Anonymous wrote:People can't be this crazy about phones IRL. I literally don't see people without phones so either you are total hypocrites or you lock yourselves away from humanity and we never see you.

This thread is just about taking pictures where other children are in.

All our librarians ask parents not to include other children in their pictures. One music class doesn’t allow photos at all until the last song and then only of your own child.

I take my kid to the park every day and have never taken my phone out of my pocket.

And I am in real life...

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Anonymous wrote:I just hate people who can’t put their GD phones away around their kids. Just enjoy the playground, douchebag.

You never take any pictures or videos of your kids playing? Ever?

Of course I have some. But the phone epidemic at playgrounds is just tragic. Mostly photos. What is the point of filming your child at the playground? I’m assuming not everyone’s spouse is deployed. If you’re filming to post on social media, just put that thing away and engage with your child. Seriously, it’s a sickness.

The way you do it is good and correct and everyone else who crosses some threshold of “takes more pictures than you” is mentally ill. Got it.

NP here. I tend to agree with the first poster. You can’t be in the moment with your child and filming at the same time. Anyone can snap a couple pictures and then spend the rest of the time playing.

Our generation’s phone use is epidemic.

Are you in the moment now PP? It seems you’re infected with this epidemic.

My kids are in bed, PP, and I am home. This is my moment.

Please stop embarrassing yourself and learn to accept that people do disagree with you.

I was a new poster. I think you need to follow your own advice.

And you embarrassed yourself too. That was a totally stupid comment. It’s past 9PM and few children are awake much less playing in the park.

People can't be this crazy about phones IRL. I literally don't see people without phones so either you are total hypocrites or you lock yourselves away from humanity and we never see you.

^^^Ugh. iPhone typos. Sorry

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Anonymous wrote:I just hate people who can’t put their GD phones away around their kids. Just enjoy the playground, douchebag.

You never take any pictures or videos of your kids playing? Ever?

Of course I have some. But the phone epidemic at playgrounds is just tragic. Mostly photos. What is the point of filming your child at the playground? I’m assuming not everyone’s spouse is deployed. If you’re filming to post on social media, just put that thing away and engage with your child. Seriously, it’s a sickness.

Yeah. One or two pictures, sure, but when you get these people who are doing it constantly it's like, pay attention to your damn kid already. I don't buy the posterity argument, is it really worth missing what's happening in front of your own face because you're busy filming it?

OK I’ll bite on this one. I had a really awful post partum depression and anxiety. My baby didn’t sleep, and I have insomnia. My partner travels for work for extended periods of time. I took video for what I thought at the time was for him. But what I realized later it was for me. It helped me to see her better, framed our experiences. I’m so grateful for having shot so much video and photos. It helped me to see if she was having a good childhood even if I didn’t feel home at the time. We did a lot of really fantastic stuff and she was smiling and evMy baby didn’t sleep, and I have insomnia. My partner travels for work for extended periods of time. I took video for what I thought was him. But what I realized later it was me. It helped me to see her better. I’m so grateful when I shot video and took pictures. It helped me to see she was having a good childhood even if I didn’t feel whole or present at the time. We did a lot of really fantastic stuff she was smiling and thriving. I didn’t have a camera out constantly but I documented as much as I could. Also kids are really amazing to watch. We had fun! And it’s helpful to have that reminder that I wasn’t messing up completely even if my depression was telling me that. She loves to see her baby/toddler pictures and videos. She thinks they’re funny. I’m ok with that.

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Anonymous wrote:I just hate people who can’t put their GD phones away around their kids. Just enjoy the playground, douchebag.

You never take any pictures or videos of your kids playing? Ever?

Of course I have some. But the phone epidemic at playgrounds is just tragic. Mostly photos. What is the point of filming your child at the playground? I’m assuming not everyone’s spouse is deployed. If you’re filming to post on social media, just put that thing away and engage with your child. Seriously, it’s a sickness.

The way you do it is good and correct and everyone else who crosses some threshold of “takes more pictures than you” is mentally ill. Got it.

NP here. I tend to agree with the first poster. You can’t be in the moment with your child and filming at the same time. Anyone can snap a couple pictures and then spend the rest of the time playing.

Our generation’s phone use is epidemic.

Are you in the moment now PP? It seems you’re infected with this epidemic.

My kids are in bed, PP, and I am home. This is my moment.

Please stop embarrassing yourself and learn to accept that people do disagree with you.

I was a new poster. I think you need to follow your own advice.

Anonymous wrote:I’m a public place (park) and your kid is in the shot?

No. And if you do, maybe seek professional help for your anger management problem and other character defects.

No. Because I am not crazy, and I have real stuff to worry about.

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Anonymous wrote:I just hate people who can’t put their GD phones away around their kids. Just enjoy the playground, douchebag.

You never take any pictures or videos of your kids playing? Ever?

Of course I have some. But the phone epidemic at playgrounds is just tragic. Mostly photos. What is the point of filming your child at the playground? I’m assuming not everyone’s spouse is deployed. If you’re filming to post on social media, just put that thing away and engage with your child. Seriously, it’s a sickness.

The way you do it is good and correct and everyone else who crosses some threshold of “takes more pictures than you” is mentally ill. Got it.

NP here. I tend to agree with the first poster. You can’t be in the moment with your child and filming at the same time. Anyone can snap a couple pictures and then spend the rest of the time playing.

Our generation’s phone use is epidemic.

Are you in the moment now PP? It seems you’re infected with this epidemic.

My kids are in bed, PP, and I am home. This is my moment.

Please stop embarrassing yourself and learn to accept that people do disagree with you.

Anonymous wrote:I just hate people who can’t put their GD phones away around their kids. Just enjoy the playground, douchebag.

Yes, this...1000x this.

I don’t get angry when someone’s filming their kid. I do ask anyone stopping to film mine to move along, not politely, it’s happened.... And I don’t mean that my kid ran into their shot.

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Anonymous wrote:I just hate people who can’t put their GD phones away around their kids. Just enjoy the playground, douchebag.

You never take any pictures or videos of your kids playing? Ever?

Of course I have some. But the phone epidemic at playgrounds is just tragic. Mostly photos. What is the point of filming your child at the playground? I’m assuming not everyone’s spouse is deployed. If you’re filming to post on social media, just put that thing away and engage with your child. Seriously, it’s a sickness.

The way you do it is good and correct and everyone else who crosses some threshold of “takes more pictures than you” is mentally ill. Got it.

NP here. I tend to agree with the first poster. You can’t be in the moment with your child and filming at the same time. Anyone can snap a couple pictures and then spend the rest of the time playing.

Our generation’s phone use is epidemic.

Are you in the moment now PP? It seems you’re infected with this epidemic.

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Anonymous wrote:I just hate people who can’t put their GD phones away around their kids. Just enjoy the playground, douchebag.

You never take any pictures or videos of your kids playing? Ever?

Of course I have some. But the phone epidemic at playgrounds is just tragic. Mostly photos. What is the point of filming your child at the playground? I’m assuming not everyone’s spouse is deployed. If you’re filming to post on social media, just put that thing away and engage with your child. Seriously, it’s a sickness.

The way you do it is good and correct and everyone else who crosses some threshold of “takes more pictures than you” is mentally ill. Got it.

NP here. I tend to agree with the first poster. You can’t be in the moment with your child and filming at the same time. Anyone can snap a couple pictures and then spend the rest of the time playing.

Our generation’s phone use is epidemic.

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Anonymous wrote:I just hate people who can’t put their GD phones away around their kids. Just enjoy the playground, douchebag.

You never take any pictures or videos of your kids playing? Ever?

Of course I have some. But the phone epidemic at playgrounds is just tragic. Mostly photos. What is the point of filming your child at the playground? I’m assuming not everyone’s spouse is deployed. If you’re filming to post on social media, just put that thing away and engage with your child. Seriously, it’s a sickness.

The way you do it is good and correct and everyone else who crosses some threshold of “takes more pictures than you” is mentally ill. Got it.

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Anonymous wrote:I just hate people who can’t put their GD phones away around their kids. Just enjoy the playground, douchebag.

You never take any pictures or videos of your kids playing? Ever?

Of course I have some. But the phone epidemic at playgrounds is just tragic. Mostly photos. What is the point of filming your child at the playground? I’m assuming not everyone’s spouse is deployed. If you’re filming to post on social media, just put that thing away and engage with your child. Seriously, it’s a sickness.

Yeah. One or two pictures, sure, but when you get these people who are doing it constantly it's like, pay attention to your damn kid already. I don't buy the posterity argument, is it really worth missing what's happening in front of your own face because you're busy filming it?