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A British health professional is urging parents to stop posting pictures of their children on social media and explains why this can be dangerous.
Ruth Watts, a British family health professional, recently used her social media to warn parents who share too much about their children. In her post, Watts highlights important points that all parents should pay attention to.
Watts explains to families that parents’ social media can reveal much more than they realize or would want. According to the professional, anyone can check their pages and discover their child’s name, birthdate, parents’ names, birthdays, where they live, and even their favorite toys and food.
We often believe that a simple photo doesn’t reveal any sensitive information, but by collecting posts over time, along with comments from friends and family, a stranger can gather a lot of data.
“Can you guess how I know a child? I know them because I’ve seen them on social media,” Watts says in a video that has over 500,000 views. For her, when parents share photos of their children without their consent, they put their kids in a vulnerable position.
“I can get all the information on a child because the parents chose to share this private and confidential information about their children. And yes, one story here, another story there, upload here, upload there. All of this creates an image. It’s a puzzle that people notice. People pay attention, and the wrong people pay attention.”
Many parents reacted to the video and commented on Watts’ post: “That’s why I don’t post pictures of my daughter on social media. It’s so scary what people can do nowadays,” wrote one mother.
“This is exactly why most people don’t even know I have a child. The people who matter will see them grow in person, not fake friends through a screen,” wrote another.
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