WHY IT MATTERS
Children experience embarrassing, emotional and vulnerable moments while growing up. When these moments are filmed and published, temporary childhood experiences can become permanent public records available to classmates, strangers and future acquaintances.
1. NEVER FILM HUMILIATION
Embarrassing moments don’t become acceptable simply because they generate views.
2. PROTECT CHILDREN WHEN THEY CRY
Emotional distress requires comfort and privacy.
3. KEEP TOILETING PRIVATE
Potty training, accidents and bathroom-related experiences should remain offline.
4. DON’T PUBLICIZE PUNISHMENTS
Discipline is a private parenting matter, not entertainment.
5. PROTECT PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS
Children need to know they can speak to parents without becoming content.
6. DON’T UPLOAD TANTRUMS FOR LAUGHS
A difficult developmental moment shouldn’t become somebody else’s comedy.
7. KEEP PUBERTY PRIVATE
Developing bodies and intimate milestones require particularly strong boundaries.
8. DON’T FILM CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE UNWELL
Illness can leave children especially vulnerable and unable to meaningfully object.
9. CONSIDER FUTURE EMBARRASSMENT
The audience may remember footage long after the child wishes everyone had forgotten it.
10. GIVE CHILDREN DIGNITY
Children deserve the same fundamental respect adults expect for themselves.
BOTTOM LINE
A child’s most vulnerable moments should receive more privacy, not more cameras.