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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that permission has to be given to photograph children and the photos have to be shared with the parents who have to approve distribution.

(We got into this when a program sent out a photo of my DD in a bathing suit as part of a fundraising mailing to a large organization without our permission).[/quote]

A photo provided to parents, school administrators, and specialists is not distribution.

And a photo of a child having a behavior episode is not the same as a photo of a child in a bathing suit.[/quote]

It is distribution. [/quote]

As a teacher, we ask for permission to distribute photos (e.g. put them on the school website, or in a publication) but if I'm taking a photo to document something for a child's own

For example, if I take a photo and use that photo as the basis for a child's self portrait that is sent home at the end of the unit, I don't consider that distribution.  If a parent misses an award ceremony, and I snap a picture of the kid on stage, and email parents, I don't consider that distribution.

Recently, I took a video of a child using some technology to solve a math problem.  I emailed it to parents and said "Look what your child can do!"  I then asked permission to show it other students who were working on the same skill.  To me the first part didn't require permission, but the second part did.[/quote]

Obviously the first paragraph should say for

if I'm taking a photo to document something for a child's own [b]use or own parents, then the rules about distribution don't apply.[/b][/quote]

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