I show no frontal nudity, though I have occasionally shown naked butt pics of my son who is now 22 months, and I am always wondering if I should remove them…it’s hard though because he does spend a lot of time naked and the pictures help tell our story.

As for content, I am hyper-aware of what I am sharing because everyone I know reads my blog, so if I am okay with all them knowing what I share, then I should be okay with the whole world knowing it, too.
.-= Lisa C´s last post ..Socialization of Children =-.

I don’t honestly know the what the big hub-bub is about posting pics of your kids. A pedophile will sexualize a child in any scenario, no matter what we do or how we share our kids. He (or she) will find enjoyment in your little one walking in the mall or playing soccer. It’s not JUST about photos. It’s simply nothing about the child and how he or she is dressed or what he or she is doing anyway. It’s about the sickness of some adult somewhere and, sadly, we can’t control what he (or she) finds exciting.

Having said that, I do still have my limits re: nudity. I’m not going to ever knowingly share something that would definitely be fodder to a pedophile.
.-= Jessica – This is Worthwhile´s last post ..It’s just a color. Or is it? =-.

Like you, I just can’t work up too much paranoia about the internet. The internet is public. That’s the reality. I am a lawyer, and I am careful about what I say on my blog. As we say in our business to our clients: If you don’t want to see it on the front page of the Chronicle/Times/Whatever, well, DON’T SAY IT. And especially, for heaven’s sake, DON’T EMAIL IT. I try to live by this too! But basically, I’m an open book. And hoping not to get burned, as a prior commenter said.

I love your blog, BTW. Keep the pictures coming!

Someone also pointed out to me that my photos were appearing on someone else’s blog as an illustration (for using an ice cube tray for meals), so I delisted my photos from search engines. Before I did that, when I searched snack tray in Google, I noticed that photo came up top. That was probably my creepiest blogging experience. I should probably watermark my photos too, but I haven’t bothered.

On my daily photo blog, I did post a naked backside picture recently, and I’ve been worrying about it, but I keep thinking that it’s harmless and cute, my kid sitting at her drum set in the buff. But would I hand out 1,000 copies in downtown Toronto, I don’t know.
.-= Cara´s last post ..Back to potty bubbles… =-.

My attitude on pictures and content are “if I’m okay with my mom reading this, the world can read this”. I post my pictures publicly so my family can see them quickly. Until recently, my mother was still on dialup so emailling her pictures was a chore for me (resizing), and for her (opening an email, downloading and walking away to get a coffee). My mum and MIL are still fairly new to the Internet (email is a big deal for them), so asking them to get involved in Facebook seems like overkill when I can send them to a photosharing site like Flickr (which is what I used pre-kid).

I use my common sense when posting pictures of my daughter (no nudie shots, no diaper messes, no gross/embarrassing stuff). That still leaves me tons of pictures to post detailing this part of her life. Once she is older, I will involve her in any photo sharing I do, and respect any wishes she has. The same way I do with my family and friends. (I got in trouble with my husband once after I posted a picture of him sleeping on the couch with the dog – he was fully dressed, but it bothered him. Now I remember to ask him if it’s okay to post a picture of him.)
.-= melissa´s last post ..I love a good magazine =-.

Now that I have a kid who’s getting every so slightly older, I do think more about his privacy as well, as I always have with my husband. If either wants me to remove or edit something on my public blog, I would. But I guess I’m just not really all that scared of stalkers or abductors or perverts. Yes, they could be using my pictures for their perversions, but likely they’re not, and there’s not much I can do about it except make sure that what I post is tasteful (to my own levels of taste, of course).
.-= Lauren @ Hobo Mama´s last post ..On a first miscarriage =-.