Mother shares her social media warning for other parents
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- You’ve heard the warning before: be careful what you post on social media. A mother shares her experience that changed what she shares about her children online.
Rapists of children should NEVER be released. That should be right up there with murder one. No parole. Ever.
EXACTLY!!!!!!! 🙌🏽💯🙌🏽
Yup!! It should be life sentence or death penalty.
YEP 100
People have to insist on new laws and get them passed.
I agree.
Our courts gave 18 year olds 5-10 year prison sentences for selling weed but a man who rapes a 3 year old is released back into society to find his next victim. We live in such a twisted world.
@Rocket Momma Using cannabis during pregnancy is not deemed safe! It even says it when you look up the articles about using cannabis for the extreme nausea with HG but at what cost?! Why would someone want to use substances that could harm their baby?? It’s said you “can” drink a glass of alcohol now and again but why?
@Ashley Volkoun even during breastfeeding there are wayyy higher amounts of thc in the milk than with alcohol within a few hours of consumption of either so its not even safe after some people just don't know I guess
@@rocketmomma4426 How about you just woman up and deal with pregnancy like women did for thousands of years?
@Rocket Momma If anyone is “silly” it’s you.. No one “has to smoke weed due to HG” during pregnancy. You are obviously very confused or have been drinking too much of the “cannabis kool-aid.” It’s still a drug whether it’s legal or “natural” or whatever else you want to argue.
@Rocket Momma I did, where do you think I got this info from? A cereal box? No. Do YOUR research
When my grandson was born 7 years ago, their parents asked that no one post any pictures of their son on social media. Everyone is on board with this decision.
Such a respectful family, I’m jealous. Mine called me crazy and did it anyway.
My sister in law never told me not to post her daufgter but for me its common sense ive taken picture with her but never posted them only printed out for a album.
The only one who posts about the little one is the grabdmother but she covers the face
Smart mom. Too bad this mother is so obsessed w/ FB she still has one. You would think after something like this she would have deleted her entire account. Scary she's still posting anything at this point! Just bc you're not posting your children doesn't mean they don't know where you live or that you have children 🤦🏽♀️
my mother in law was pisssssssed at me for doing this and I'd call her out and make her delete the posts
Here’s a concept, don’t EVER let sex offenders out or let them online. These kinds of predators can’t be reformed & safely put back into society - they will always have a proclivity to repeat their terrible crimes. The soft approach to crime makes poor families like this scared to exist normally, but good safety tips nonetheless.
Exactly. I don't understand why they're allowed back out.
r*pe of a 3 year old should mean mandatory life sentence with no possibility of parole. being soft on crime does nothing but make people like him more bold and brazen because they know they can get away with it and still live in society.
@@skrittle555 Exactly. How they are allowed to be out among society again baffles me.
@@ChaiTea7 and did you catch that- in a halfway house. this man received free government housing! how backwards our society is.
Sex crimes against children should be punishable by death.
I’ve been yelled at by family members for not sharing my daughter more. If keeping her off the web keeps her safe, then so be it.
Yeah my mom got mad at her sister in law for not posting pictures of her baby and I told her you have no right I’m glad I was born in the early 2000s
None of my family has social media - we’ve found group texts to be a reasonable and easy way to share photos. :) It’s not the end of the world if you don’t post photos of your daughter! I’m sure you would text pictures to anyone who text you personally and asked for them.
YES!! We never share and ask family members/friends not to share either. You never know who is searching and looking online.
Email them pics privately.
Facebook is safe of you have everything set to private and only add people you talk to everyweek
This is what the ones of us who refuse to use social media have been telling you about.
She's stupid.
UA-cam is only social media I use. And I haven't posted videos in years.
Absolutely, so sorry this is happening to her or anyone else but I have never posted pictures of my child or myself and I ask my close family and friends to please not upload pictures of me or my family. It is SOO dangerous.
@@neverendingmods same with me. I never post pics of my kids or myself online
Common sense isn't so common...
Posting your life on the internet is a key to your home, job, house, and family!
That's so true you give them a key to everything.
Don’t let anyone follow you who you don’t know personally and keep it as a private account That helps
3 years old. Just stop for a minute, and think about that. 3 years old. 3. That is horrific and utterly disgusting. That poor, poor child. I can’t/don’t want to imagine. I hope he’s doing ok now. Being so young, perhaps the child won’t remember. I’m not sure if such a trauma can be forgotten, even at 3. Breaks my heart.
I was molested at 3. I remember it clearly. It all depends on the individual and how their brain is constructed, though trauma often is remembered quite vividly, if not in the conscious mind then in the subconscious and the rest of the body.
It says a lot about this country to not automatically give life in prison for sodomizing a 3 year old. That poor baby, I pray that the father completely heals him/her.
@@haileyt857 I'm sorry this happened to you😢
At what point does someone who assaulted and sodomized a three year old become safe to go into a halfway house or back into the public? I want to know if the people handing down these sentences have kids. Please lock these people up for life. Their victims have to deal with the trauma all their lives, and usually there were more victims who never told anyone. Why is the burden on the public to check sex offender registries?
💯💯💯💯 .... what it reallly is, is that these judges handing down these asinine sentences and releases aren't worried that it'll ever be THEIR kids being violated by these predators. They're good enough to keep in OUR streets NOT theirs.
Idk but here in CA anyone can do anything they want. Get drunk and high in public, punch someone, etc etc etc and we won’t get caught it’s pathetic 😂
👍👍
Some of these judges are pervs too & don’t care
It's so nice to hear everyday news in the US, how criminals and repeat offenders' human rights are so respected and victims are just another nameless statistic. Fight back and victims get charged and jailed. Meanwhile murderers and criminals let out on bail or "good behavior". (Recent news one after another April 2023.)
First World superpower which affects/rules the entire world. You would be surprised just how many millions of children in other countries are sodomized for these evil. Yet they have the technology and the power to stop it and many crimes. Wonder why?
Absolutely no reason to be an open book with strangers. Even worse to showcase your kids.
Exactly. It's insane how much parents share. The photos of their kids in their school uniform holding an award they got at school shocks me. They're literally telling predators this is where my child goes to school. But anything for the likes.
Too much narcissism in society. The parents are addicted to the attention.
Yass! I have no sympathy
@@christinepiearson6407 I remember Folk Paw from way back... Taught me don't share things online with strangers don't share where u go to go or ur address of ur home... We need internet safety course for parents with young kids & older...
Exactly
How can any parent be so naive?
As a retired nurse, teacher, and parent educator - to quote Eddie Murphy - "I have seen shit that would turn you white!"
I told and continue to tell every parent I encounter, "Posting your child's picture online is an open invitation to every real-life monster out there to make the most important & most vulnerability people in your life their prey, and their next intended victims."
As a parent, I have read countless articles and seen innumerable news stories like this - many that end in tragedy; I cannot fathom how anyone could be so unaware of the realities of the dangers of (what one convicted offender referred to as) "advertising your children on line."
"I didn’t think it could happen to me," is no defense and holds little comfort when your child's life is shattered (or taken) as a result of intention naivete.
Thank you Truly
Exactly! With all the technology these days, you would be surprised at what can be done to get your information. I'm sure things you've never even thought of. It's so easy these days.
Thank you for this! Seriously watching this woman tear up I just rolling my eyes.
@@IMHip2right?? How could someone be so naive? 🙄
This is why I’ve never understood parents posting so many details about their children online 💔
I don't think anyone should put their children's photos on the internet! It's way too easy to discover their identities, address etc. 😮
I totally agree. I don’t understand why more people aren’t concerned about their children’s safety
Yes, you have to tell friends and family too, otherwise they’ll post pictures. They don’t even ask, is it ok to post, it has become a norm to just do it.
@Chris I don't think we spread enough awareness about it. We used to have PSA's & after school specials that helped get the word out. We should probably bring that back.
It's best to stay off social media period unless you're promoting a business or you have a talent and you're trying to get discovered. Family photos are meant for your home not the world.
We do it through a private family only photo album. No way am I having randoms fishing through my pictures.
Why anyone feels the need to share their whole personal life on social media for all the world to see is beyond me.
I believe they are not happy. They want to make ppl believe they are
I pretty much use social media to share my nature photography
@@launacasey6513 cool!
STOP VICTIMIZING THE VICTIMS. Criminals will find all types of ways to exploit social media. I had someone come and look for me twice at FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS. Simply because back in 2001 on AOL he was mad at me for my son for being Black and Mexican and I was still in the Army. This guy came looking for me on a US Army installation in 2001 TWICE because he was mad at Black Women dating White men and Hispanic men in San Antonio and also because my son was Black and Mexican. What about the man who just killed his ex-girlfriend because she had a successful fabric and sewing channel on social media. He killed her at her own place while she was sleeping. Just admit that you are scared and that you don't have all the answers.
Obviously for money and validation. They’ve got guts, I’ll give them that.
I got rid of all social media accounts and signed a form at my child’s school stating that his image is not to be posted on their website, social media accounts or anywhere viewable to the public. They’ve pushed back many times asking if I’m sure or “is it okay if we post this picture just this once?” No means no, don’t let anyone pressure sharing your kids. And for that matter, tell friends and family not to post their pictures either.
This is why after son was born I set my Facebook and Instagram to private, and albums of my kids and family are set to private for either only me, or friends. And my friends are only people I trust. And even now I post less and less. I've now started printing pictures and just making old fashioned family albums.
Seriously….how can parents NOT know the dangers of social media???!
A lot of Americans are immature.
All just for "likes"
and "followers" ... 🙄
Pathetic.A.F.!!!!!!!
Because its glorified. You see trading gurus, gamers, influencers all post their glamorous lives. What people dont see is all the losers who couldn't reach the top of the ''search algorithms.'' Females start their channel begging for likes and subs. When that doesnt work they wear skimpy outfits. Finally they resort to only fans selling their used panties over the internet.
Sadly if parent don't exercise caution, there's no wonder kids aren't exercising caution either.
Most people set their social media to private and only have family and friends that they trust. Other people are not aware because they would never think to do something like that. Stop shaming the purely innocent people.
Y'all parents gotta start protecting your children privacy. Smfh
Exactly and using common sense
Naw they won't. They need those likes in hopes to become the next Mr. beast
@Mr. Erik Chun Uncontrollable truth, my brother.
@Blacque Diamond tea Common sense is a flower thar doesn't grow in everyone's garden.
Some of the earlier children of social media are growing up and suing the 💩out of their narcissistic POS parents. Karma comes around eventually
This is why I have never posted pictures of my baby publicly on social media or my location for that matter. There are way too many creepers out there running around. My baby’s life is precious and worth being protected.
every photo of my child is set to view by close friends and family only, i have done it since he was born. and even for them, never any photos without clothes or in a diaper, no bath photos.
it shocks me what people post. i’ve seen people with millions of followers post their child shirtless or in the bath with everything visible.
no locations online. i don’t post where we are in the moment, i always delay it. i’m not concerned but that’s just how my mother taught me. never let people know you’re on vacation kinda deal. so you’re not a target.
no public photos, and photos that are shared have to be appropriate.
i understand people want to share how cute their child is. but they don’t understand some moments are private. most should be. but we live in such an attention deprived society.
I'm 22 yrs old and I'm not on social media from the time it started spreading from the early 2010s. Honestly, my life is just peaceful without it.
(Edit) I noticed some of the people saying that UA-cam is a social media, which is partially true. But the thing is that, UA-cam is the only 'safe' platform for me, where there is not much toxicity, narcissism, policing people's opinions, and public exposure, associated mostly on the other platforms (like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, etc.) As I mentioned in one of the comments, interacting with people in the comments is safe and anonymous for me. Overall, I appreciate so much for your support, including your likes and replies.
Haha! Myspace came out in 2003. Facebook 2004! 😅
Me too! I don't see the hype of sharing photos and private information for the whole world to see.
You are smart!
Yet your on here commenting🤔
Doesn’t really count you can make a fake email and not even post a profile pic dimwit
I’ve never understood why people feel the need to share their lives on social media, especially pictures of their kids
I've never understood why child molesters get such lenient sentences.
because these days, if you cant put it on social media, its not worth doing,.
Ppl who do that are.🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
We need to turn this to the people. Get ballot initiatives where the people vote on the sentences etc for these scumbag crimes.
i do understand wanting to share special moments with the ppl you love. i think if you have a private instagram account where only your friends and family follow you this shouldn't be a problem. i don't understand posting your kid for anyone in the world to see though
I stopped using social media when we had our son. I would not allow anyone to post pics of him on their social media accounts either. People thought I was being over the top.
Journalists: This is a lesson for you. This news clip *frequently repeats mamas last name.* It *details their small town location,* too. At what point was this level of detail needed for this reporting? You must also play your part in protecting your sources.
Referring to her by first name or 'mother' and simply naming the state of Kentucky, rather than small town names, would have had equal news value. This is not a treasure hunt to find this woman.
I was thinking the same thing. She asked for privacy but her last name, former town and state were shared with multiple photos. That’s hardly an effort to protect her identity.
exactly my thoughts, ugh
thinking the same. common sense aint so common
My thoughts EXACTLY!!! Such stupidity and carelessness. It’s like the news reporting on homemade bombs; then listing all the supplies needed in order to make one🤦♀️🤷♀️🙄
She doesn't want to share his name or photo for her family safety if he were to be released, but they said she moved back to her childhood town. The guy was a neighbor when she was 8, therefore, he already knows where she is...
I know! Why in the world would the news tell everyone where she moved to!!???? Just because she doesn’t put her kids online doesn’t mean people can’t figure stuff out! She should vanish off social media permanently for her safety and her family’s!!!
Post images of your children online.
Protect identity of a recidivist predator.
Her husband is a stupid pu$$y.
It ain’t over until the abuser is dead. I’m not normally for getting a gun, but this woman should absolutely get one and get the training to use it when the perv shows up. Because he will.
That upset me , I feel like the news is doing my way more to publicize her and her family than anything she would’ve ever posted on social media
@@baby.nay. she volunteered a ton of info to be put on the news. She hadn’t learned her own lesson. 🤦🏼♀️
I left social media in 2013…one of the best decisions I’ve made
This is exactly why I keep my child off social media. It's really isn't fair if you think about it. It should be the their choice to have a clear digital footprint when they turn of age. I would be creeped out if someone I didn't really know has seen all my childhood photos and knew a lot about me. The whole thing is strange in my opinion.
That's the smartest thing anyone has ever posted in a UA-cam comment section!!!
What a scary story. Why did you just tell everyone where she lives now. You just put them in danger
I caught that reporters mistake too saying they moved back to her hometown of Kentucky. Really? SMH
@@ShugerPlum0263 have you noticed these reporters have been doing that lately...totally insensitive
SERIOUSLY, WTAF?!?!? 😮
@@ShaqleeToine10.02 You are so right.
🇺🇸stupidity 😫
She looks like she was old enough to have been around and remember what life before social media looked like. Stranger danger. My mom always taught me never to reveal personal info in public, never share info online. And on TV, I learned never to have personal info on my person (like all those personalized clothes people wear).
S L -
Your mother taught you well!
After School Specials
She looks in her 20s... maybe 30... she wouldnt remember that. It was 80s early 90s when they had stranger danger.
You're right. "She looks like she was old enough to have been around and remember what life before social media looked like." but just like these busted old women who see younger generation being portrayed as "influencers" this old hag couldn't resist the money and fame. Now her biggest fan is a child molester. Congratulations!
@@AliciaGuitar Yeah, even then, things have changed a lot then, the culture has shifted, which allows for evil to come into play more in different areas.
People will never ever learn. They’ve been told about this forever, but continue to post their kids. Glad this woman is doing differently now, but it shouldn’t take something bad happening for this to change.
And she clearly didn’t learn. She just broadcast her new location on international news (anyone can see UA-cam.🤦🏼♀️🙄)
We are in 2023. We have long since known the dangers of posting anything online much less pictures of your kids. No one here should be surprised. There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t here about a missing person, abduction, trafficking, brutal assaults, etc. Let’s not give these criminals a road map too. No one should be putting children on these social platforms nor should children be on these platforms without a parent/guardian. Thank goodness he is in jail and I pray he stays there.
I never understood why people post all that online ..
Cause they need attention
Attention smh. There’s literally no reason to do that 🤦🏽♀️
For other family member from other states to see that's why
Use family members out of states emails, facetime, text them or just send through the mail.
Specially, because most people can’t care less about your children’s milestones or birthdays. Most people care about their OWN kids achievements, not others.
moral of the story: stay classic
- diary should be kept in secret
- family album open for relative
good pro tips
Even if they don’t physically kill these innocent kids, they DEFINITELY kill their childhood, not to mention the rest of their lives trying to deal with such an atrocity. The government needs to come down hard on this, set a legal precedent and make each an example for the next potential predator. SICK
I got a lot of flack from family for refusing to have our lives all over Facebook et al.. when my kids were little. I have no regrets.
My husband and I stopped sharing any information about our kids, or photos 11- 12 years ago. We watched a video that showed how social media was basically a way of advertising your child to sex offenders. That was enough for us. Don’t get me wrong, I have missed sharing the milestones and my parents were upset at being asked to no longer share photos of their grandchildren. But my kids at 15 and 13 now and both say they are so relieved we stopped sharing photos when they were little. There are no embarrassing photos of them on social media - both have chosen not to have social media accounts because they like not having an online presence. So bullies can’t get to them when they are home and there are no photos bullies can use against them. What photos we do have from 11 years ago are only visible by family and close friends we choose to share with.
This news story made me feel physically sick, that monster should be locked up and never allowed out again. He should be denied access to the internet and zero access to social media.
You can share photos without using social media... It's like people forgot that was a thing 🙄
On Facebook, you can block people from your friends list from seeing certain photos. I used this feature to prevent coworkers from seeing pix they don't need to see
@@AmandaLovesOldFords yes- I guess it’s distant family who miss out. But I would instead send the photos via messenger or email. And if I didn’t want to send photos to someone privately, why would I want them to see my children on Facebook anyway!
@@heyyall5651 I get this, but we took the attitude that our children needed to consent to what we shared. They were too little to consent to their images being shared on facebook/ Instagram .
@@AmandaLovesOldFords I remember when I was in grade school in the 2000”s people had pictures in photo albums .. sometimes I miss pics from digital cameras 🎥… nope 👎 I keep my accounts private. I don't let random people on my accounts.
worst thing is about this that this man is walking free on the streets even he have abused little child in the past,no one like that should get out of prison ,EVER again. these people do not change in prison so why they are let out back in the sociaty?
I never understood how that isn't common sense to parents. One thing that drives me crazy is seeing parents post pictures of their children half naked. They'll be in their underwear or in the bathtub. Why?! There are creeps out there! If I had children, I wouldn't even share images like that with family. No way. You can't trust anyone. Just keep your kids (I would even suggest yourself) offline. With all the deep fakes and stuff. Nope. Don't do it.
People post pictures/video of their kids _naked, on the toilet_ during potty training and think that's so cute. 🤬 To me, that's child abuse.
Not on social media and I love that if someone wants to see how old my kids are and what they look like they have to ask. Thrills me to bits every time. The privacy is worth it 🎉
I worked in a mental health facility and can honestly tell everyone that anything you post with photos of your children will a million percent be used for child kink monsters to get off on.
Same about conventions where everyone’s letting everyone pop a pic of your outfit costume merchandise whatever on their own phones….
I have zero social media outside of commenting in UA-cam videos.
You can still have weirdos following you even when you don't show your face.
Are you seriously ready to erase you online existence just out of paranoia that a handful of stalkers and pervs inflict on the rest of society?
@Natalie喝茶 Yes she is. How dumb are you?
@Natalie喝茶 You don't have to work in a facility to know that predators are depraved and we should be mindful of our children's safety.
People are just flat out stupid. There is way too much personal, private info being shared on social media. All of this “look at me. Look at my house, my car, my kids, my grocery haul.” WHY? Why on earth do people feel the need to “share” so much?
Exactly! They thrive on the likes and attention.
Also people be flashing money that's how they be getting robbed.
Yes, very needy.
@@sarahsimpkins1311 yup that's how pop smoke died.
It's the money, validation, likes, and followers that they crave.
I went from posting alot on SM seeing it as sharing my families memories made together to hardly posting at all..and was actually feeling guilty but after this it makes me "Thank God". Gotta be more aware bc this world is getting worse by the day
Me and my husband got rid of all social media. It was the best choice we ever made!! Not even my kids are allowed to have it. We have been perfectly fine since! ❤️
To be honest thats a really smart move. I have been thinking of doing the same.
But
So youtube is the only thing you have social media?
@@ilovemintt yes. But I don’t post any videos, I comment here and there but none of my business is out there for the world to snoop thru and judge. And when I tell you the amount of peace it brings, u won’t ever regret it! Me and my husband have been together for going on 10 years. We have sat back and watched marriages and friendships fall apart cuz of it. It does nothing good for the soul! It’s a beautiful thing when it’s just you and your spouse that are in the marriage that you both created together ❤️
@@Chrissie780 that is so amazing 🥰🥰🥰
@@ilovemintt do it! You won’t regret it, From my heart, i can promise you that! ❤️
@krissy8281 I have been thinking of it. 😊
Sometimes I'll log in to my socials ses what my friends up to and log out lol. Sometimes I'll post but not much
People can be so ignorant. Stop posting your whole life online, y’all. ESPECIALLY your children!
I’m very thankful I made the decision to stay off of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Snapchat since I got married and started a family. I haven’t had Facebook for almost five years, Instagram for seven years, twitter since high school, and I’ve never had Snapchat or TikTok. No thank you. Too much drama and horror stories like these. Plus my mental health has improved. It’s great for me.
🎉wise move
How did you get yourself to stay off of them? I find myself taking a break for a month and jumping back on. What’s your secret?
Also I don’t have kids but if I do I will never be sharing their photos online.
I’m not on either of those platforms either. I also don’t post UA-cam videos or content. It’s been about 10 years for me. Last time I was on social media I was 22 and pregnant. I got a few creepy DMs and that’s when it all ended for me.
@@lorieorie11 haven’t been on for nearly a decade as well. Delete apps and just use UA-cam. That’s addictive enuf!🤣 oh and sleep without your phone in your room. Bad habit browsing… get yourself an alarm Clock. God bless you and with the authority I have in Christ, break the addictive spirit of social media in Lori and set her free! Help Lori use her time better with people and for herself! Make a bucket list about living instead of watching living. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@lorieorie11 hello! Thank you for the comment and that’s a great question. I struggled with getting on and off and on and off for a while too. A lot of it was I missed people that were so kind to me and I wanted to see how they were doing. However, when I would get back on there, I realized I was spending more time refreshing the page to see if I had any comments on my status or my pictures. It was getting to a point I was obsessing over it and starting to have low self esteem. I started to compare myself. I got married in 2018 and I told myself that I wanted a fresh start. Not only a new chapter in my life but I wanted to work on myself. I started focusing on other hobbies and I didn’t feel the need to be on it anymore. Yes, sometimes I miss the friends but I’m very introverted anyway that I’m comfortable with not talking to a lot of people. I just remind myself to keep focused on my mental health because I know it will affect my husband and my son if I let it get to me. I hope this helps in someway and this is my journey!
Bless her sheltered soul.
Now that’s why I tell my siblings to not post private stuff about their kids because of stuff like this. I am not a mom yet, but glad she is sharing this information.
I’ve been trying to tell my parents this for years, I’m Gen Z so I grew up with technology like social media, so I get it, but they don’t. And I understand they’re so proud of our family, but they don’t understand the dangers that are out there, and how people could even make a deepfake of your child. You shouldn’t share so much with everybody.
I find it ironic that Gen X uses social media so much, and they use it to tell the younger generation how "hard" it was without technology. But I see multiple posts from them. I'm a millenial, and I used social media for a while, when it was still new. I gave it up for good. There's still hope for us younger people.
@@KVW110 I’m gen x and I hate social media. The only one I ever use is UA-cam.
I don't think parents should post their kids . And I don't think platforms like utube should allow parents that use their kids to make money either. It's just wrong. Kids should be off limits on social media. There are too many creeps out there
Let's not forget television and movies. All public forms of entertainment
What about the parents that let their kids have a cellphone and a social media account. I know lots of parents from around where I live that do that. I don't let my kids do that. I don't understand why they would need a phone at ten years old and a fb but some of them allow it. I think my kids are way too young for that. So that why I don't do it. Plus I know where they are at all times. I do let my kids have a kid Google account that's monitored by me. Everything else no. Some of my old friends I stopped being friends with because of this. They give their kids expensive phones and allow them to have social media. I'm like well my kids are not. They always say why not, it's not like how it used to be when we were kids and look at me all weird and disgusted. Then I'm left feeling like I'm the weird one.
But really I'm thinking what tf is up with these parents. They use another excuse saying that they let their kids have it bc they want to be in contact with them when their at the other parents house. I'm like so you don't trust the other parent. Why did you have kids with them then?
It’s not only a bad idea to post one’s kids online because of predators, but the poor child doesn’t have a say over what is leaked out all over the internet about them! Can you imagine your own parent thinking a certain embarrassing situation for you was cute to them and then putting it online? A child should have a say, but then they are even too young to know to agree. So the moral is: don’t post about your kids… at the very least!
She may as well be whistling in the wind. NONE of the narcissists that post their every step and that of their children will be able to break their social media addiction. Even if it means the lives of their kids.
Weirdos and pervs will still exist and find victims like they always did. Whether you post online or not.
We asked that our kids photos not be online. We dont have social media but I found out my snl had posted a picture anyway when a family member told me. Her response was she didnt think we'd see it and it was a moment she was really proud of and wanted other people to experience that happy moment!
This is why it should be illegal to have anyone under 18 on social media
I agree
Yet adults post videos of their children doing things that should be kept private without their permission
I have never and will never ever post my children on social media. I just don't undestand why people do this. Private life is the best life ever. You don't have to prove anything to anyone with posting your kids etc.
100%
This is why I have always rarely posted pictures of my daughter on Facebook, the rare times I actually am on there. My sister will post pictures of my daughter whenever they do things together but she doesn't live with my sister and we live far enough away from each other. I have also shared my feelings with her over showing the photos on her Accounts but she says she doesn't share the locations and it's only available to her friends. I still worry but I am a mother.
Thank you Lindsay for being brave enough to share your story in hopes of preventing this nightmare from happening to another family. I think that's such an amazing way to take a terrible event like this & turn it into a cautionary tale to educate others about how to be better protected online. Sending Prayers to you & your family 🙏🙏🙏
Off of Facebook for 10 years now best decision I’ve ever made!!! This is horrifying and can happen to anyone.
Me too haven’t missed being off it for one minute best decision I made 8 years!
Crazy that parents don't realize this yet!
And they probably never will.
I am glad that you learned before something bad happened to your kids.
This is why I don’t have ANY social media apps where I share anything about my life anymore. People are sick and they ruin it in different ways over and over.
Are people really unaware that you if you post ALL of personal information and images on public form that complete strangers on the internet can see your information? Let me help you. a family member you dont really talk to, a neighbor, a coworker or some crazy in China is looking at your publicly posted information and now Gary from other side of town knows when you went on vacation and when you will get back.
Exactly! When I was on Yahoo Chat boards and in AOL chat rooms 20 plus years ago you knew not to do this.
Alright Kenneth green lol practice what you preach
I've never met a Chinese Gary before
Well look at her. She’s a blond, so a little slow on catching on to things.
She knew the guy from childhood though. How many of us don't have public profiles but have friends or followers from childhood that we've fallen out of touch with.
Those signs that say " preschool graduate " lives here are awful too. They literally map out victims for predators.
My husband and I got rid of our social media accounts a couple years ago, and we’ll never allow it in our home again.
Why on earth would a person that raped a 3 yr old EVER be released from prison 🤬 this is as bad if not worse than murder
This is Confirmation. I was worried about my sister posting public pics of my beautiful nieces on social media and Fb…… the pics seems Innocent. But, you don’t know what Kind of people are out there that have Demons.
Def got to Pray about This and I Plead the Blood of Jesus over my Baby Nephews and Nieces and Over All Children for their Safety and Protection in the Mighty Name of Jesus Amen🌟
This lesson is for her! When you decide to post all your business online, you invite the public into your home. Common sense
One of my friends shares everything on Facebook. Multiple pictures of her life and her 3 kids DAILY. Its absolutely absurd. Just like a addict needing a 3x/day hit of dopamine.
This is exactly why I will not ever post a picture of my child on my social media account. Anyone that’s a child molester/rapist should NEVER be released out of jail/prison.
Thank God they are ok. I made the personal decision to keep my kids’ pictures offline. There are some horrible people out there. We as parents are the defense for our children. Keep safe.
I’m a sex worker and I used to warn parents but they don’t care they continue to post their kids. The amount of clients I’ve had to decline because they turn up with pictures of kids from social media is crazy. One guy literally sent me a link of a famous social media child playing in a pool with her swimsuit and asked if we could do a murder role play 😭🤮 I hung up and called the cops and they said they couldn’t arrest him because the photos didn’t break any law and the parents posted the child on TikTok. It’s SCARY DO NOT POST YOUR CHILDREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA!!!! For the parents that do they already know they are pimping their child because pedophiles give them the highest donations for custom TikTok videos etc. the things you will hear as a sex worker will make you hate men and some women for life 😢
"hate men and SOME women." Your bias is showing 🙄.
My mother in law has always been mad at me for not letting her share any pictures of my boys online. I don't have any social media and neither do they. I don't even let my son's soccer team take photos of him.
I don’t use social media at all. One can take all the necessary precautions but sometimes things happen. When I was 18, I began to get text messages from a phone number I didn’t know, and I began to freak out because this man knew where I worked, where I live and who I lived with. Since I had just move to the US, I only 5 people had my phone number. One of the people was a woman from the church where I was volunteering, her husband stole my phone number from her cell phone and he was the one telling me all sort of disgusting things.
I stopped talking to them and going to the church. But honestly you never know what people who even look like good people will do.
You should have pressed charges on him.
That is sick and disgusting! I hope you are safe now and away from those people!
While lots of churches, temples and other places of worship are safe, LOTS of these places harbor criminals who are "trying to make it" back into society that would reject them if they knew what you know. Random "church" folks are not to be trusted any more than any other random person. Been there, experienced that. Thank you.
And yet your on You Tube, under your real name, with a picture of yourself .
The news warned people about this year's ago.
i remember life when i was 3 years old very clearly. children dont forget.
How ridiculous and utterly infuriating that this person should be released from prison after such an unforgivable act.
This is what you get when you post on social media ! Like George Carlin said " No one cares about your kids" a funny true skit he did. This is why I am not on any social media. It's too bad, I feel for her and pray her kids do not get bothered by this man. Bless them .
Thank you for quoting GC...
You're not on social media, yet here you are commenting on social media.
Kids can’t go to the park can’t eat safely at restaurants can’t sleep and beds all these places kids has been SA at. Nowadays kids can’t even be kids. It’s sad and we wonder why they are growing up so fast.
@@olympic-gradelurker
IKR?!? 😂🙄😂
@@olympic-gradelurker UA-cam is different than those other things 😂😂
Yeah…. If I’m going to use social media it’ll be private. I sincerely don’t understand why random people need to know about my life or my families. Kind of creepy 😅
Seriously. People shouldn't be posting their children online at all
If you don’t want any social media or anything that’s fine. You can always print out a photo album and give it to relatives.
Thank you, for sharing and caring.
I thought that was widely known - Keep your children off social media
I don't understand why anyone would feel comfortable posting any of the things she mentions, but it seems like everybody does it. I don't even let my children's grandparents post photos. They think I'm crazy!
I never understand why people feel the need to share their lives with the world/strangers.
They’ve never dealt with a predator YET, that’s why. They are still in their pretty little Pollyanna world where everyone is nice. It’s a delusion that even the media tries to sell as truth…. And people fall for it because of course people want to believe their world is good. 😒
@@AmandaLovesOldFords validation
My mom posted diaper pictures and I lost my damn mind! I really shouldn't even let her post anything. And she adds ANYONE on the internet!
I am from Germany and since Facebook started it was already a riddle to many of us, why US citizens were so willing to give up their privacy online. Particularly when it comes to kids it should be obvious why you don't put your kids out there.
Because they want fame and fortune
Absolutely! It’s mind boggling!
I dont get why this isnt common sense to parents! There are strange people out there and you have your kids all over it. Not a shock.
There are strange people no matter what you do and where you go. Not everyone wants to live in fear just because there's a 1% chance of getting attacked
@@VixxKong2 obviously i know there are strange people but it's not safe to post kids all of the time. That's common sense.
As a married person without kids, I dislike when my friends post their kids on social media. We dont want to see it. We want to see you which is why we follow you.
Putting children on public social media should be illegal. Children can't consent to having their images online and viewed by everyone in the world.
I'm sorry that this happened to her and I'm happy that they caught him. This is the exact reason why I don't post my kid's pictures on the internet. It's just not safe. I have Facebook but I don't post any family stuff on there mainly just general stuff like rescue information for animals or other information that might be already circulating but never my kids pictures or even anything on myself.
She should have deleted facebook and blocked the guy's number on her phone. Instead, she gets herself on the news. I'm 67 and I know this.
Can't delete Facebook only close/ inactivate.
@@adel19997 You seem to have picked up on what I meant. Good for you
My thoughts too. Why didn’t she block his calls? And how did he get her number? Also, set your privacy on high when on fb.
67. Does mean you know anything..
Deleting a profile and blocking a number can escalate a stalkers interest.. she had to call the police.
Her warning others is not searching for fame.. she is doing what the law won’t.
Say it louder to the family vloggers hanging in the back room 🔊🗣️📢
That gave confirmation I'm not sharing pictures of my babies when I have babies.
Well thanks for telling exactly where they moved. Now if he does get out, you’ve provided a pathway for him to come at them again. Gee how smart of you
This is a reason why we shouldn’t be sharing our families so freely online.
I deleted all my social media apps except UA-cam and I never post any pics of my kids online. This is exactly why
I have never posted 1 photo of my children! I know a family vlogger who cried in a video not realising the danger her children were in and said she would not have them on her channel anymore (she was visibly upset) Time goes by and she said people in the comments wanted to see her children, views went down too and boom, back on they went!! So at the end of the day she didn't mind putting her children back in danger as long as the money kept on rolling in!
This is one of the reasons why I rarely post about my children or their photos on social media. Not to mention it doesn’t respect their autonomy if they are too young to give consent.
I'm 61 and I've been knowing this since the nineties!How on earth did she not know this?
The fact that he had her number tells me he would have reached out to her regardless. And yes, weirdos are collecting images of whatever interests them: feet, hands, children, etc using it for their gratification. But they been doing this even before social media!!
True, this weirdo was already on his way to her house. The online posts probably didn't play a big part
This is so serious. I do not share photos of my grandchildren on sm because of this reason. There are monsters out there. Every time I see a parent post a picture of their child with a sign and what grade, etc it makes me concerned for that child.
I wouldn't be afraid of No man just because he's a threat!! Just pray and stay protected. That's it
She was enjoying all the attention until she realized she made her family a target
Yep, stupid as a brick.
That's why i dont have Facebook, messenger, ticktock nor twitter. It's a scary world humans are unpredictable