You
should take pictures of your young children off Facebook.
As a criminal defense lawyer, I have
been around some pretty unsavory individuals.
The most unsavory of which have been child molesters. This particular breed of monster is the most
culpable of any person I have represented because they prey on children and
they generally do not stop until they are put away in prison.
I’m not going to carry on about any
details or attempt to scare any of you who are parents. I’d just like to offer some advice. If you have pictures of your children on
Facebook, you should delete them. Some
predators collect pictures of kids off Facebook and other social media
sites.
Let’s say you have 800 Facebook
friends. Assuming you are like me, some
of those people are folks you couldn’t pick out of a lineup. Maybe you went to grade school, middle, or
high school with some of them and haven’t seen them in person since graduation. If one of those people is a predator and is
choosing the next victim from social media, you don’t want your child to be one
of the options.
I’ve debated posting this for a
while. I don’t want to scare anyone –
and I don’t want to make parents out there feel bad because they’ve already put
photos up for the world to see. I’m not
saying you’re a bad parent and I’m not saying you’ve done anything wrong. But as a criminal defense attorney, I can
tell you that you might want to delete those pictures and let your family
members know that you don’t want your children on Facebook.
If you have any questions or
concerns, feel free to call me. My door
is always open.
Greg Simms, Murphy & Powell, PLC
(502) 618-4949.
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