Moar Facebook fail.

JCbride2015 · May 2014

So, I have this Facebook friend. She has a three-year-old kid and is not in a relationship with the kid's father. She's constantly posting photos of her kid and tagging the kid as, say, "Jake Smith." All these years I thought it was sort of weird but that "Jake Smith" must be the name of the kid's dad, like she wants to tag the father so he has the picture, too.

Today I actually click on Jake Smith's profile and nope! I was wrong. She created a Facebook page for her son, and it must be public because I'm not Jake's friend and I can see it. It's full of his pictures and even has little status updates written in his voice: "This week I'm turning three and starting preschool!"

ohannabelle · May 2014

"Common sense is an uncommon virtue."

Crap. I'm turning into my grandma.

KGold80 · May 2014

My SIL started a Facebook page for my niece. I don't get it.

hellohkb · May 2014

If you ever wanted to be witchy you could report it because it goes against terms of service. I'm sure she'd post a rant on her own facebook. Not that I'm encouraging you, but if someone did do that it would be fairly amusing to witness her reaction.

It's odd when parents put out so much information about their children online. FH works in computer network security and says its not a good idea for kids to have a strong internet presence. Especially at the age of 3.

lovesclimbing · May 2014

That's so odd, stupid, weird, and screams "I have too much time on my hands." I also think it's stupid when people make profiles for their pets.

ashley8918 · May 2014

My 6 year old has a facebook.

BUT. Before you get all judgey-

1) His full name isn't listed

2) No pictures of him (just the pokemon of his choosing

)

3) No identifying information (City, Age, etc)

4) It is private

5) He has no facebook friends

I made it because he was DESPERATE to try Candy Crush and I didn't want him using up all my lives, hahaha.

huskypuppy14 · May 2014

I have a facebook friend that gave her son a facebook page as well. Oh and someone else gave their dog a facebook, but that's more funny.

misshart00 · May 2014

I have no idea if it'll still be around then but what happens when kid turns 13 and wants their own Facebook? It just seems like a super awkward situation.

beethery · May 2014

FB will probably be super passé by then.

JasperandOpal · May 2014

I actually don't think its witchy to report it (but maybe I am a little witchy? probably). I think its scary that a person would be ok making a profile for a 3 year old that anyone can go look at and it strikes me as a little dangerous. The terms and service age restriction isn't just to cover Facebook's butt, its to protect children from creepers who creep. And a Facebook page that give the child a "voice" and states details about them with pictures is giving strangers a whole lot of insight into your child's activities, interests, and whereabouts.

Now, hoarding email accounts with your children's names to give them when they are older... that I could get behind.

vollebell · May 2014

That is seriously creepy! It would be so easy for some pedophile to figure out where he lives and what his day is like and TAKE HIM. I mean, how many stories have their been about how easy it is to locate the where a photo was taken by the metadata that is embedded into the picture or how easy it is to copy a picture from that public profile and put it on a child pornography site?

I don't think it's witchy to report it at all, like @JasperandOpal said, the age restriction exists for a reason.

hellohkb · May 2014

Apparently Facebook is kind of lame (according to many teenagers) so I doubt it will be around by then. But he could always open his own.

That's true, volle. Reporting the page is honestly more for the safety of her child than anything else!

Simply Fated · May 2014

13 year old Jake Smith is gunna be a very angsty teen when he finds out his mom "impersonated" him as a toddler.
To be perfectly honest... It's super weird to do that for anyone at any age.

AddieCake · May 2014

I have a relative who did that with her daughter as well. And the page is set up like the kid is some sort of celebrity with oodles of thoughts and things to say and share for the community at large! Gag.

CaliMel11 · May 2014

You should definitely report it! No one that age should have a public internet presence. That's just creepy.

charlottesmom0626 · May 2014

I have family that live in Nepal, and they have a private facebook group to give us updates on the kids because we are so far away...neither child has their own facebook account..

RebeccaB88 · May 2014

My ex set one up for his son so he could play games. Now, there's no identifying info on there, no pictures, no status updates (just game stuff), and he only has a few friends and they're all family. Dad is in charge of the email address so he monitors it. Son is 7. I get that he wanted to play games, but he couldn't do that on dad's site?

cupcait927 · May 2014

Oh there is so much wrong with that!

singinchick13 · May 2014

I have a friend that did this when her daughter was born, but it is not public. She created a page to post pictures of her, etc, for those who wanted to see them so that she and her partner wouldn't be invading everyone's newsfeed with these photos. If anyone wanted to add her the parents would have to approve them, and no statuses/impersonations occurred. I thought it was kind of considerate to those who are sick of everyone posting photos of their kids non-stop.

JCbride2015 · May 2014

singinchick13 said:

I have a friend that did this when her daughter was born, but it is not public. She created a page to post pictures of her, etc, for those who wanted to see them so that she and her partner wouldn't be invading everyone's newsfeed with these photos. If anyone wanted to add her the parents would have to approve them, and no statuses/impersonations occurred. I thought it was kind of considerate to those who are sick of everyone posting photos of their kids non-stop.

Yeah this seems fine to me. If it's basically a private photo-sharing feed.

Sisinelly · May 2014

First time posting in the forums here but this was too good not to share:

I knew a girl who had a facebook page for her teddy bear...

Complete with pictures, status updates, a link to her teddy bears blog,etc. This girl was 22...

twitterbird · May 2014

Its agains the Facebook terms of sevice to have accounts for children under 14 I believe. I get some people bending to 12 year olds and allowing them accounts to stay in touch with grandma or play farmville with strict controls (uber private account, fake name, parents have the password, etc). Having an account for your toddler is ridiculous and deserves to get reported to facebook. I wouldn't post lots of pictures of my kids on my facebook for the same reason - creepos and sickos who prey on children. People need to grow some common sense.

delujm0 · May 2014

When I have kids, i don't even want to post pictures of them to my OWN FB page, because FMIL is always blowing up FSIL's FB page with comments on pics of her kid. As in "FSIL posted three pics of her kid today, and between the 3 posts, FMIL has made 35 comments." She. Is. Crazy.

If i ever do post pics on my kid on there, i will make the posts private to only my family members. You can't have too much privacy when it concerns your children. The lady in the OP's post is insane for having a public page for a 3 year old. WTF.

OnceUponAVine · May 2014

My very... *interesting*... 2nd cousins created Facebook accounts for all of their children (all under 5) which they list their full name, have pictures, and update the statuses of regularly... I reported all of them when they tried to friend me. I don't think its appropriate for parents to create an internet profile for their kids when said kid may never want/need one.

Though creating an account for candy crush is awesome - that game is addicting!

gladyscf · May 2014

Friends of ours daughter had a baby a couple months ago and created a FB account for the baby.

I didn't accept his friend request because I was weirded out by it.

singinchick13 · May 2014

delujm0 said:

When I have kids, i don't even want to post pictures of them to my OWN FB page, because FMIL is always blowing up FSIL's FB page with comments on pics of her kid. As in "FSIL posted three pics of her kid today, and between the 3 posts, FMIL has made 35 comments." She. Is. Crazy.

If i ever do post pics on my kid on there, i will make the posts private to only my family members. You can't have too much privacy when it concerns your children. The lady in the OP's post is insane for having a public page for a 3 year old. WTF.

This, absolutely. I do NOT have FMIL as a friend on fb, so the only way she can see/comment on pictures of mine are if I tag FI. Well, I usually do if it is a pic involving him/DS and she literally makes the EXACT same comments on every photo. Her favourites are "God love Nana's little man" and "Nana loves you to the moon and back". She's probably curious why I don't send her a friend request *SMH*.

VulgarGirl · May 2014

I'm annoyed by anyone who posts any kind of status updates in their kids' voices. On their FB page, on one they set up for their kids, doesn't matter, don't speak for your child when they're too young to speak for themselves.

My friend's husband has one for their dog though and I love it. I'm ok with talking for your pets.

selenathegreat · May 2014

I literally just heard a story on the radio recommending you not share lots of info including when/where your kids are at a particular time, their fave color, their first pet's name, etc. to protect you and your kids from identity theft. I think FB pages for kids and pets are way creepy/annoying. I also hate when people put their kid's face as their profile pic.

Simply Fated · May 2014

selenathegreat said:

I literally just heard a story on the radio recommending you not share lots of info including when/where your kids are at a particular time, their fave color, their first pet's name, etc. to protect you and your kids from identity theft. I think FB pages for kids and pets are way creepy/annoying. I also hate when people put their kid's face as their profile pic.

That absolutely weirds me out.
I don't think you should have to put a picture of your own face up there as your avatar. I usually put random pictures of my mom's favorite rose bush or a snowman my co-workers and I attempted in the parking lot a few months ago...that sort of thing, but you shouldn't put up someone else's face and this includes your kid's.

I can also absolutely see why this would be a terrible idea for safety purposes. Not everything needs to be shared with the world.

mellowmarshmallow · May 2014

I have... errr HAD a couple friends who changed their names on their Facebook page from Firstname Lastname to Firstname "mommy of kid name and kid name" Lastname or just "momma of kids' name" Lastname. Nope nope nope.

CamiSelene · May 2014

MagicInk said:

I'm annoyed by anyone who posts any kind of status updates in their kids' voices. On their FB page, on one they set up for their kids, doesn't matter, don't speak for your child when they're too young to speak for themselves.

My friend's husband has one for their dog though and I love it. I'm ok with talking for your pets.

This. It drives me crazy to no end how my friends have gotten into the fad of posting month-by-month updates of their babies' lives written in first person next to a picture of them with a number of how old they are. I'm sorry, but I don't care how your baby pronounces water, that they can sit up, or that their poop is finally more solid.

Moar Facebook fail.

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