Why cant I take photos of my Kids at school, in plays etc.?

Question

PC gone mad. Im not allowed to take pics of MY children in school plays, sports days etc, just in case i get someone elses kid in the picture and then sell it to a Pedo ring on the internet.

wtf is all that about.

Answer 1

I know it is annoying but sadly things like that do happen.

Some of the other parents may complain if you take a picture and have their child in there.

It really is a shame though.

At my daughter's toddler group the staff are allowed to take photos of the children(with parents permission) to put on the walls to show what activities they have been doing.

At the end of term they will let the parent have the picture but only if another child is not in view.

Answer 2

yes I'm with you PC has gone loony ..but there are lots of very paranoid people around ? but the thing that gets me is every school are now on the net so good chance your child will be on the Internet daft a

Answer 3

Yeah it's silly, but so many parents now a days are too over protected - then again, don't blame them - but the schools are just looking out for themselves and the children etc.  Our kids school sends out letters in advance for parents to contact them if they are not happy about people taking photo's.  I think it's the best way to do it, ask the parents if they mind first.  If a parent does mind, then cross that bridge when it comes to it, but you don't want to end up singling that child out though.  I would be VERY upset if I wasn't aloud to take photo's of my children at important days like first play, etc.

Answer 4

It's always a minority who make it worse for the majority. (i'm not talking about race here)

There are Parents who see a boogyman on every street corner, and school playground. Because of their fear they have created a culture of fear , suspicion and a culture of compensation should anything go wrong. It p1sses me off big time, and sometimes I want to scream at these people to get a grip and tell them their children are more at risk of harm from a member of your family, than from a complete stranger, and why should your paranoia deny me the right to take a picture of my child.

Answer 5

Who says? THat gotta be a joke- That in fringing on your rights. They CANNOT do that.. Absolutley not,.... Is this the  whole story?

Answer 6

WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD OF LABOUR RUN BRITAIN,.....where they can let radical preachers spout their s**t in the street but not arrest them incase it infringes their civil liberties,but take pictures of yer own kiddies at a public place,noooo.perhaps if they treated these w@nkas and  pedo bastuds properly,i.e.cut there nuts aff the minute they are caught,all us decent hard workin honest citizens could enjoy our lives and kids......

Answer 7

Yes it is ridiculous.  Its like so many rules in this nanny state.  It stops the genuine people from doing nice, normal things, and the peados and bad guys carry on doing just as they please.  

Do they really think stopping parents photographing their kids in group activities is in any way going to cut down on the perverts activities?

Answer 8

I'd take pitcures anyways. It's my camera and if I want to take pictures of my kids no one is going to stop me from taking pictures at sporting events, school events, etc....

Answer 9

THATS why they say you cant do it?!?! Thats BS! I thought it had to do with flash photography s******g up a video or something - or it being too distracting having a flashbulb storm for the kids. I always take pics anyway, just use fast settings and no flash. Thats just nuts...

Answer 10

Quite...

And yet today, I walked into a classroom full of absolutely naked 5-6 year olds, as they were getting changed - in the classroom, all together - ready to go swimming.

I was only there to fix the computer.

Most disturbing.

EDIT: Rachel - I didn't ask - it's not something I want people to think I take an interest in - but I *presume* they're doing it as a sort of demystification thing. I'm not 100%, but I can't think of any other reason why they didn't split the kids into different s*x groups, and send them to places I wouldn't happen to wander through.

I wouldn't be happy if it was my kid, either.

In fact, I'm not happy anyway. I couldn't even raise my eyes past my boots, for fear of accidentally seeing a naked child, being branded a paedophile, and losing my job...

(incidentally - despite being someone from 'the outside world' - I work a lot in schools, and have had all the relevent police checks.)

Answer 11

That's not what it's about.

It's incase you take a photograph of a child who has moved to your area and is in hiding to protect them and their parent from physical/mental/sexual abuse.

If you take their photograph and post it on the internet/publish it in the paper and then the abusive parent sees it and finds out where they are, it may end up that the parent and child who have escaped from the abusive home may be killed/beaten/kidnapped by the abusive parent.

Hope this has cleared up any confusion

Answer 12

Yes it is bloody ridiculous , I do it anyway, I'm not missing precious moments in my childrens lives because of a few arsey parents, get clicking I say.

Answer 13

Crazy isn't it? Particularly when most people just want to innocently record their child's key moments during at school. Yes, there are paedophiles, but a nanny state is really being established.  

An alternative way to get the school to try and address this is to get the headteacher to ask if any parents have objections to their children being photographed during the normal course of school plays, sports days etc. by people who have been certified and checked by the police & child protection groups ( same process that  is used to check teachers, sports coaches for rugby etc.).  Then maybe those parents who get this certification would be allowed to take photographs, and the school would be as assured as possible that the people taking the pictures are OK.  A painful procedure, but it is a workaround.

The other way is to suggest that you take your pictures and share any images that you have taken with the parents of the children in the photographs, so that they can get copies if need be. Most parents are happy for other people to do this as long as they can see the images .  Talk to the head and see if s/he can make the school policy a bit more flexible for special occasions such as school plays and sports days.

Good luck and hope you get those shots after all.

Answer 14

You said it. PC gone mad.

Answer 15

well thats bs! but some crazy people make it hard of us mothers just trying to take a picture of our lovely babies. its sucks.

Answer 16

Because if you could, then the sickos could too!

Unfair but a refection of the world we live in!

Answer 17

Well my answer is go ahead and take them!

I have a baby and when she gets older I will take pictures!

When I was at school loadsa parents video-d me and took photos of me in concerts and school plays, so why stop it now? because paedo's exsisted then aswell!

Its the world gone bonkers! but it may become a new law before too soon.

Answer 18

because now days everyone is a suspect of pedophilia... and its RE-d**k!

someone should give this country a good kick in the ***!

Answer 19

hi,

it is incase other parents are unhappy and dont want their children to be on pictures without their permission, all to do with paedophilia and all tht c**p.

Shame but thats the way it is

hope this helped.

Answer 20

When I was at my kids school Christmas concerts the head told us that we were not to video it as the council had told all schools in the area it wasn't allowed anymore but then she added "But if nobody has any objections I will turn a blind eye".

Nobody objected and everyone got their video's and cameras out.

Sod all this PC c**p, who makes up these pathetic rules anyway?