JEDDAH: Psychologists affirm that videotaping children who are abused, ridiculed or suffer from violence is bound to have a negative effect on their psychology and social life.
Films of such happenings may lead to lack of confidence, fear and cowardice among children. They may also heavily impact social relations, leaving children feeling that they do not belong and that their privacy has been violated.
Psychologists say that such negative images remain imprinted on children’s memories and may cause ridicule from their friends which may not only distract them from their studies but negatively impact their ability to build relationships with peers.
Dr. Tarek Saeed of King Saud University said some people resort to social media in order to make easy money and they post images and videos which they know will resonate with people’s emotions.
“I do believe it is not right to photograph our children in embarrassing moments, nor is it our right to post such images online. While children’s rights organizations have some manner of control over these things, we need to monitor the phenomenon closely through concerned agencies,” he said.
“We have noticed lately that many children are bullied and abused almost daily, and scenes of this are brazenly posted on social media by their caretakers or parents, but this will surely lead to negative future psychological behavior in the children,” said Dr. Salma Bahshoun of King Abdul Aziz University.
“We must treat and limit this phenomenon through legal regulations that protect the rights of children as well as providing means for children to file complaints,” she said.
She called for stricter laws and penalties against those who take advantage of children and photograph them, be it for financial reasons or other purposes.
Wafaa Al-Saadi, a former employee at the Ministry of Social Affairs, said violence could be psychological or physical.
Psychological abuse can make a child unable to express himself later in life or unable to distinguish right from wrong.
Educational adviser Hamdan Al-Oweidi said ridiculing children or abusing them psychologically, as one too often sees on cell phone images, affects the children’s psyche, personality and confidence in an extremely negative way.
Subjecting children to cynicism and ridicule makes them lose confidence and self-esteem, and thus they grow to make use of the same behavior with others.
People who engage in such practices are harming themselves, their children and their society, he said.
Films of such happenings may lead to lack of confidence, fear and cowardice among children. They may also heavily impact social relations, leaving children feeling that they do not belong and that their privacy has been violated.
Psychologists say that such negative images remain imprinted on children’s memories and may cause ridicule from their friends which may not only distract them from their studies but negatively impact their ability to build relationships with peers.
Dr. Tarek Saeed of King Saud University said some people resort to social media in order to make easy money and they post images and videos which they know will resonate with people’s emotions.
“I do believe it is not right to photograph our children in embarrassing moments, nor is it our right to post such images online. While children’s rights organizations have some manner of control over these things, we need to monitor the phenomenon closely through concerned agencies,” he said.
“We have noticed lately that many children are bullied and abused almost daily, and scenes of this are brazenly posted on social media by their caretakers or parents, but this will surely lead to negative future psychological behavior in the children,” said Dr. Salma Bahshoun of King Abdul Aziz University.
“We must treat and limit this phenomenon through legal regulations that protect the rights of children as well as providing means for children to file complaints,” she said.
She called for stricter laws and penalties against those who take advantage of children and photograph them, be it for financial reasons or other purposes.
Wafaa Al-Saadi, a former employee at the Ministry of Social Affairs, said violence could be psychological or physical.
Psychological abuse can make a child unable to express himself later in life or unable to distinguish right from wrong.
Educational adviser Hamdan Al-Oweidi said ridiculing children or abusing them psychologically, as one too often sees on cell phone images, affects the children’s psyche, personality and confidence in an extremely negative way.
Subjecting children to cynicism and ridicule makes them lose confidence and self-esteem, and thus they grow to make use of the same behavior with others.
People who engage in such practices are harming themselves, their children and their society, he said.
