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Pranking Babies and Posting Potty Training With Fortesa Latifi

Jan 1, 2024

Fortesa Latifi, Washington Post and Teen Vogue reporter, discusses the repercussions of an Instagram account that posts images and videos of children using the potty. They also talk about the recent trend of parents pranking their babies on TikTok and the ethical concerns associated with sharing children's lives on social media.

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Quick takeaways

Exposing children's intimate moments on social media, such as diaper free potty training, raises concerns about privacy and potential exploitation online.

Parents pranking their children for entertainment purposes, as seen in the #prankmybaby trend, can lead to emotional harm and breach of trust in parent-child relationships.

Deep dives

Privacy and Ethics of Sharing Children's Bathroom Experiences on Social Media

The host discusses the GoDiperFree Instagram account, which features pictures and videos of children practicing elimination training. The host expresses concern over the invasion of privacy, emphasizing the intimate nature of bathroom experiences. Additionally, child safety is questioned, as some children are shown sitting next to waste or exposed in vulnerable positions. The host also touches on the potential for these images to be exploited by harmful individuals online. The exploitative nature of such accounts and the potential long-term consequences for the children involved are highlighted.

Introduction

3min

Potty Training Methods and Privacy Concerns

4min

The Issue of Sharing Children's Lives on Social Media

8min

Celebrity Kids, Paparazzi, and the Strange Economics of Celebrity Journalism

4min

Disturbing Trend of Pranking Babies on Social Media

15min

Debate on the Ethics of Pranking Kid Videos on Social Media

3min

If you are potty training a child these days social media is probably serving you all sorts of potty advice. One of the most surprising accounts we have come across is one encouraging diaper free potty training from infancy. Let's put aside the method for a minute and just call out the fact that this is an account that regularly posts images and videos of children in their most intimate moments...using the potty, or failing to use the potty. We talk to Washington Post and Teen Vogue reporter Fortesa Latifi about the repercussions of this for kids later in life and the privacy issues. We also do a deep dive into the recent #prankmybaby trend where parents purposely play jokes on their kids to make them cry on TikTok. Happy New Year everyone!

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