Myspace website for child

[Carrabas]

What is the name of your state?AL


I have a website for my child on myspace.com. It has a few pictures of our family, has my age and the city and state we live in. I use it mostly to just talk to other parents with kids that age, a lot of parents have their kids on this site.


Does my ex have a reason to be mad at me for this? Is there anything she can legally do?

 

[CJane]

Does my ex have a reason to be mad at me for this? Is there anything she can legally do?

Yes. I'd be furious.

Probably not.

 

[Carrabas]

Yes. I'd be furious.

Probably not.

why is it that you are furious? I just can't figure it out.

 

[Zephyr]

you may be needlessly exposing your child to predators

 

[CJane]

why is it that you are furious? I just can't figure it out.

Partly because I'm paranoid about stuff like that. I don't even carry pictures of my daughters in my wallet/purse because I might lose it. When I was dating after my divorce, no one was EVER in my house when my kids were home, and if I had someone over, I took the pics of the kids off the fridge and bookshelves.

I cannot imagine having pictures of my children on the internet outside something like shutterfly or snapfish that's password protected and only accessible to people I give access to.

 

[Carrabas]

you may be needlessly exposing your child to predators

how
I think it would be hard for them to find one child in the city of Panama, FL. Thats all the information that is given to my child's whereabouts....

 

[Carrabas]

Partly because I'm paranoid about stuff like that. I don't even carry pictures of my daughters in my wallet/purse because I might lose it. When I was dating after my divorce, no one was EVER in my house when my kids were home, and if I had someone over, I took the pics of the kids off the fridge and bookshelves.

I'm sorry but I think that is overprotective....

 

[jennifer6219]

very true good point I think that would anger me as well there are to many sickos in this world you have to be very careful perps look at those kinds of sites and pray on kids.

 

[CJane]

I'm sorry but I think that is overprotective....

Which is why there's probably nothing your ex can do about it legally. But you also asked if she had a 'reason to be mad'. I totally think that she does.

And I'm sorry that you think that I'm overprotective, but there's no way I'm exposing my daughters to something as random as the internet. AND I live in a very small town. If I were to post a pic and a 'location', they WOULD be recognized and COULD be located very easily.

What you do WRT your child is clearly your business. But, I think you're kidding yourself if you don't believe that a predator can find your child.

 

[brisgirl825]

how
I think it would be hard for them to find one child in the city of Panama, FL. Thats all the information that is given to my child's whereabouts....

They have a pic of your kid, so they can just go to every school until they find the child.
A predator can be clever and use any info you put out on the internet, as a means to lure the child in to harm's way.

I would take the child's pic off of the internet immediately.

 

[CJane]

They have a pic of your kid, so they can just go to every school until they find the child.

Not to mention this guy uses the site as a way to 'talk to' parents of other kids the same age. How difficult would it be for a pedophile to pose as another parent? When we're comfortable talking to someone, we let details about our lives slip, yanno?

There are people everywhere who trust that their personal info is secret - and yet I've seen sites where people are seeking nannies, and nannies can use the site to find families. NOTHING is required to access the site except joining. And people post pictures of their children, general locations of homes (within walking distance of X school), their work hours, their income level, etc. It's all innocent, they're just seeking child care - but can you imagine the creepy lil playground that could be for someone who has ill intent?

 

[thetsgtswife]

We had this issue come up. With us being military and very far from family my husband designed a family pictures web site. When his ex saw it at first she was ok with it but then as things got worse in court between them she sent him a certified letter asking him to not put any more pictures of my SS online and to take off the old ones.

This was one that I could see her point on but my hubby wasn’t understanding and pretty much told her where she could go.

What I eventually persuaded him to do was to password protect the site so only family and friends could view it. She felt better about it and he could still share pictures of the kids and everyone was happy at the end of the day.

Might be a peace keeping option for you to look into.

TSGTSWIFE

 

[casa]

What is the name of your state?AL


I have a website for my child on myspace.com. It has a few pictures of our family, has my age and the city and state we live in. I use it mostly to just talk to other parents with kids that age, a lot of parents have their kids on this site.


Does my ex have a reason to be mad at me for this? Is there anything she can legally do?

I would not post any photos of my children on the internet. You have no idea how easy it can be to track ISPs, location, schools etc. You can talk with other parents without supplying photos of your child. you can e-mail photos to important family/friends.

It's also very common for predators to befriend other parents &/or pose as parents- anything in order to eventually have access to the child.

 

[Carrabas]

We had this issue come up. With us being military and very far from family my husband designed a family pictures web site. When his ex saw it at first she was ok with it but then as things got worse in court between them she sent him a certified letter asking him to not put any more pictures of my SS online and to take off the old ones.

This was one that I could see her point on but my hubby wasn’t understanding and pretty much told her where she could go.

What I eventually persuaded him to do was to password protect the site so only family and friends could view it. She felt better about it and he could still share pictures of the kids and everyone was happy at the end of the day.

Might be a peace keeping option for you to look into.

TSGTSWIFE

Well i suggested that to my ex, to design a site just for my daughter that you would have to have a screen name and pw to go to it, and she still wants to make a fuss. My job is the internet, its how i do a lot of my communicating and projects.

 

[CJane]

My job is the internet, its how i do a lot of my communicating and projects.

So? What does that have to do with you posting pictures of your child/ren on the internet?