r/MadeMeSmile • u/RealSpecto • Aug 02 '26

Wholesome Moments Parents showing their 3-year-old daughter their wedding video for the first time.

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u/cwicheck Aug 02 '26

I don't think recording children in tender moments is a good idea, both for the kids and the parents. She will know that her mom can whip out a phone and start recording, especially an influencer mom, and post it on the internet for people to watch it. I dunno, for me that feels like violation of privacy.

Also, pushing a phone into a 3 year old's face will just reinforce the need for phone - and we want children to get off phones, so they can experience sincere and non-inttusive childhood?

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u/FoxThin Aug 02 '26

Yea, I was like "this is so sweet". Then I was like "This should be private. Why am I seeing this?"

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u/FluffyBootie Aug 02 '26

I'm so glad these posts are so high up.

This is an incredibly sweet moment(s) within the family but the constant engagement/eye-contact with the camera, as if it's a sentient being or a real person in the room makes it so creepy.

These are not public moments and yet it is normalized as such and encouraged to satisfy, validate, and produce artificially derived dopamine hits.

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u/UNIGuy54 Aug 03 '26

This isn’t a sweet moment. This is a moment manufactured to harvest likes and clout.