The first in a new series called One Minute Lessons on Raising Autistic Kids: https://youtu.be/y9jERv3RFc4
Post Edited: Latest Edition of the Fathers Network Newsletter https://t.co/dXjZjpeCTx
THANK YOU WOODINVILLE MEDIA GROUP
A big shout out to the photographers of the Woodinville Media Group. This past Sunday they hosted dads (and one mom) and their children and took professional studio photos. The studio time and the resulting photos were provided at no cost. Carol, Richard and Jill made everyone feel very welcome and created a fun environment.
Post Edited: Students with Disabilities Invited to Apply to Washington State’s 16th Annual Youth Leadership Forum https://t.co/huUUOklJ0k
Post Edited: Fathers Day Weekend CAMPOUT INFORMATION – Hope to see you there! https://t.co/kHuDV29bB0
Post Edited: Updated WSFN video and a new shorter version https://t.co/JLiVZ6llH6
Post Edited: Contribute to Research About Dads and Parents who Have Children With Autism https://t.co/Mby5Nud5Zj
Wanted to share this here as well as on my personal page. In case my original comments don't come over, here is what I wrote when sharing it on my personal page.
To my family, friends, and FB friends - if you read just one thing on FB this entire year, please read this! On my FB feed I often see people I am connected with through FB liking, sharing, and/or commenting on posts that include pictures of children that are not private photos from family.
Please understand that L...ike Farming is a business, and not a reputable one. Unless you can personally verify the source if the image and author if the post, those "Am I beautiful" posts, catchy memes, like campaigns, "share if agree/like if you disagree", even missing children and missing pet posts are most likely stolen images, intended to pull at heartstrings , and get you to like a page or post. The more likes, shares, or other traffic a page receives, the more "relevant" the FB news feed engine considers it, and that page gets more preferable and prominent placement in peoples' news feeds. Once a page ranks high enough, a Like Farmer can sell the page to anyone for any purpose. That page is then wiped, rebranded, and new content is added. All that new content still benefits from the previous ranking of all the bogus like scams.
The way to stop the images of our children being stolen and used for Like Farming is for us to stop liking the stupid pages. Do we really want to teach our kids, especially our kids with special needs, that the way to feel good about themselves is to get a ton of likes on FB? No! Stop liking or sharing random pictures of children with special needs on FB. Instead, look to the children with special needs you meet in person during your daily life. Smile. Say hi, first to the child then to the adult, if there is one. Treat these children with special needs that you meet like, I don't know, CHILDREN. That will go so much further to helping our kids feel good about themselves, than how many likes some random page gets that happens to have their image but is being run by some sleazy Like Farmer.
