"As an aside - there are a growing number of parents who don’t post any pictures of their kids (with varying degrees of strictness) to social media."
I see this a lot with very online types, especially left-of-center folks—photos of kids with emojis over the faces, for example—but I don't really see it happening with people I know in real life. Like you mentioned earlier in the article, most people are reasonable about this, even coming from the opposite angle. Photos of kids birthday parties? FIne. Video of their reactions if no one comes to their birthday party? Gross and psycho. Every so often a video goes viral because it shows some poor kid in a sad situation and draws a lot of sympathy for the kid, and I'm glad they are able to get some positive vibes sent their way, but I cannot help but wonder who the deranged parent is on the other side of the camera who is *continuing to record* while their child is suffering some profound emotionally painful moment.
"As an aside - there are a growing number of parents who don’t post any pictures of their kids (with varying degrees of strictness) to social media."
I see this a lot with very online types, especially left-of-center folks—photos of kids with emojis over the faces, for example—but I don't really see it happening with people I know in real life. Like you mentioned earlier in the article, most people are reasonable about this, even coming from the opposite angle. Photos of kids birthday parties? FIne. Video of their reactions if no one comes to their birthday party? Gross and psycho. Every so often a video goes viral because it shows some poor kid in a sad situation and draws a lot of sympathy for the kid, and I'm glad they are able to get some positive vibes sent their way, but I cannot help but wonder who the deranged parent is on the other side of the camera who is *continuing to record* while their child is suffering some profound emotionally painful moment.
The desire to Post continues to be the strongest force in the universe, even stronger than the desire to comfort your child in some cases.