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How Do You Feel About Showing Your Kid on Social Media?

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0:00 Cuz if something happens to my kid or anything like that, I'm going full out taken mode. You know what I'm saying? I'm going like, >> you're going to allow him to get kidnapped at least. >> Can you imagine? I just missed that dude straight jail. >> ████ I'm in dog my He just goes straight to jail. >> You get revenge in any way. Hey, welcome back to another episode of Careful Boys. Let's get it, boy. Hey. >> Hey. We could get him to say anything right now. You should start asking hard stuff. >> All right. Uh, how'd you lose your virginity? >> Uh, I was 13. >> All right, that's not the topic. >> You said how. >> All right, fine. >> What's the topic? >> No, no, no. Go ahead. >> No. What's the topic?

0:51 >> Go ahead. Oh, >> dog. What kind of content is that? >> Locked in, baby. What you talking? >> Okay. Okay. Okay. >> Come on, Doc. Stay on topic. >> Stay on top. >> Just made the coolest show ever. >> I don't think we can compete with that. Actually, >> lock in. >> Look, we got we got three parents in the room. So, and we brushed on this topic earlier, >> and I was I'm I'm actually curious. I'm actually curious about this because different people have like different just parameters on this, but we we're talking about how you feel about showing your kid on social media. >> Well, I'm against it. >> There you go. There's exactly the spectrum. >> Are you against it? >> You're against it for real. >> Talking about Nick and his pugs. >> Yeah. >> You >> He's against me showing my pug. >> You and your pugs.

1:41 >> No, I don't care. >> Yeah, I don't give a >> Is it because you guys are on social media though? >> Yeah, I think that's that I think that's the reason why. I think like we had a discussion um in the beginning like do you want to keep them private or whatever or is there a time where we want to like pull them out and then I think it just became like day by day it felt natural and organic and then so so far there's no big reason why why I would and it just feels natural and so it's fine. >> Yeah. >> I don't care. >> But you you had an account for him. >> Yeah. that originally was like a like a miniature photo album and then it it grew pretty fast as people like like the content or whatever. Um and then I lost the password so I stopped posting on it. >> Oh, that's why such a dumb reason. >> That's why I stopped when he was like 3 years old or four years old. >> We thought there was some parenting

2:32 concept to it. >> I thought you were like no more. >> No, I just forgot the password. >> No more password. >> You know, like if you don't get to something, >> years just start going by. >> Oh, okay. >> I'll do it. I'll do it. But it's not that important. >> Kept putting it off cuz it's not that big of a deal. >> Yeah. Then and then he's ████ about to be eight. >> Account had more followers than JK does. >> Really? Yeah. >> It has a lot. Yeah. >> I understand where that prompts from, but also it's cuz also a lot of people say they're they're targeting your kid and blah blah blah. You know, they're worried about it. But I was never worried about someone something happening to my kid. You know what I mean? And only because I would make sure me and my wife would make sure like none of that would ever even me close happening to my kid. >> And she she shares the same sentiment. >> Yeah. >> But now one worry. >> Not really because she's very she's

3:22 super on it with kids and you know his safety in general. So she she's smart >> and me I'm not tripping cuz if something happens to my kid or anything like that, I'm going full out taken mode. You know what I'm saying? I'm going right. >> So, you're going to allow him to get kidnapped at least >> on a particular set of skills. >> And if someone's using my kid's uh face for something, I'mma hunt that page down. I'mma hunt that guy down. I don't give a ████ I'm going I'm doing it all the way. I'm going deep. >> That's right, baby. >> And then uh I just told myself I'm going to do that. I'm not trying to sound like a badass, but at the end of the day, like if you're going to mess with my kid, I'm going full on >> to take my kid to >> jail. Can you imagine? I just missed that dude. Straight jail. >> ████ I've been dogged my ass. My ass.

4:13 He just goes straight to jail. >> You get revenge in anyway. >> Unsafe. >> Yeah. Kid grows up with one parent like, "Oh, damn." >> I I totally respect the people that keep their kids private, though. Even even content creators like in our space >> that when like for example like Phil Wang like I think he does very tasteful photos >> where when he has his kid like you know the face it'll be the back of the head or to the side so he doesn't make it where it's like it draws attention where there's a ████ black bar over the kid's eyes >> but it's just in a in a in a very tasteful way where you just don't ever see the kids and I respect him for it. That's his decision. >> Okay. What what did do you ever talk to him about what like how he feels about that decision, >> Phil? >> Yeah. Like did he ever express like the I guess the philosophy behind it? Like if it's any different than other parents?

5:03 >> I never really talked to him about that actually. I don't know. >> Imagine he's like, "Oh, we're going to do a big face reveal in about 2 years. >> It's going to kill on socials, dude." >> I just assume it's probably privacy and safety and security. That's what I >> piece of mind, too, huh? I wonder if like they if if they experienced any kind of like sign where they were like we should keep this kid anonymous versus like as a preventative, you know? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Cuz I'm always curious if people even got threats or if they got like something that seemed fishy that happened. Can I be honest with you though? Like it like even celebrities like it doesn't matter how private they try to keep their kids private. >> They going to get caught. No matter what the kids are going to be shown then Google it's like it doesn't matter like no matter how private you think you really are

5:53 >> people want to find out they'll find a picture of me. >> They'll find a way. >> It always makes it more more of a challenge if they feel like oh you think you can hide that from me like the crazy people. Well, the celebrities is that's a different scale though because you have paparazzi following you. >> Yeah. >> You can't take your kid to a restaurant or nothing. >> But regardless, at the end of the day, >> like there if anyone be wanted to find out, they're going to find out. >> Mhm. That's true. >> Soon as you soon as your kid starts going to school, they're going to find out. >> If anybody wanted to, right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. But I guess it' be like a limited amount of material versus >> how easily accessible it is. >> Yeah. >> What about you, Bonus? I haven't really decided yet. So, my profile is actually private cuz I haven't decided whether or not I want my kids face out there. And once it's out there, you can't really take it back. >> Nope.

6:43 >> Um, and I feel like the internet is something you really can't It's so out of your control. >> Yeah. >> So, I just haven't decided whether or not it's okay. And I'm fine with people who are okay with it. I just personally haven't decided yet. >> How old is your kid? >> He's two. >> Oh, yeah. He's good. He's ready to go. >> We were literally just talking about all these like online predators and things like and then AI is really crazy these days. And I think it's also just the fear of like I don't know what I don't know also like the capabilities of what's out there. So that kind of freaks me out a little bit. >> ████ creeps. The world's scary. >> It's not even about like what I know can happen. Like I don't know what's freaking possible out there. >> Mhm. >> So >> you could just do a nice little roll out for a 2-year reveal. That'd be sick. Do a nice little face reveal. >> It's like a little inch at a time.

7:33 >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Or just don't even let people in person see his face. >> Yeah. Do a pay wall and just cover his leg with hands when you when you bring him here. >> For the longest time, I just thought those parents were worried about the way their kids might fall the way their uh kids might have looked. >> No. Oh my god. >> Oh, you know what though? No. There there might be a small percentage that if you're a celebrity, >> dude. That's for sure a thing though. >> It might be. I I feel like there might be because they're going to write articles about your kid, you know, like it's it's like they like like everyone wants to know what Brad and Angelina's kid. >> How many times have you heard a couple go be like like >> do you think our kids's cute like that? You've hear you hear conversations like that all the time and imagine you start like >> you ever seen one that you you knew was not cute? >> Were they asking each other? >> Yeah. You ever hear like conversations like that? >> I've seen people started post that now. It's really funny. >> Do you think my baby's cute, right?

8:25 >> People are posting that. They're like being real now and they're like >> like I how I thought my baby looked when I first held them and then how my baby really looked. >> That's a real thing though because newborns are freaking weird looking. >> So you have these like goggles when you're when they're first born you're like oh my gosh you're so cute. So my >> ████ no I knew my kid was ugly as ████ when he was born. >> So when my kid was born >> very Filipino >> yellow stupid. Um >> I didn't really know and it's really common among Asian babies. Um >> and then like >> mine was chill. I looked back at I looked back at pictures later and I was like, damn, how could I not tell this? He was yellow loco >> basically >> vegetables. Turmeric. [Music] >> Yeah, cuz my cousins are like that too.

9:15 They they have a kid and uh everybody knows they have a kid. Uh so same thing like if there is a kid in the photo it's like tasteful in uh in some way of covering >> but then to their close friends IG story circle they'll send like all the photos of their kids and stuff. >> See that's a lot of work. >> That is a lot of work. >> So I'm just always like um and they're not they're not content creators or anything like that. So and at the end of the day same ████ it's not my kid. Respect whatever you want to do. It's always just like oh I know that some people are hesitant or undecided on like showing their kid via social media. Um, but you know, it's like we also grew up in the generation where Instagram didn't exist at one point and when it did, it wasn't that concept of social media. It was it was our photo library. >> Yeah, it was. >> So, you would just post like this is what I'm eating today. This is what I'm doing. And it wasn't even about likes. It was like if your friends follow you,

10:05 they now know what you've been up to. >> It's like a mass text with pictures. >> Yeah. >> But now it's all different. There's there's a culture in subcultures and people who have to deactivate comments because people just go off on bits that are ridiculous and unrelated and >> that's I still have that connection to what you're saying I think cuz I came from that generation too. So I feel like yeah I could go back and delete all this stuff but I'm like but this is my these are my memories. This is like I I go back and I look and I'm like oh I remember that time or you know I don't want to delete anything >> when we all used IG filters. Yeah. >> Oh, yeah. >> And you just cooked your photo to oblivion. >> I was really into a sepia. That was my favorite. >> Oh, everyone was into that. >> One of those guys. Can you explain like what >> could you explain what uh I can't I just can't imagine what

10:55 criminal method would be thwarted where they wanted to do some type of harm, but they go, "Ah, but we just don't know what the kid looks like." >> You know what I mean? It's like, what? You just you think you're going to kidnap the wrong kid? Like I don't understand what's >> or maybe they like they really hate like let's say someone really hates me and Gio trying to get to him somehow. Oh, I know it's going to hurt if we get the kid and they're like I wonder what the kid looks like. Maybe like that. Maybe it's like has like a logical >> like they would be able to uh >> kidnap them or some ████ out. >> They're just demented people thinking demented ways. Like we might not be able to process it cuz we don't think like that. >> We wouldn't. >> It seems more like >> I got some ideas. Just just knowing what a kid looked like. What? How does that >> The more the more information you have, you're always going to be better equipped for anything. >> Oh, yeah. I guess so. But then it seems like wouldn't that kid just be with you

11:45 24/7 no matter what? Anyway, >> is your kid realistically with you 24/7? >> If you >> No, our kids aren't here right now. >> If you live like that, >> so I feel extra safe about Ta cuz Gio Gio Well, Gio is a stay-at-home mom now. >> Yeah. So there is no chance of anyone besides me and Gio picking him up from school. Whereas before the way I grew up, it'd be like, "This auntie is going to pick you up from school. That person, oh, maybe tomorrow you walk home from school." >> Like there's so many ways I could have been ████ kidnapped or whatever. But ours is like, >> "Oh, you're Yeah. >> It's not with me, it's with her. If it's not with her, it's with me." And there's like there's almost like uh there's no like breaking the seal, you know? >> Uh I guess it's like why take an extra chance? >> Yep. fourth grade, they was already taking public buses. >> Yeah. >> You know what I mean? Walking home, riding with homies. >> But then now in this day and age, I'm I

12:36 don't know. >> This day and age in LA, I mean, in LA, definitely not. But Hawaii, >> ████ no. >> Definitely a little safer. But LA, no. >> Well, this one got left at the monastery. >> That was safe. That was safe. >> But potentially horny monks. >> Yeah. >> Oh my god. >> Jesus. >> Not the monks, man. Leave them alone.

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