When kids become content on social media | DW Documentary

[@Octochinchilly]

It was unbelievable when the influencer mom Jessica said “If they are bothered by it, they can change their names later”! Appalling. Just change your identity later… just like that. She’s living in an alternate reality.

[@eksbocks9438]

It's always an easy indicator of somebody who isn't likeable.... "They can just change their name."

[@windyhawthorn7387]

​@@eksbocks9438 It's true you can change your name. If you're attached to your first name just change the spelling then completely change middle and last name. You never have to have to keep the baggage an well known name brings.

[@near5148]

​@eksbocks9438 even if you change your name you will be found

[@juliesheard2122]

Vanity of the mother is unbelievable

[@angelarice8418]

She says, "I wouldn't mind that." would...THEY mind it??? wow

[@missm10]

Influencer parents like these should all be in jail. Sharenting is a form of abuse.

[@hopejenm1]

It’s the law false that allows this to happen and no special button of report for this exist in platforms and when I do report with a similar report button it always come up with the answer it’s not against our guidelines and rules :(

[@eksbocks9438]

I agree. They bully people out of the best jobs. And the best neighborhoods. Then we are all surprised when they treat their kids badly on social media.

[@harshadk3240]

Very True. US in dire need of changing their tech policies before collapse of human evolution

[@TheAS687]

So it’s better to keep a kid away from their parents and have the children in foster care…odd statement

[@lkm3s]

@@TheAS687 it's debatable, but at least there are laws protecting foster kids from image sharing. One would think that if you must protect the privacy of foster children, you should also be required to protect the privacy of all children.

[@clairehachey2189]

The last thing I would ever do is watch anyone's daily life on social media. I don't get the point at all. And seeing all these parents expose their children in this way is beyond disturbing.

[@crissiv8853]

I agree, it's not interesting at all! And it damages the children

[@conniekabasharira7084]

I've never understood that as well, I can't imagine following someone's daily activities, I have my own already and they're enough. You find someone saying, "oh Kim Kardashian has had breakfast, eh right now she's in the toilet, etc". And then they start comparing their lives to the lives of the ones they're following. Really?

[@clairehachey2189]

@@conniekabasharira7084 Well I'm proud to say I've never watched anything Kardashian related. Actually, I don't know which is worse; the so called '' influencers '' or the gaggle of sheep that follow them religiously.

[@clairehachey2189]

@@crissiv8853 I feel so sad for those children.

[@Deea88]

@@clairehachey2189 Without the sheep there would be no influencers...

[@Menckenperson]

Thank you DW for producing this. I've been disgusted by all these young kids being treated like chihuahuas in purses for strangers to gawk at and judge.

[@BadNessie]

Yes to all of this - and it's not even okay to do these kinds of things to a chihuahua.

[@bagobeans]

I agree. They make money off their kids. KZbin moms. This should be stopped.

[@BadgerBabe89]

Imagine who these kids grow up to be 😭 It's nothing less that abuse

[@Acr6gAttt-mq2hr]

Chihuahuas in purses are treated much better

[@Acr6gAttt-mq2hr]

​@@bagobeansThe dads make just as much off their kids and are just as complicit. It's a _parent_ problem, not a mom problem.

[@margaretkahn1430]

The editor did an amazing job. The shots with overlays really told this story perfectly. Showing the true reality

[@tayloredin99]

That first French woman is so self-obsessed. Everything is about her. Her kids? Well they can just change their names. They are disposable to her.

[@seadragonpirate8195]

I couldn't believe she said that tbh

[@SamWilkinsonn]

And when she was talking about if her son grows to dislike her sharing his medical issues she just said she’d tell I’m it was to help her cope with the difficult circumstance.

[@SyrinSlava]

@@SamWilkinsonn me me me me

[@eksbocks9438]

I'm afraid so. They treat other people like this at work or school. And it's no different when they become a parent.

[@LH-ot5rk]

The way she keeps saying “my followers / fans keep asking to see more of my children”, as if she’s being “forced” to do it is pathetic. Reminds me of parents who let their children make all the rules (parental inversion). She’s the PARENT; her job is to protect, nurture, love, set boundaries, and say “NO” when needed.

[@Jessicad9304]

That family bullying and verbally abusing their children was so hard to watch.

[@magiear1578]

I know!!! I almost cry just by watching at it.. 😢😢

[@jaeleonard4522]

Hearing that kid say "like and subscribe" in the aftermath got me

[@MichaelRobinson-j7e]

Like something out of a Black Mirror episode

[@Nopee906]

I remember when that happened. Like, 2017? 2018? It was so traumatizing. But I mean, I was raised like that. That's how my parents treated me. It was so triggering (and it's not uncommon to treat children like that here in the US. I've been told I'm going to be a bad parent because I refuse to spank my kids.)

[@poulhenne]

@@Nopee906: Spanking is never okay. And even the science says that. But sadly some parents are just bullies.

[@Kred1bleThreat]

DW definitely makes some of the most relevant docs. Always great.

[@KaiMangaKnight]

Better than Vice?😅

[@realnailstory]

So proud i went against social norms and have never even posted a birth announcement picture of my daughter ! Her privacy and identity is hers to share when she wants to do that and if she wants too !

[@SocksAmpersandSandals]

Same! No one on social media ever even knew I was pregnant and no one knew I had a child until they were 3+ months old. Outside of me texting pics and vids to close family and friends, no one’s ever seen their face, knows their birthday, or their real name. Keeping it that way and I’m glad my family/friends respect my wishes and support it 💕

[@MelanatedHomesteadher]

​@@SocksAmpersandSandals that's how it's done

[@SocksAmpersandSandals]

@@MelanatedHomesteadherAnd is 👏🏾

[@MelanatedHomesteadher]

@SocksAmpersandSandals you know what's up iykyk. Stay safe and enjoy life

[@deborahthomas5102]

Truly unbelievable to me. I had no clue so many parents did this. What a weird way to raise a child. Glad the internet wasn't around when I was a kid. Really sad.

[@helenduplessis4166]

I do post photos every now and again. But, no videos of our personal lives. Nothing personal. I don't like people knowing too much about me or my personal life.

[@helenduplessis4166]

That, and where do people find the time for this stuff? I barely have time to sleep!

[@mikemainer3009]

It is not a goddamn "weird" way to raise a child. No, it is despicable because it is CHILD ABUSE, plain and simple!

[@MARITAMCHANNEL]

Yea

[@sidramehmood1]

If u are having kids. U definitely knew this

[@MsSimpleMovies]

I believe parents who pull pranks on their children are human garbage.

[@Roanmonster]

A prank is something funny that the children might get back to the parents at. I did it with my dad all the time and it was a lot of fun. Full on yelling at your children up to the point where they're in tears is bullying.

[@eksbocks9438]

​@@Roanmonster Insults as well. I saw a video of a "father." Who did such a thing to his 4-year-old son for hours. Just because he wouldn't eat vegetables at the dinner table. The kid couldn't watch TV or play in the backyard. He was literally crying and asking the dad to stop.

[@annat6249]

I agree with you. It is okay to be boring parents. Parents should be a stable place for kids to rely on. Support their emotional and physical growth. Parents are not supposed to be their friends. Bullying your kids for their joy or viewer is stupid.

[@Funeral_Mannequin]

@@Roanmonster It's not bullying, it's straight up abuse.

[@jessschliebe26]

​@@Funeral_Mannequin one hundred percent.

[@jessie7457]

FINALLY SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS!!!! Thank you for shedding light on this HUGE topic

[@soggymoggytravels]

Dad Challenge Podcast is an entire channel focused on criticizing sharenting

[@Doomdoom06]

These parents that say their kids are too young to notice they're being filmed....so delusional. Even my dog notices when i try to film it and stops what it's doing. These people are truly sick and they don't see their children as human beings

[@LH-ot5rk]

And they will see themselves as the victim when the child grows up full of resentment.

[@lailaalanna315]

Even the 3 year old boy said he wanted to be alone. I think he feels like he's always being watched. His response was interesting. Parents will continue to do this for money until it stops being so lucrative.

[@Itgyrl909]

Companies are using the parents; the parents are pimping their kids; the faithful viewers are zombies; and the kids suffer identity crisises. Lord, help them all.

[@shivangchauhan2214]

Well said

[@hopejenm1]

And the law universally allows that to happen for money and adverts

[@jacintaogbonna9581]

You just summarize it.

[@racheltouber2806]

The faithful viewers are meangirl-types who love to judge and gossip. It's entertainment for them, they are no zombies.

[@cgpcgp3239]

These are the child stars we watch on tv, in the movies, on stage amplified. We want to see more of them. Some former child stars tell of horrific stories behind the scenes as we loved watching them perform. Even now we don’t want to know.

[@neothaka]

The parent who livestreamed her kid whose pet just died is just an example of how far social media has driven the desire for attention. Moral compass, completely out the window.

[@pinokosthewife]

I wonder if it was the same one who accidentallt failed to cut out her telling her kid to cry more and act sadder-while the kid insisted they were sad!!!-instead of comforting. Comforting only for the camera, emotional abuse behind the scenes...

[@t.r.s.5129]

Getting to hold my child for the first time was a magical moment. I cannot imagine having to set up a camera beforehand to capture it myself, let alone sharing it online.

[@FayCreative]

When narcissism is normalised.

[@eksbocks9438]

Bingo

[@lislelisle5453]

100% agree!

[@lolahernandez6871]

The desperation for attention of some parents is just disgusting!

[@annab9994]

And scary..

[@blurblurblur333]

its not attention its money

[@poulhenne]

It is clearly some addicted parents.

[@lailaalanna315]

​@blurblurblur333 exactly. Simply for money. I saw a family without their own home buy a huge house ,and are now living lavishly off posting their kids. Strangers know everything about these kids. It's scary.

[@christiabacon8001]

This is so important,this documentary needs to be seen all over!

[@Doubtful-37]

Parents have made their kids commercial item.

[@troylee4196]

Been that way for decades, just a newer way of making money from it

[@michelerosequreshey8345]

You betcha!

[@blindsniper35]

There are reasons why we had to make laws preventing child labor.

[@JohnnyBravo-f4k]

Capitalism

[@annab9994]

Some irresponsible parents.

[@Ajlatango]

I could never imagine serving my children up on a silver platter like this to predators. I don’t understand any adults who watch and follow children they don’t know online.

[@psychedelicbaby5503]

I can't even think about having my first period exposed online, that's so disrespectful

[@yanasosnovskaya864]

it's cruel to be honest.

[@poulhenne]

@@yanasosnovskaya864: But also extremely profitable for the algorithm. The biggest problem is the addiction makes the parents always go a little bit further down the slope every time. Because the algorithm dictates it, and fame just makes everything worse. Remember Macaulay Culkin? Social media had nothing to do with that, fame is all it takes.

[@edamamame4U]

This is disgusting and beyond disturbing, especially the horribly abusive and sociopathic parents that framed their poor little boy and screamed at him for content. I honestly felt a visceral reaction of rage at these parents and sheer sadness for these poor children. It baffles me how so many people enjoy content that exploits and harms children. KZbin really needs to double down and prevent any exploitative content that harms children from appearing on this platform.

[@seadragonpirate8195]

Luckily the kid was taken from them.

[@pw323]

The fact that these parents think the only concern is “safety/ security” reflects their level of greed, narcissism and cluelessness. These children have been stripped of their individual privacy, autonomy, and dignity. Social media platforms must do more to stop this barbaric and abusive parenting phenomena.

[@MariaCarabin]

Very well put! This is abuse!

[@poulhenne]

The addicted parents just cannot imagine why their kids would not love the platforms just as they do themselves. It helped the parents to never work a day in their life. With the only downside to not have any privacy at all.

[@cosmicpuma]

Deleted social media after watching The Social Dilemma. Over a decade of peace since then and one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

[@MissusChanandlerBong]

You should delete KZbin as well and never read or write comments 😂

[@pw323]

This is going to be a trend among the smart kids. my young child finds the behavior on social media nauseating and highly disturbing (schools friends share). Says it’s for the “dummies with no talent.”

[@eksbocks9438]

​@@pw323 Which means sense. Because they have a lot of potential. It's better for them to focus on their future.

[@JinxMarie1985]

Wellllll yeah this is a very well known social platform too.

[@darlahays2471]

YT IS social media. I understand what you are saying, but to say that on social media is humorous.

[@leahj139]

Children of influencers should film their parents. Let them post unflattering pictures of moms without makeup, with tangled hair, arguments between spouses, all the worst moments of life that we never share on SM. And then the parents can understand that even a child should get to say how they are portrayed to others.

[@pinokosthewife]

That's lead to enraged abusive parents possibly beating them and forever holding how they "ruined" the family when they lose money, etc. Being cokpliant is for survival in situations like that...

[@CaraMarie13]

And shes not freaked out by strangers putting out "fan accounts" of her toddlers? I would be scared into multiple daily panic attacks. I hope these kids sue their parents when they get older. The fact that they are completely unaware makes all the sense. They are telling themselves they were doing it for the child or to help them cope. So even when they get confronted, their brain is ready with what it needs to keep them from realizing they are damaging their children.

[@Parakeet-pk6dl]

It’s a form of child abused and it should be punished accordingly.

[@MariaCarabin]

I agree! Makes me glad to be childfree.

[@MuseSunflower]

The kids screaming at 20 mins broke my heart... they are literally terrorizing them 🥺

[@leoifediba3355]

Parents trading their kids privacy/ innocence for money.. This is a case of stolen innocence, the longterm damage or ROI is not going to be worth it for these children. Not here to tell anyone how to raise their kid(s). ❤

[@retpal2302]

Parent's? This is just female narcissism amplified. Most fathers are against this type of stuff.

[@CalvinK-the_old_fogey]

I have a sharenting relative who is convinced nothing is wrong with sharing too much. The 2 children grew up under tremendous unfair pressure because social media, by nature, is curated to show positives only. I see they are so uncomfortable when they get praised by relatives and family acquaintances for every achievements, no matter how trivial. The only good out of this? They absolutely hated social media and have zero social media presence.

[@realdjaykay]

Good, I mean good for them not using social media

[@poulhenne]

Not having any social media prescense is also not very helpful growing up these days. You will not be able to fully participate in school and make friends as the other kids. There needs to be a balanced approach to social media. The one extreme is not necessarily better than the other. Just like some parents see the phones as the evil in itself, which is so wrong, it is the platforms that are harmful and addictive. Phones can have so many useful apps and kids need to learn to use it as a proper tool.

[@CalvinK-the_old_fogey]

@@poulhenne I agree with your “kids need to learn to use it as a proper tool” statement but it is the parents who should be responsible for educating their own children. That is the crux of the problem as most parents are themselves not disciplined with their own social media use.

[@GGTanguera]

People should have their head checked before becoming parents.

[@seadragonpirate8195]

If only

[@Eww...NotTheHumansAgain]

Totally agree

[@MARITAMCHANNEL]

😂😂

[@savagesweetheart90]

Mandatory parenting classes, along with child development classes. You fail, get snipped. There are PLENTY of people who have children that really shouldn't.

[@3lfruler]

Children aren't show ponies... I was a teenager when toddlers and tiaras popular on TV. I thought that was bad, this is a whole new level of messed up.

[@eksbocks9438]

I agree. At least the kids on TV had some amount of personal space.

[@aryanahampton]

As someone who had a mother that never posted me on social media, I was often jealous of girls who’s mothers took photos of them everywhere they went and posted them like they were models… I thought my mom thought we were ugly lol but she just didn’t use social media.. it’s interesting how it can effect people on both ends. I feel like there’s a happy medium. Posting your kids isn’t evil but telling the world all their personal info is.

[@notaperfectsoldier]

About the lady who made a contract for her child. Perhaps legally it’s not child labour, but how can a kid make full consent to be a participant in a work contract?

[@LA-wv7gf]

As a mom of young adults, I have seen this become out of control among the generation of women behind me (millenials). In the early days of social media, it used to be am occasional family portrait. Now, parents are sharing their kids mental breakdownd and behavior outbursts, embarrasing moments, video of them at the ER or injurwd or when they are sick on the couch with a stomach virus. It is disgusting. I feel for the young lady who says there is now so much out there about her due to her parent, that it has now given her problems

[@tacticoolnukes849]

Theres a ridiculous double standard going on here where parents will (rightly) tell their kids not to share their real name, address, school, weekend plans, etc on social media then turn around and offer all that exact same information in their own social media repetedly and often. Its privacy and security hell out there.

[@pinokosthewife]

The younger generations mostly abandoned internet safety rules...

[@iceman4660]

The Truman Show in action. This is distressing. These parents don't see their children as persons to love and care for. They see r=them as objects to make money.

[@maryanneevans8812]

This is so frightening. The choice of adding minimal soundtrack to the documentary is incredibly powerful. It echoes the seriousness of the topic at hand and lets the silence highlight the gravity of the damage. Thank you for that. The level of child abuse through online exposure is heartbreaking. Over the next few years more and more stories of the abused children will surface as they grow up and realise the harm that was done. I hope they are guided safely through their healing. We need more counseling, education, and mental health interventions for the parents who exploit their children in such a way, just as we *desperately* need a legislation to criminalise this type of abuse and make posting children online illegal.

[@pinokosthewife]

I remember reading the kid of a mommy blogger getting hoodiws for himself and his sister thry nearly always wear plastered with slogans like I DON'T CONSENT TO BEING FILMED and MY BODY, MY RULES and his mom was furious because it "ruined" her pictures and the latter line could be misunderstood...

[@Gggggg-ls9qd]

Even adults can't handle this kind of elaborate exposure online imagine what these children go thru horrific heartbreaking

[@pancakesyo]

If I am watching youtube shorts and any video with children come across, I hit do not recommend/report EVERY time. Exploiting your children for views is absolutely disgusting and needs to be stopped.

[@somaghosh2960]

This is the Best documentary by DW team. Appropriate and very correct thumbnail. When kids content on social media : then they have no private life, all are public domain. And DW rightly said, Easy Way to Earn MONEY. It is not Dengerous, very Dangerous. Thank you ,DW.

[@jibril2950]

I don't know of any DW documentary that I didn't like.i love DW

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and for your positive feedback!

[@billmartins5545]

No child should be frequently shared online, it's abuse.

[@startagain127]

couldn't imagine being married to someone that is caught up in this

[@poulhenne]

Just like a drug addict, except the drug is fame, and people happily supply it to them.

[@NeoRelic-o8p]

How is this not illegal. Child exploitation.

[@GiiDev]

😨The blonde French mom is scary

[@narutouzumaki6409]

'If theyre bothered by it they can change their names?' That influencer mom is a complete narcissist. Totally unconcerned with the kids beyond the profit and what they can do for her.

[@kristinnared]

We are living in a Black Mirror episode and it keeps getting worse. There should be a law against sharing kids online... I sadly know that that is not going to happen, but man, I am appalled by the narcissism of these sharents. It makes me sick thinking about all the ped0s and other predators online & what they are doing with millions of photos & videos of literal babies & kids. 😶😡 Not to mention the mental toll it is taking (or will take) on the kids & how will they cope with everything later in life. It is so dystopian and sad.

[@amagr1990]

I once read a post that said "would you take your children to play at a park filled with pedofilies?" If the answer to that question is no, then why do you keep exposing your children on a platform full of pedofiles...

[@domtekos7761]

Perfect analogy! Exactly this. To expand on it and be more correct it would be would you take your children to a park full of them and also allow them to know your children's names and personal info about them and their family, whilst also allowing them to take pictures and videos of your children for their own use later?

[@pinokosthewife]

​​@@domtekos7761horrifying analogy, so true, BUT YIKES.

[@elizabethgrant444]

Why would you think about getting out your phone to record your child in the hospital to show on the internet? ☹️

[@seadragonpirate8195]

Money. Her kids are walking money bags.

[@MommyMartin2021]

Got rid of social media in 2018ish. Never looked back. Couldn't imagine posting my children's lives online to please strangers. Very sad to me

[@marylander3798]

I think more parents are becoming aware that posting their kids on social media is wrong and unsafe. I dont post my child and it feels like I meet more and more parents that do not either.

[@LolaKlein]

True. I used to post occasional pictures of my daughter on my private Facebook account. I've recently deleted even those because I just don't want her to be exposed without her consent. It's not worth the risk. I'm the person who's supposed to protect her and I will make sure I do my best.

[@esonomangueestefania-oyana6538]

This is going to be the trauma of the future generation, being exposed to social media without their consent for money or clout, and as they get older they will resent their parents

[@dwaynejones1555]

Using a fake name will not stop anyone doing a free Google Image search, that may link to a friends social media. That thread finds everyone that you know & everyone they know. “Game over man, game over!”

[@amandaasimov]

I am the ONLY person in my friend group who refuses to post about my children. I want to share my children, sure. But they need a safe environment to grow. A child's needs should go before an adults wants. Period.

[@darlahays2471]

I have a almost 9 year old niece has never had a phone or tablet . She draws, and cooks with her Mom, is learning to ride horses and take care of the other animals. She is having the kind of childhood we had growing up. On the flip side my 1 year old great nephew has had his picture shown since birth, no lt videos or Tic Top. When he is with his Nana, the television is never turned on, she takes him outside to play. He eats healthy,, is learning to swim. We're trying to give him a normal childhood.

[@DeerzyDeer]

Noo! The young boy with the medical needs, I have a lot of medical needs and if my parents had put that all on social media I’d disown my own parents as an adult. Children’s lives aren’t for the monetization and attention of adults. Adults can’t say “I’m sorry disabled child but I NEEDED to post online about YOUR medical needs to cope.” Get some in real life friends, a therapist, a paper journal to process your feelings about having a child and/or disabled child. Not the entire world via social media.

[@depaki]

no cuz that mom thinks sharing her son's medical information and health issues is fine. when in fact your health information should ALWAYS be a private matter. she has no idea how important it is to have your health private.

[@koelkastridder3388]

It fills me with a rage I cannot eloquently put in words to see this. I hope these people will see the light one day but they likely won't. My heart hurts for these children. May they heal from this pain and have the peaceful and private life they should have always had

[@MarcellaMiddleton]

I started my son out online because I was online. One day, I started getting dms from friends and family showing me my son on several other pages and I noticed people had stole my son’s pictures and refused to take it down at my request. I felt so defeated and angry since then I don’t post my son. I want to share pictures like others sometimes but that was so scary and eye opening. I am supposed to protect him and that moment showed me the opposite.

[@Deea88]

It should be against the law to put your children on social media. They cannot consent.

[@cgpcgp3239]

How do you feel about the child star industry? We know from former child stars what happens to them? Should that be illegal? Those child can’t consent.

[@laisrodrigues8592]

We, as content consumers, need to hold our responsibility when it comes to the content we consume and spread online. We help this harmful and exploitative industry to grow, but we also can change our conscience (mine is changing) and stop that. I really feel for these kids and for Cam 💔 Thanks DW for this amazing work. This reality is scary.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts on the topic.

[@liviathepoisoner]

This is one of the situations which is terribly unethical but perfectly legal. 😞 I wonder why people like to see other people’s children online? What’s the use of that? What’s the meaning of that?

[@corinamihai3802]

They think they are doing something special, anyone could do the same, but some of us don’t want to traumatize our kids… for money… sad

[@TomNook.]

Data security and privacy 101. There's a whole industry out there using data willingly provided by the masses.

[@LinkLinkStudios]

Tom nook?

[@bl123-w8l]

If you're going to be a parent, delete all social media.

[@unicorn-glasses]

They don't have to delete social media altogether, they can post pictures of themselves, their spouse, their pets, stuff like that. Just leave the kids out of it. I have a couple of friends who do that, they'll post a picture of themselves and their husband/wife on vacation but never ever post anything about their kid. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.

[@bl123-w8l]

@@unicorn-glasses it's probably for the best. I wouldn't like knowing my parents lives were posted all over social media either. It's a toxic place that everyone should cut out imo. I'm glad to have grown up in the days of no internet.

[@miaomiaou_]

Personally I think it’s fine for parents to have social media but I think it’s super weird to make content all about your young children

[@michelerosequreshey8345]

Yeah. I have 3 boys. All grown now, and I posted one family photo on facebook 15 years ago, and never even used the Facebook after that.

[@freespiritable]

I have social media and not share one thing.

[@theblubus]

Thank you so much for creating this. This is precisely why my kids aren't featured in social media. I genuinely wish social media never existed. Sure there has been good from it but there are far too many negatives in all aspects of society and the world. 😢

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@MusicFan4567]

Sad that most social media platforms have made the society dumber and not smarter. Regulations hopefully happen sooner in most countries before it is too late!

[@christianmontague1237]

As that French lady says “I don’t see any danger in video our kids playing soccer”, she visits the same park they go to every week.

[@goodcommunitylife]

In France, there is a law that says that children have the right to their own privacy, especially online.

[@GLGmo]

obviously this law is not enforced...

[@Khichuri_n_gosht]

@@GLGmothe lady Jessica is living in Dubai….I think the law may be a reason why

[@NAQEEYE]

If you want to be a parent, never post on social media! never ever⚠️

[@MlindoMkhize]

I've always found it bizarre when parents use their children as content, and I find it even more bizarre that it's not considered as child endangerment. None of those children consent to it willingly, it's either they coerce them or they manipulate them with treats. We don't get to see what happens behind the scenes before the rehearsed "wholesome" videos are taken.

[@MsSimpleMovies]

Do you know how annoyed and judgey friends were when we refused to share our children's photos on FB 15 years ago?!? I would have them from the side or not facing the camera. You don't need more, and my kids have a right to privacy.

[@funraiser100]

What parents don't realize is when they share everything about their kids and family, their actually selling information to more than just companies; essentially everyone who watches: foreign / domestic governments, Pedos, Stalkers... - "The most valuable commodity is information." - Gordon Gekko

[@0ut1and3r]

You should not to do this until the child is old enough to understand and give consent

[@AD-jq7ow]

So basically don’t do it until they are 18

[@seadragonpirate8195]

If they wait that long, the content will be much less popular. People want to see the kids, why? I have no idea.

[@pencilswordfish]

​@@AD-jq7ow exactly. These kids even up to teens dont have fully developed frontal lobes. Even when they do 'consent' they barely understand what they are consenting to.

[@texyp.856]

Some people just don't give a f. I didn't like my aunt posting me when I was 11-12 yet she did it anyways

[@charlesopudo7192]

Children should always be protected from strangers.

[@Its.October.3rd]

I but a hard ban on anyone putting my kids online 14 years ago. Fell out with family over it and everything. They can put themselves online at 18 if they choose to. But while they’re my responsibility it’s a firm no

[@lilykim4515]

I could recall the movie ‘The Truman show’ in 1998. He was not living his own life with independence although he seemed to live a perfect life ostensibly. It’s so harsh for the filmed child in their whole life. Children’s Privacy will be more reinforced in no time.

[@thedutchmillgrainmill]

I don't understand why your child would film in a hospital anyway. And everything will tell what's wrong with him! to completely unknown people on a social media platform......

[@sshukla7975]

This is virtual pimping and virtual human trafficking...

[@infinitivez]

Do these parents not even consider the trauma they put these kids through, even without the added pressure of being recorded? Personally, I already question the morality of it all, as a child cannot give informed consent, when they themselves are just learning to rely on information itself. The guardrails aren't just missing, children and parents are flying blind.

[@jacintaogbonna9581]

I don't know why it's not called child labor.

[@ruthspanos2532]

Agreed! Lawmakers waste time on imaginary fears when they could write laws to protect children like the ones they have for children in films here in the United States.

[@wildgr33n]

im just watching but i hope you guys touched on disabled kids especially; autism mommys love filming kids meltdowns and its honestly the worst thing you can do in that situation; the asd community hates it. KIDS CANT CONSENT

[@TeraGreene1]

Big red flags as soon as I saw she was a “model” in Dubai. Most “models” in Dubai are used as toilets, degraded and don’t really do much modelling at all. I fear for her kids because she and her attention-seeking husband are creating a pipeline of abuse and trauma that the children have no idea they are in for. So sad. I get that she wants to provide, but exploitation of children is not the way to make an honest living. Sad for all these kiddos that were highlighted, and who 24/7 are put on display for entertainment and commodity. Being in the entertainment industry for over 2 decades, and being somewhat of a child star in my own right, with cameras in my face in the 90s, I make sure to be intentional about posting about my kiddo; and even then, it’s rare (or years behind his current age). Please do better people.

[@Kittykat5kits]

This is so sad. These moms are using their kids to get their dopamine fix.

[@IMLovelydove23]

Somethings in life should be kept private. 😢💔

[@aissers6840]

Not to mention those influencers all around the streets who took strangers/ordinary passersby videos and posts it without their consent..Not everyone wants attention and they violate peoples privacy. This generation is all for the gram. sad

[@billmartins5545]

19:30 That's emotional/psychological abuse. Parents have HUGE power over their kids when the kids are young, and kids trust their parents unless they're repeatedly shown they can't trust their parents. A small prank that's appropriate for the child's age and stage of development, in the privacy of your home without any filming, can be great fun. But what these parents are doing is not that, it's abuse.

[@FH-bx9wc]

So according to these parents they rather share their kids lives on social media and risk having healthy and good relationships with them in the future, this is absurd!

[@tomasfochnalle8748]

I am sorry for these children and even more sorry for the social media users in general. Get a life!

[@deztheray8935]

Thank you for talking about this. I hate it when I see people on social media posting reels of theirs kids and using them for content, we can help by not watching/engaging with those types of videos. These terrible parents wouldn’t do this if they didn’t have an audience

[@claudeyaz]

Ryan stuff was way less creepy, he only films like organized segments, they didn't talk about all this personal stuff,.. the amount of money he made, is likely what inspired d a lot of these creepy parents who overshare

[@yoonshub]

My parents never posted any pictures of me or my brother online. Nothing. And they always printed the pictures out and safely kept in a album. So glad they never did, my mom was always against sharing unwanted stuff online.

[@AD-jq7ow]

In the 90’s when i was a child we learned about children rights.. What do children learn today ??

[@seadragonpirate8195]

Wave to the camera

[@MsZoe85]

I haven’t posted a single photo of my daughters on SM. It’s just out of protectiveness (I wasn’t even sure from what). We do take loads of photos & videos but they’re only shared w/ family & close friends. I didn’t have any strong feeling re sharenting, but seeing this video I’m wondering if this should be made illegal. After all kids cannot really give their consent to this exposure.

[@rebeccao8895]

My sister-in-law got angry with me when I said something about posting children on social media. So now my brother doesn’t talk to me anymore.

[@domtekos7761]

Well done for caring about the children's rights to privacy and safety more than the parents.

[@josebabasarrate6057]

Jessica's "parenting" couldn't disgust me more.. Jesus Christ, she even said that she wouldn't mind if her kids changed their surnames. What kind of parent says that??. One who doesn't give a f..k. as long as her business carries on. Or she can't stop filming her sick son because people have the right to know what is going on with him. And still she believes she hasn't crossed any line. It seems by law she hasn't. And that's the scariest thing.

[@billmartins5545]

It's probably less harmful to children to have parents who are famous on OnlyFans than having parents who film every private family life moment to share with the world.

[@alittlebreak6370]

16:49 Great justification! Nothing is because of her doing! It almost sounds like "Son, it is because of you that I had to do this to cope with your illness". I wonder how he would feel after hearing this.

[@KristopherNoronha]

@19:39 that was distressing. But if it wasn't online they might have not been caught.

[@subashparajuli2135]

Those who do this don't want to know that it is damaging, sadly.