Social Media

"Social media is like fire: if used in a controlled way it can be useful, but if uncontrolled it can be dangerous and destructive." I read that somewhere. I wish I could remember where.

I have a Pinterest addiction. I have pinned nearly 6,000 pins. Yes, six. Thousand! I know. Ridiculous. Whatever. I came across a pin yesterday that is actually my own picture. {what the??!}it's a picture I took back in 2011 or 2012 of my meet the teacher gift for my students parents. I posted the picture to my personal Facebook page to share with friends and family the cute little gift I made. It was a fresh, shiny, red apple with a note tied to the stem. The picture has been pinned 174 times. I knew ZERO of the people who had pinned it.

How?? No idea. But this is exactly why I hate putting pictures of Owen on Facebook or, even more, when other people do. It's not because I'm a crazy control freak, although I am. It's because little children have no say in what adults do in regards to them. It's our job to keep them safe; keep them innocent.

I wasn't mad to see my personal photo pinned on Pinterest. I just wish I knew the path it took to get there. It's a little creepy too. I mean social media is pretty creepy, isn't it?