No photos posted of anyone these days – we are all anonymous. No-one wants to get scammed or have our children stalked because of an innocent photo.

Group chat photos to family and friends is the way to go. Social media just freaks me out. Friends ask why I don’t post a lot about my kids. My reply is I’d rather have me friend see my kids in person. Too many creeps in this world.

I prefer to send photos directly to my family and friends and not through any social media accounts.

I make sure I blur out the school logos when posting. I have definitely stopped sharing as many photos of the kids over the last few years

We think it’s safer just not to post photos of our kids. Ever.

This warning goes round every year! What is wrong with parents these days that they don’t listen

I never put photos of my kids on social. Can’t trust anyone.

Nothing short of Sick .You can’t trust anybody Priests Policeman Politicians that’s just start of the Sickos . Thank god for the jails and the way they are dealt with when they arrive

Good advice from the police.

Our local police echoed this same message at a school talk for parents /care givers recently, as well as some other internet and online safety advice. Horrible to think of the predators out there looking for this sort of information, but forewarned is forearmed, as they say.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 26 Jan 2024 , 8:31 am

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  Great that the police visit schools to share this advice !

Nothing is safe in this online world. It’s very sad.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 25 Jan 2024 , 8:46 am

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  Yes it’s sad we have to be so careful

What a horrible crime that we have to protect our kids from.

I’m a grandmother and I used to love posting photos of my grandchildren but have stopped using social media altogether. I find it really sad that it’s come to this. We never had these problems when my children were little. But now it’s rife with sicko’s getting the photos and doing goodness knows what with them. So now you just have to be so careful with what you post or not post at all. Sad, very sad situation. ????

Very important info! The last thing you want to do is make your child’s location known. As the list includes, the worst are pictures taken in full uniform out front of the house. Too many details!

We just choose not to post photos of our kids at all.

Some great tips here, I’m not a big poster on social media, especially of my kids.

This has always been a big concern to me. I have all my social media accounts locked and never show anything like school logo’s etc if I do post anything. I work for a company that is huge on cyber security so i am lucky to be well across all of this.