Is it safe to post pics of your kids online?


Once a picture is posted online, you lose control over it. — YASMIN AHMAD KAMIL/The Star

SHARING pictures of our kids with friends and family is one of the most popular uses of social media and has become an everyday way to stay in touch. But it’s worth knowing the facts before posting pictures or letting other people post pictures of your kids.

First, posting photos of your kids creates a digital footprint – a kind of electronic paper trail – that forms their identities in a world they haven’t chosen to enter. Someday your preschoolers will grow up, and they might not want documentation of their diaper days hanging out online for their friends to find!

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