Untold numbers of women have pictures of themselves in bikinis on the internet because...women wear bikinis...and this does not make them whores or porn stars, nor do all of them meet their end within days at the hands of a serial killer. And believe it nor not, most employers and college admission boards are aware of this.
Being that she’s 18 years old not much you can do, however, she should be careful when she starts sending out Christmas cards of herself.
As most have said, what seems innocent and harmless today may not seem so in the future.
The worst thing is the lack of control as to what happens to the files. You just do not know.
I advise my daughter thus; do not have photos taken of you with a glass in your hand, do not have photos of you smoking anything, do not have photos of you with PDAs of either sex, DO keep an eye out for backgrounds of photos. She is 30 and can do what she wants but I tell her, you just don’t know.
My grandmother gave me the advice that was passed down to her about the glass of adult beverages.
Good luck!
toothpaste / tube and all that, but... you might want to fine out why she felt to need to post them.They could go viral...depending on how many friends she has in her network, and then how many friends her friends have.
The correct question is “Would there be an UPSIDE to posting such pictures?”
The answer would be “No.”
I put a picture of me in pajamas on the Undead Thread one New Year’s Eve. (Big, pink, flannel pajamas, with cows.)
However, you can be there to help pick up the pieces.
Colleges and companies are now checking websites like FB and using it to help inform them.
With a cell phone?
I’d never allow my kid, esp. a girl to have a photo capable cell phone.
Thankfully my kids are grown so I never had to deal with that.
I’d say you should worry about the situation if a) her profile is public and/or b) she tends to add people she hardly knows.
If that’s not the case, if she can trust her friends and she’s cautious about not adding strangers, I think the photo won’t come back to haunt her or anything.
Either way, I agree with the poster who said that the photos could be perceived as vulgar.
aren’t you a modest example for your daughter?...so that she would not want to do this?
I understand that prospective employers commonly search “social networking” sites to give them a glimpse into the character of applicants.
If your daughter’s a young adult giving off the “wild child” vibe I’d discourage her.
If she’s a minor, I wouldn’t allow it—period. I don’t care how furiously she stomps her feet and cries—there’s just no need for it.
A Million $$$ per year modeling contract
Well, they’ll potentially be on the net and out of her control forever - but that won’t necessarily be the case, if she takes them down promptly it’s not likely that it’ll happen.
As far as whether or not it’ll be harmful, it depends on the kind of ‘bikini pics’. If it’s something suggestive, it would be best for her to take it down ASAP. If it’s just pictures of her at a beach, pool party, or something like that where wearing swimwear would be expected, then it’s not going to be a big deal.
Someone commented about the possibility of someone taking a photo of her head and photoshopping it onto a nude body. This is actually not something you need to worry about, both because it’s extremely unlikely to happen (unless someone has a serious vendetta against her) and also because there’s no stopping someone who really wants to do it - thanks to scanners, ANY photograph of her face will do, even the one in her high school yearbook, and it doesn’t have to be digital or posted online. Fortunately, such photoshop jobs are usually pretty bad, and almost always instantly recognisable as such, so if someone does choose to do something awful like that, it shouldn’t affect her career or anything.
This is exactly why I don’t use the internet ...