so bent out of shape? And even if the parent gets their approval that they like the way they look in it?

I have three - 16, 14, and 12 - none of them could care less. Help me understand.[/quote]
 Your children are obviously not the same children as the OPs D.   Well your children may not mind, obviously it is different for that other child. Respect the difference [/quote]

...which is why I didn't ask OP the question, but put it out in general to the tons of parents who said the same. I'm hoping to understand the difference. [/quote]
My DD is 13.  On her 11th birthday (before she had an IG account) , I took a pic to post to FB and Ig of her with her cupcake. She said, mom I don't like it when you post pics of me on FB. So I stopped. She now has IG and posts no selfies. She thinks they're stupid. She will post pictures of random things or with her friends but I respect that she likes to have control of what pictures of her are on the internet. It isnt important to me to have my kids on FB so I don't care. She seems to make pretty good decisions about what to post on her own account. [/quote]

In her case, it makes perfect sense. What about in the case where teens post incessant selfies on their own accounts but won't "allow" their parents to post a pic now and again? Seems like a control issue and the teen has made it clear who holds that position. Hard to imagine that FB pictures are the only area in which parents have decided their teen can control them.[/quote]
How's it any different. Once they get a certain age they want independence to post what they want their parents to stop posting pics of them. Lots of my friends kids are like this. Seems like a small thing to give them control of so that we can still have a relationship to influence in more consequential matters. [/quote]

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