Thread: Is it legal to make pictures of naked children?

On America's Funniest Home Videos yesterday I saw a clip of a little boy naked both in and out of the tub. It was full frontal view. He was somewhere about 2 yrs old although I could be wrong on the age. It didn't bother me, I don't have a problem with this but I thought it was against the law and that people could get in trouble just photographing their children with the genitals showing whether girl or boy. Anyone know the laws on this? It must not be illegal since it was on tv. I imagine this was a rerun although I had not seen this particular clip before Has anyone else seen this clip. It was on the same show where the little girl was putting her head under water at the same time her younger sister said she just pped in the water. It was just a different clip of the little boy.

i don't know. a lot of people have naked baby pictures and pics of their kids in the tub. i think by a certain age it's not appropriate to take pics like that anymore. people sell nude baby photos as art like anne geddes for instance. so who knows.

i think theres an age law also, but not sure the cut off on that... maybe 4 or so... who knows. i dont see any problem with it. mom has naked pictures of me sitting in the sink taking a bath

i would see naked babies running around at the beach all the time and no one would make an issue of it. just like little girls run around with out a shirt too

I can remember someone getting in trouble for that. But for the life of me I can't recall where I heard or read it at.....seems like I read it here once, or maybe on a chat site where a lady got in trouble for taking pictures of her child naked. She was taking pictures like most of us do of her toddler in the tub and she got in trouble because the people that developed the film turned her in. I think she had her child taken away from her over it.

Does this story ring a bell with anyone? I wish I could remember where I heard it at.

Originally Posted by Kyla Kym

I can remember someone getting in trouble for that. But for the life of me I can't recall where I heard or read it at.....seems like I read it here once, or maybe on a chat site where a lady got in trouble for taking pictures of her child naked. She was taking pictures like most of us do of her toddler in the tub and she got in trouble because the people that developed the film turned her in. I think she had her child taken away from her over it.

Does this story ring a bell with anyone? I wish I could remember where I heard it at.

There was a Lifetime movie about the subject, I can't remember the name, it had Mare Winingham in it and her friend took "innocent" naked pictures, the photo lab called the police and she was arrested, not sure if it was a "true" story or not....

Originally Posted by catssass

There was a Lifetime movie about the subject, I can't remember the name, it had Mare Winingham in it and her friend took "innocent" naked pictures, the photo lab called the police and she was arrested, not sure if it was a "true" story or not....

It was called snap decision and it was based on a true story. I saw it when it came out and it made me paranoid to take pics of my kids.

PLOT DESCRIPTION
Inspired by a true story, this made-for-TV drama follows two women who find themselves wrongly accused under a broadly worded child protection law, and now must fight for their lives and reputations. Jennifer Bradley (Mare Winningham) is a mother of three living in Cincinnati, and Carrie Dixon (Felicity Huffman) is one of Jennifer's best friends -- and also the godmother of her children. Carrie works as a photographer and brings a camera along when she comes to Ohio to pay Jennifer a visit. One morning, while the kids are running about as Jennifer tries to get them dressed, Carrie pulls out her camera and takes photos of the children playing. The children are only partially dressed in the pictures, and when she takes the film in to be processed, Carrie is accused by an overly zealous lab employee of producing child pornography. When the identity of the children becomes known, Jennifer is accused of being an accomplice, and despite the protests from both women that the pictures are simply family photos and perfectly innocent, both find themselves having to defend themselves in court. For Carrie, losing the case would mean a long stretch in jail and the end of her career, while for Jennifer defeat would mean an even worse fate -- losing the custody of her children.

I remember when Tice and I first moved into our country home. Next door the little 2-1/2 year old girl would come over to visit us on the porch. She would take all her clothes off and play in our front yard. Couldn't make that child keep her clothes on so we just came in the house. We hadn't even met the parents yet and were afraid they would think we were perverts or something. Found out this is a child that won't leave her clothes on. The parents just laughed at the incident. What a way to meet new neighbors