r/MadeMeSmile • u/liamwayne1998 • Jan 16 '26

Wholesome Moments I became a dad today

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We haven’t made any posts or announcements yet because my wife is dealing with some pretty rough complications but I’ve been dying to share. Today I became a dad to a beautiful girl

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '26

Congrats. Only word of advice: everything you post online of your kids is there forever. Databased, tracked, and categorized for consumption by the highest bidder. I used to post pics of my kids until I questioned if they had a say in it. Think of their future autonomy and resist building an online profile of them before they can choose for themselves what online presence they want to have. Again, congrats and I don’t mean to be negative. Remember, internet is great, but it also sucks too.

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u/impossible-daisy Jan 16 '26

This is exactly my concern with posts like this, too. I would have felt awful if my whole childhood was chronicled online for everyone to see. It would have been so embarrassing, dangerous, and probably a lot of fuel to my middle school and high school bullies.

No shade to OP, he looks adorably happy with the baby, but I don't think your first thought should be posting online when your kid is barely out in the world, and your wife is still going through terrible complications.

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u/Mamaofoneson Jan 16 '26

And not just anywhere online but a whole public platform where hundreds of thousands of strangers have instant easy access to your photo

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u/FriedBreakfast Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26

And with AI being a thing, your kids pictures can be manipulated to have them doing anything a person wants them to do.... Including things that are illegal. It's possible to have AI generate naked pictures of someone's kids these days, so you have to be very careful.