Parents really shouldn't be posting videos of their kids on the interment. As someone who occasionally has to sort through applicants at work... yes, we do see these videos. We also see their baby photos and their graduation photos. If that creeps you out... it creeps me out, too.
We all act like everyone else is a stranger and we're alone in the "city" of the internet, but the actual dynamic plays out in a much more "townie" manner. We should act more like inhabitants of a small island where everyone knows each other.
Having literally been an inhabitant of a small island at one point in my life is the exact reason I have no active social media presence that is not pseudonymous. Life is different when you know you might suddenly be recognized by a stranger at the grocery store who saw your public comment on Facebook.
I think we'd be more civil to each other if more of us had that mindset, or any sense that our words reflect on us.
Speaking of work things… A friendly reminder from someone in corporate IT. We can see EVERYTHING you do on our network. So please don’t do anything you don’t want others seeing on your work network.
.... lol. Yes. And keep it off work devices too, if you have separate cell phones. nobody wants to know. nobody wants to have that conversation.
If you have to say "it's just a prank bro!" to a toddler, you might be an asshole.
Correction: You ~~might be~~ are an asshole.
Honestly, these concerns seem a bit overblown to me. The warning about salmonella is good, but worrying about bruising kids' heads or embarrassing them from one TikTok video seems like pearl-clutching.
I think much more concern is warranted for these family YouTube channels that feature kids. Those kids are having their childhoods broadcast to the world just to earn money for their parents and/or stoke their parents' dreams of fame. They don't really have a say in the manner and are too young to understand the potential consequences of what they're doing. To my mind, that's a new form of child abuse.
Good pranks are ones that the target of the prank can also laugh at. Smashing an egg on someone's head is not that. It's just cruel.
While I agree with your first point, I still think the concern being expressed about this is disproportionate to the harm caused. I'm not saying people should be doing it, just...c'mon, folks, there are more important issues affecting children that deserve your attention. I'd be willing to bet some of the people freaking out about this circumcise their sons.
Laughing at your fucking toddler and shoving a camera in their face is causing harm, troglodyte.
Cracking an egg on your head really hurts at the wrong angle. Doing it to toddlers isn't ideal, and I think it's worth at least trying to tell people to stop making videos of it.
Of course it's not as important as some other things, but we can use that argument for most things and end up with only reporting on children being trafficked or organ harvested.
If I smashed an egg on my sons head, he would be laughing his ass off. That’s the dynamic we have, it’s all in good fun.
The point a lot of people miss, is that when pranks go too far you need to stop and apologize, and make amends. And for god sakes don’t post the video. 🤦🏻♂️
Isn't there something to be said about parents just not doing cruel things to their kids? Like, this isn't even funny it's just mean. I have kids. Why would I do this to them?
I honestly don't know how much of a concern salmonella is from this. In the US at least, eggs are required to be thoroughly washed to be sold in stores. Bruising from literally hitting your kid seems like a real concern though. And the person your kid should be able to trust the most humiliating them on the Internet is absolutely a core memory forming event.
Just all around stupid.
those parents never left their high school bully phase
Trust me… it’s not one video. It’s all the videos.
Their entire lives are being publicly documented… and it’s almost impossible to get taken down.
Well, if that's the case then I agree with you, but that's not the impression I got from the article. One video isn't going to ruin a child's life. An entire series could though.
One video
I think that's perhaps a little naive? How many people do you know that generate just one video or one meme, ever?
The kind of people who use their children for "content" or clout do it multiple times.
I would like to invite you to learn about some child development and basic psychology.
Salmonella isn’t real
I'd be surprised if this is a rising trend knowing how the cost of eggs has increased over the last couple of years. Just seems like a terrible waste.
Egg prices went back to normal a while back.
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