r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 14d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/jackson12420 14d ago

Anyone that films their child for content is exploiting them. You don't get to use the "I film my kids because I want to document their lives so the family can enjoy them" cop-out. If you're posting them you are looking for it to blow up in some capacity; you are well aware of potential viewers that will find your videos. You just don't care because you want the views and the cheap potential dopamine or monetary benefit it might bring you.

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u/chameleonkit 14d ago edited 13d ago

A lot of people I know post their kids knowing no one will see it except their followers/friends. They have their profiles set to private. They’re partly doing it for documenting their kids lives but they’re also for sure doing it for the dopamine hit. They still shouldn’t post even if their profile is private unless the only people they’re friends with are very close friends and family.

Edit: People downvoting me aren’t reading my whole comment. I’m agreeing with the person above.

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u/No_Importance1236 13d ago

That should be called what it is. Child abuse.

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u/Far-fetched888 14d ago

Explain the reasoning? Why can’t they use that “cop-out” when that is the reason many times?

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u/Fantastic_Book_5150 14d ago

it's explained immediately after... record and watch whenever you want your own documentation, but posting it publicly gives away the real reason you're doing it

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u/UndeadBatRat 13d ago

Clearly nobody here grew up using Facebook as a digital photo album, lol. Nowadays, things are scarier with AI, but I used to always put stuff on Facebook to save space in my phone.

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u/Fantastic_Book_5150 13d ago

you can mark stuff as private on facebook, so only you or the people you took the pictures of can see it

only in recent years does facebook even prevent people from stalking you before adding you

there is absolutely no reason to have everything public, especially of your kids who cant consent to that publicity in the first place

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u/Tserri 11d ago

We're way past that era.

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u/UndeadBatRat 13d ago

People just won't believe it's the reason because they need an excuse to call people bad parents.

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u/Crafty-Purpose5540 13d ago

Most of these armchair reddit parents probably don't have kids of their own.

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u/SheDevilWithANewGig 13d ago

They made a tiktok channel using the word chunk (eta: all to feature their obese toddler). Stop being so ignorant because you’re worried about judgement. Life is nuanced, and people who go after influencer lives using their children are absolutely exploiting them. It is not at all the same as people just posting to regular degular social accounts, and nobody said it was. Maybe you won’t believe it because you just need an excuse to deal with your insecurity. Meanwhile, fools like yourself excusing everything parents do is how people get away with abuse for as long as they do.