Creating a social media account for your baby/child?

[bonfireazalea]

I saw this article about how some mothers create Facebook, Twitter, etc. accounts for their unborn or newborn babies, or reserve [name_m]Web[/name_m] pages under their names. Someone called it a “digital trust fund”.

Would you create a social media account for your baby?

I don’t feel it’s really necessary. The way technology is changing, by the time today’s babies are old enough to use social media there will probably be different websites anyways. Though who knows…

[moonkai]

Interesting thought. Having a website might not be a bad idea, as you can keep them pretty private if you own the domain name. I do agree that our social media will probably be outdated once our little ones are old enough to use it, though

[feberin]

I’ll leave setting up accounts in their name for my children since it doesn’t seem to be my place and everything changes so much in a few years.

[maggiefromcanada]

My brother and [name_m]SIL[/name_m] created an e-mail address for my little nephew so that people can send him messages which he can read later. I thought that was adorable. I wouldn’t do social media accounts. 13 years ago, I was still using ICQ (yep, I’m old) and MSN Messenger. Facebook hadn’t been invented yet and Pinterest and Twitter were far far in the future. By the time any child of mine is 13 and old enough for Facebook or Twitter, I can’t imagine they will still be around.

[Mischa]

Call me old-fashioned if you like but I think it’s quite a ridiculous idea. What happened to sending cards and personal notes?

[r_j]

I think it’s funny. It’s like setting up a MySpace account in 2007.

[Dantea]

I read a thing not that long ago about setting up an email for your child so that you can email pictures and letters to the account and when they turn 18, you give them the password so they can go back and look at all those pictures and videos you emailed them and read all the thoughts and musings you’ve put down to share with them for the last 18 years. I thought that was actually very sweet.

I set up a blog, for those who don’t remember, for [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]. I blogged to her every month and sometimes every week. Letters and thoughts about how I was feeling being pregnant with her, the ultrasound pictures are over there. I’ll probably keep adding things at every birthday and other random times, pictures and the like and I’ll give it to her when she’s older.

[ricalini]

@mischa

Call me old-fashioned if you like but I think it’s quite a ridiculous idea. What happened to sending cards and personal notes?

I second that. I’m only 18 and I love looking back at old birthday cards. It’s nice to see my grandmother’s handwriting now that she’s not here.

[katieydenberg]

@maggiefromcanada

My brother and [name_m]SIL[/name_m] created an e-mail address for my little nephew so that people can send him messages which he can read later. I thought that was adorable. I wouldn’t do social media accounts. 13 years ago, I was still using ICQ (yep, I’m old) and MSN Messenger. Facebook hadn’t been invented yet and Pinterest and Twitter were far far in the future. By the time any child of mine is 13 and old enough for Facebook or Twitter, I can’t imagine they will still be around.

That IS adorable.