By Sharon Jackson in Reader
Posted in school concerts, photos, child protection on November 29, 2007 at 6:08 am
This isn’t what I was going to write about for this post but I was curious to see how others feel about this…
It’s that time of year again, the school Christmas concert. I have been taking my children to this school for over seven years and there has never been a problem with parents and relatives taking video or photographs. Suddenly this year we were told, the week before, that we couldn’t.
Me being the questioning type looked into articles on the internet and then, armed with information, went to see the headteacher. He was reasonable and explained that a few parents had objected and so he had taken the decision to ban cameras. I pointed out that we are a democracy and the majority not the minority should have precedence. Also, the Data Protection Act specifically states that parents/relatives taking photos for the family album is not included. See this report for the official wording (it’s a .pdf).
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Loading ...Comment by russell parkin - November 30, 2007 on 5:12 pm
cameras are everywhere and nobody can stop then taking pictures of anything. being undesirable doesn’t stop it or there would be no working speed cameras.
police often ask for any photographs taken which may be of help to them after an incident.
i’m sorry for the people who have concerns but children grow up and unfortunately some will use camera-phones tocause trouble.
Comment by - December 5, 2007 on 9:40 am
I know how you feel, our child is in her very first Christmas nativity this year and instead of being a celebration the whole thing is being somewhat marred over debates as to whether or not we should be allowed to take pictures.
It really is a sorry state of affairs when parents aren’t allowed to take memories of these precious moments. Kids grow up so fast so capturing these moments is so important.
The flipside is that it is quite understandable why some parents wouldn’t want other people taking pictures (even indirectly) of their children especially if those pictures end up on public view - for whatever reason.
So it would appear there is no right answer to this predicament - but I believe it is a very sad reflection of our society that we have to have these concerns in the first place.
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