Pranks on Minors Posted Online

 For this weeks discussion topic, I will be talking about the posting and redistributing of pranks done on minors online and the social context around it all. What prompted this topic was seeing a Mom post a video onto her Instagram featuring the kid helping with baking a cake, as the Mom proceeds to smash an egg on the kid's head and film them having a break down. But, it did not stop there. The next video I saw was a Dad on the toilet asking his kid for toilet paper as he proceeds to smear, what the minor perceives as fecal matter, pudding on their hand as a camera is pointing in their face. The video went on for another 15 seconds as they recorded their totally reasonable breakdown. This was the last straw for me. I could never understand posting minors in such a vulnerable state and allow it to live online forever. Granted, most things could be harmless or they might find it funny as they age but to me it is more so about the embarrassment around said pranks etc. The minor may grow up resenting how many people remembered what they would consider an iconic viral event and thus have to now deal with these unique situations with paid professional help. When this is something that could have been avoided long before this happened. I am sure there is evidence of kids now who were raised on pranks or very in your face camera moments, but surely not enough to actually enact a change. My suggestion would be to post with more than the present moment in mind, and instead he future implications and situations that may arise from exposing a minor to the vast, dark, disgusting world wide web.