People taking pictures of your kids

[Amandas4]

HOw would you feel if you caught someone taking a picture of your child? What if they asked you first? What would you say?
This happened a few times while we were at WDW a few weeks ago. It was either teenage girls or older women who would take pictures of my youngest daughter. Sometimes they'd ask, most of the time they didn't. One person asked if she could take a picture of the back of DDs head because she really liked her hair and wanted to show it to a friend.
Would you feel weird about it?

 

[AshleeH]

About the back of the head? No, I wouldn't care at all.

Other than that, it would depend on the situation. For instance, there are probably hundreds of pictures of me and my family in other people's backgrounds after all of our Disney trips. Some people like to snap pictures of characters as they walk by (even if a child is posing with them). But if it's a creepy case of someone trying to surreptitiously take a picture of just my child for no discernible reason - yeah, then I would be having words with them.

 

[dls116]

HOw would you feel if you caught someone taking a picture of your child? What if they asked you first? What would you say?
This happened a few times while we were at WDW a few weeks ago. It was either teenage girls or older women who would take pictures of my youngest daughter. Sometimes they'd ask, most of the time they didn't. One person asked if she could take a picture of the back of DDs head because she really liked her hair and wanted to show it to a friend.
Would you feel weird about it?

I wouldn't mind if it was a hairstyle they wanted a picture of, but if someone came up and asked to take a picture of my child for no other reason, I would say no. Too many weirdos in the world

 

[Hannathy]

They don't have to ask you. You can take pictures of anyone out in public.
You have no expectation of privacy except in bathrooms and changing rooms.

No it wouldn't bother me. Why should it?

 

[PocahontasLookALike]

A hair style? No problem. But of their face? Nope. Move on creeper.

 

[Princess Melody]

Depends. Are they deliberately taking a picture of just your child in typical store bought shorts & t-shirt or are they taking pictures of your child dressed in an adorable custom outfit as they pose with a character, in front of the castle, etc?
I have what I would consider to be a really cute toddler (very outgoing mannerisms and beautiful big blue eyes she inherited from her daddy!). I love to dress her in custom handmade outfits or other really cute clothes & hair bows when we go to the Parks. We live locally so we go to the Parks often.
I learned when she was a baby that it would be nearly impossible to stop people from taking pictures of her. She was one of those babies that would toddle up to characters on wobbly feet for a big hug & have everyone in line saying "awe!" (Now she is almost 3 and runs up & throws her arms around them & still gets the same reaction.) I've watched tons of strangers snap photos as she does it. Yes it does scare me a little but not enough to stop bringing her to the Parks or stop dressing her in really cute custom clothes. I've had many people ask if it was okay to take a photo of her too but when you are in a situation like a character line they typically don't ask.
I do not post pics of her on here or any other message board. If you do that to me it's not all that different from strangers taking photos in the Parks (so easy to click a button & save a photo of somebody's kid from a trip report!). I just think, however, it is nearly impossible in this day and age to prevent all strangers from taking photos of your kid at a large public place like a Disney especially if they are particularly adorable and/or dressed in a way that makes them stand out. Now if someone appeared to be following us & taking multiple photos of her or we were just walking along & they kept turning around & taking photos of my daughter I would definitely say something or ask security to intervene!
(For the record it is teenage girls/young adult females I see taking pictures of her most often. The ones that ask me are usually from another country or parents or grandparents that compliment her cuteness & ask if it would be okay.)

 

[Crystal824]

I don't have a problem of a picture being taken of a hair style. Really, we are probably in the background of a ton of pictures at WDW. It would weird me out a bit if someone was just taking a picture of my kid and nothing else.

 

[chris31997]

HOw would you feel if you caught someone taking a picture of your child? What if they asked you first? What would you say?
This happened a few times while we were at WDW a few weeks ago. It was either teenage girls or older women who would take pictures of my youngest daughter. Sometimes they'd ask, most of the time they didn't. One person asked if she could take a picture of the back of DDs head because she really liked her hair and wanted to show it to a friend.
Would you feel weird about it?

It would depend on the situation. DD is a dancer. I figure people have taken her pic on stage as she was dancing. Figure people have taken pics of my kids at sporting event, homeschool events.

Assuming you mean on vacation: again it would depend on the situation. Is my kiddo dressed as a character or in something cute? Is my kiddo with a Character? No issues.

If my kiddo is in the pool, on the balcony, now we might have an issue.

 

[tourguide81]

I've had people ask to take pictures of my kids when we've traveled - it would depend on what my interaction was like w/ them before that. Like last year while waiting line at Trinity College in Dublin we got chatting w/ a middle aged couple from the midwest. They were talking about their grandkids and admiring our kids, he asked and we said sure. Totally harmless, IMO. So, like I said, situationally dependent. And yea, they don't have to ask - someone could be zooming in from anywhere taking a pic of them, you just can't worry about this stuff.

 

[Betty Rohrer]

as I have walked around resort I have taken pics at the pool not trying for kids in it but it has happened. when are you going to be able to get pool pics without kids in the pool in the daylight?

 

[worm761]

I have only had one person take my DD's picture that I have noticed. It was a non-English speaking couple. DD was having a meltdown on the monorail. He took her picture with a little Polaroid and gave her the picture. She stopped crying and I was very grateful for it.

If your child has something that stands out, it happens and you tend to get used to it. DD had a ton of hair when she was born. They had to go find some shampoo. Nurses from other units would stop by to see "the baby with the hair" while she was in the nursery getting her IV treatments. She has pretty blue eyes and LONG blonde curly hair. People just can't seem to help themselves and feel the need to touch her hair. She is 4 and it is down to her waist. She doesn't want it cut so I leave it. I have had more than one person ask to take pictures of her hair.

 

[usnuzuloose]

If someone wanted a picture no. I feel bad when going places and taking pics with people in it. I feel like I am intruding and feel that people think I do it on purpose. Sometimes the other choice is not to get the picture because I get other people in it.

 

[Jkpark]

Both at Disneyland and WDW we have had people ask to take pictures of our kids. It is usually when we are in long waits and they have been watching them for a while. No real interaction with them. Broken English. They seem harmless and we say okay. But we do think it is odd.

 

[2009CAN]

Our lasts trip, there was a foreign family in front of us as we waited for the monorail. They turned around when we waked up and communicated that they thought our girls dressed in their princess garb were pretty cute (it was broken English). My DH then caught up to me and had my son with him. He was two and wearing the cutest (IMO) little prince outfit. It was really unique and different, and he got a lot of attention when he wore it. The group LOVED it and thought it was really cool and the father in their group asked if he could take a picture of him. That was okay, with me. And I’m generally paranoid about strangers interacting with my children.

I think it largely depends on the circumstances and the person with the camera.

 

[RachaelA]

Tons of people have taken pictures of my oldest when she was interacting with characters. She looked really cute dressed up and LOVED the characters (too bad she doesn't anymore ) And teenage girls have asked to take her picture too.

Last trip, her photopass pictures from meeting Tink and Rosetta were being shown to CMs all over the park. We had like 10 random CMs come up to us all over MK and tell us that they had been shown her pictures by someone else.

I share my kid's pictures on message boards, FB, etc so it really doesn't bother me.

 

[DisneyDorx]

You must have blessed, beautiful children.....No one's ever asked for pics of MY kids....except the police...just kidding...LOL..

If the person, (male) took a photo of my DD, I would think he's a perv. no doubt. Unless the guy taking the photo was a CM.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

HOw would you feel if you caught someone taking a picture of your child? What if they asked you first? What would you say?
This happened a few times while we were at WDW a few weeks ago. It was either teenage girls or older women who would take pictures of my youngest daughter. Sometimes they'd ask, most of the time they didn't. One person asked if she could take a picture of the back of DDs head because she really liked her hair and wanted to show it to a friend.
Would you feel weird about it?

I am a photographer (amateur) and take photos of people all the time. There is no expectation of privacy at WDW.

 

[Angel Ariel]

Asking about a hairstyle wouldn't bother me...

as for others not asking..are you sure they are taking a picture of your child? I know I've taken pictures of characters while other families are getting their autograph done, but I am not getting the children (or family) in my frame. I'm usually trying for a closeup of the character's face, specifically without a child/person in the frame with them. To someone looking, I'm sure it would look like I was taking a picture of the child/family, but I'm not. Just another thought to consider.

 

[NY Pirate Princess]

We waited in line for early CRT reservation with another child dressed exactly like my daughter in Rapunzel's wedding gown. They played for a while and then I asked her parents if I could take a photo of our daughters together and stated I wouldn't post it on FB. They seemed taken back that I would even ask and said "Sure, go ahead".

No one has ever asked me, but then again who knows how many times it happened while I was looking elsewhere or taking my own photos! I have no expectation of privacy in WDW and unless someone is doing something overtly creepy, it's all good.

 

[Gracie09]

If someone took a picture of my child I would probably ask them to stop. But I have a kind of unique situation where the birth mother of my younger dd is mentally unstable and has made attempts to get her back even though her rights were terminated. We keep a very low social media profile (just a few friends/family and the acct is on lockdown so only those people see anything). The birth mother has found her school and attempted to sign her out (the school threatened to call the police if she showed again). She switchs schools next year so hopefully it's better.
Is it irrational, sure, but no more irrational than other things I have seen or heard of parents doing.
If they wanted a hair style picture who it her face, sure no problem.