I'm hardly on Facebook now but the other night I signed on and found that someone attempted to break into my account!! Someone in Pensacola, Florida tried to get into my account for God knows what reason. YES! I had my IT buddies trace your IP address and as SOON as I track your computer we'll have a convo as to WHAT you wanted with my account! I don't play those kinda games. Since this night I removed Chunks's pics from my FB and I considered to doing so here too.
I take my job as Mom VERY seriously and maybe if I didn't have Chunks I wouldn't have been so on about finding this hacker but he comes first in everything. My job as a mom is to raise a responsible and respectful man but also to protect and guide and I AM one of those mothers who believe it's my duty to devour the soul of ANYONE who wants to bring him harm! (These are actually my grandmother's words lol I told yall she was a trip). So while I want to be open and share Chunks and my experience in growing up, I have to find a middle ground where I can do this but also protect my guy.
Mom/Dad Bloggers have you found a middle ground between open blogging and protecting your little ones? Do you think a Mom/Dad blog without pics of their little ones is boring/lacking?
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The thing about blogging is that it's your blog. You do what is best for you and your family. You can always use stock images or take slightly distorted (i.e. pictures that don't show his whole face,etc) I know some parents use an alias for their children to protect their identity, which I think is fine.
See this is why I do not want people taking pictures when I have my daughter. I don't want to email them nor will I put any on fb.
That is scary. I hope you find out who this person is.
This internet is crazy you have to be careful especially with your lil one. I don't use my childrens real name either as a matter of fact I don't even use my real name (i have been in an incident yrs ago and I just don't trust the internet) I hope you find out who did this.
i agree...i the same wont reveal my kids or hubbys name on my blog...somethings are not blog necessary. i will use photoshop in a hurry and blur out names in a pic...on his foot ball jersey..i am really picky. I understand. But I did want to say that hacking into ones FB account happens alot...my sister, my cousins, friends...it happens alot which is why they tell you to change your passcode alot.
Wow, that is kinda scary. But it's probably nothing personal and certainly not towards Chunks. Thing is, crimes against children are generally committed by people you know, who are close to the child. Super scary stuff but true.
I absolutely understand why people don't want to share information on their children and I get why others are ok with it. Either way, I think you can have a great blog!
I thought about this when I started my blog b/c its mainly about my baby. It's hard not to keep pics off FB with all the camera phones and to keep names out b/c someone you know will comment with the name. I just figured long as no one comes looking for us in person I am good!
It's hard to find a balance. If you notice, my real name is not only anything. Not even my first name. I don't use Pookah's name at all or C-Dub's name. I did place photos of Pookah on my blog mainly because I'm just so proud. And he's all over facebook. Not just from me, others post his photos when they take pictures of him, so it's hard to keep him out of the spotlight.
But I understand if you take his photos off! You do what you need to do as his mom!
The hacker may have just been some silly person trying to have fun and probably not personally after Chunks. But I totally understand where you're coming from. It's always best to update your privacy settings to what makes you comfortable. Always do what you think is best for your family. Oh yea.. and no need to reveal identifying information like where he goes to school classes, etc... that's way too much info for people to know.
I think you have the perfect balance of what you share on your blog.
I do think blogs with no pics of the little ones are a bit on the boring side, BUT I can certainly understand and respect why folks make that decision.
I'm sorry that happened to you - I hope you're able to get to the bottom of it!
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