Anonymous wrote:OP, I know someone who does this. She is on FB posting all day long about her kids. She has no clue how ridiculous she sounds, acting as if every single thing her kids do is the most precious/creative/smart/amazing thing to ever have been done.

It’s a head-scratcher, and sometimes comes up in conversation in the neighborhood because it just seems to narcissistic. One of the kids seems to have picked up on this because she walks around the pool like she hung the moon, disruptive in swim team practice, and just generally being annoying in the name of being “cute.”

What! Everything my kid does is the most precious thing ever!!! Of course I’m not at all biased as her mom. 😉
Don’t post it to Facebook but I do text close family and friends about the major milestones!

OP, I know someone who does this. She is on FB posting all day long about her kids. She has no clue how ridiculous she sounds, acting as if every single thing her kids do is the most precious/creative/smart/amazing thing to ever have been done.

It’s a head-scratcher, and sometimes comes up in conversation in the neighborhood because it just seems to narcissistic. One of the kids seems to have picked up on this because she walks around the pool like she hung the moon, disruptive in swim team practice, and just generally being annoying in the name of being “cute.”

My 10yo wouldn’t let me if I wanted to. I now ask her permission each time (sometimes I forget, like a family pic)

Anonymous wrote:Unfollow

Exactly, it’s easy.

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Anonymous wrote:Using “older family members” as an excuse to ruin your kids privacy just makes you sound dumb. Creating and sharing Google or Apple photo albums is no more difficult than creating FB albums - but oh yeah, you don’t get that endorphin rush of likes and comments in your sad, pathetic life

New poster - You sound deeply unhappy. I mean this sincerely….I hope it gets better.

She has a point. I am surprised how many parents give minimize the issue of privacy on social media.

NP. She still sounds deeply unhappy. And how somebody can get sooo upset over sharing photos via instagram with 25 relatives and friends is a little…odd.

I just unfollow. Some people are over sharers, and others are using these apps like a journal.

Anonymous wrote:I find the people who are like this on social media are also very needy and seeking of external validation IRL too.

Its also interesting how much of it is misleading. I have a friend who is completely bankrolled by her parents - they pay for her kids private school, ALL of their travel, summer camps, large home downpayment to bring mortgage down, and the parents have a very fancy backyard with pool, poolhouse, etc. My friend posts constantly about all of this but definitely passes it off (by omission) as a lifestyle she is funding herself.

Sounds like every 30 something in DC

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Anonymous wrote:Using “older family members” as an excuse to ruin your kids privacy just makes you sound dumb. Creating and sharing Google or Apple photo albums is no more difficult than creating FB albums - but oh yeah, you don’t get that endorphin rush of likes and comments in your sad, pathetic life

New poster - You sound deeply unhappy. I mean this sincerely….I hope it gets better.

She has a point. I am surprised how many parents give minimize the issue of privacy on social media.

I find the people who are like this on social media are also very needy and seeking of external validation IRL too.

Its also interesting how much of it is misleading. I have a friend who is completely bankrolled by her parents - they pay for her kids private school, ALL of their travel, summer camps, large home downpayment to bring mortgage down, and the parents have a very fancy backyard with pool, poolhouse, etc. My friend posts constantly about all of this but definitely passes it off (by omission) as a lifestyle she is funding herself.

Anonymous wrote:Social media is for social media.

Why are you still surprised by this?! If you don't like it, mute her for a few months. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. But she does it because she likes to use social media that way. Who cares really?

+1.

I don't do what OP describes -- I rarely post anything on any platform. But it's SOCIAL media -- what OP describes is literally well within its intended and possibles uses and purposes. Block, mute, scroll on by, whatever.

Anonymous wrote:Using “older family members” as an excuse to ruin your kids privacy just makes you sound dumb. Creating and sharing Google or Apple photo albums is no more difficult than creating FB albums - but oh yeah, you don’t get that endorphin rush of likes and comments in your sad, pathetic life

Ohhhh. So we need to ruin their privacy via Google instead of Facebook. Why didn’t I think of that? You’re right, I am dumb.

She’s connecting with friends and family by sharing about what’s most important to her right now. Sounds like a normal use of social media to me. There’s no reason to keep up with her posts if you don’t want to.

Everybody finds different things annoying on social media. I like kid/dog/vacation pics but dislike political, work out, & “look at my dinner plate” pics. But social media is optional. No one is forcing any of us to view any of these posts.

It’s like a diary for her memories and/or it’s for non-local family.

I have one friend who always posts really upbeat inspirational quotes and writes long posts about her family’s achievements. Some people like to overshare. In my friend’s case, she really wants to be an influencer or a SAHM so she posts about all the outing she takes her kids on and all her volunteering at school. You’d never know from her posts that she works 35hr a week. Every 2-3 years she gets really into a new MLM company. I think another reason she posts 2-3x a day is so she can lull people into the habit of watching her “stories” so she can bury her MLM posts between pics of her kids.

Anonymous wrote:Using “older family members” as an excuse to ruin your kids privacy just makes you sound dumb. Creating and sharing Google or Apple photo albums is no more difficult than creating FB albums - but oh yeah, you don’t get that endorphin rush of likes and comments in your sad, pathetic life

New poster - You sound deeply unhappy. I mean this sincerely….I hope it gets better.