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[quote=Anonymous]I am well aware that this is going to sound like those DCUM women who are like "I am 45 and people always think I'm 20." However, my kids are very interesting and genuinely hilarious, and I post good content.

I don't post photos of the child making a sand castle and say "great day at Rehoboth!" I might post something like a video of my then-3 year old son inexplicably meowing at the water when he's afraid of it, with the caption: "can your kid do that too?" Or a video of my 13 year old explaining that she absolutely cannot get up to do chores because a cat is asleep on her lap. Or a video of the two of them arguing about which group of people has the moral high ground in a fantasy novel they both read.

And then there are goofy things, like my husband boxing with DD, my kids playing bizarre games they made up but having a blast doing it, photos of them working on fathers day cards and them laughing with each other about how bad they are, videos of my son falling asleep while he eats French fries, etc. Out of context these don't sound funny or interesting, but people always go out of their way to comment on how much they like my posts.

I do know privacy is an issue, but I ask permission, I don't post anything I think they would be embarrassed about later (which is a different analysis for each kid), if they say no, I accept the no. The account is private (I would NEVER publicly share photos of my kids) and I'm not IG friends with anybody I don't know in real life.

So yeah, I do like family and friends knowing how funny and awesome my kids are. Or I suppose being reminded about how funny and awesome my kids are, because they already know my kids in person. If they don't want to hear about it, that's fine. I know my posts aren't to everybody's tastes and I'm sure some just don't care about things my kids do.

Another reason is that it is just for me easier access to memories. I have zillions of photos on my phone but the best ones I post to instagram.

And one last reason is that I never liked it when I was a kid and I saw relatives who hadn't seen me in a while and they were all like "wow you sure grew!" and went on and on about it. All the family members have seen the kids grow steadily so they are never subjected to comments about their growth. 
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