For the south Florida peeps. Anyone know this kid?

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For the south Florida peeps. Anyone know this kid?

Originally shared by ABC News

Katie Myers is trying to find the identity of the child to express her gratitude for his random act of kindness.
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/florida-mom-searches-mystery-child-heartwarming-photo-disabled/story?id=33133878

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Anthony DiRuggiero said…
Good move, take a photo of a stranger's child and post it in the internet. And then mainstream media distributed it as well.
August 17, 2015 at 2:14 PM
Jason ON said…
Yep, it's the best way to have a friend or family member recognize the kid.
August 17, 2015 at 2:47 PM
Jason Bayton said…
Had society really gone to the dogs so badly that some kid turning a handle gets worldly praise?

This was completely normal behaviour when I was growing up.
August 17, 2015 at 3:17 PM
Alexis Cantrina said…
Jason ON Yeah but with the internet the way it is, if it were my son I'd not want him to have a name placed next to a face on the internet. Sure, some people will be great. But it'll be sure to have some trolls too. And some really crazy people as well.
August 17, 2015 at 3:52 PM
Jason ON said…
exactly, Jason Bayton​. Being a nice was once just common, now its so uncommon that it becomes pseudo news.
August 17, 2015 at 4:56 PM
Jason ON said…
Alexis Cantrina , then have bad news for you: the internet isn't willingly going anywhere.
August 17, 2015 at 4:57 PM
Alexis Cantrina said…
Jason ON Who said I said it was? I just said I wouldn't want people identifying him if it were my son (and I sure wouldn't be identifying him). Makes it much more easier for trolls to troll him. Not to mention I'm not sure I'd want him to have all that attentino even if it is good attention.. not sure that would be a good thing for him.
August 17, 2015 at 5:10 PM
Jason ON said…
My point was, that trying to keep your kid off the interwebz is, and will continue to be, an effort in futility.
August 17, 2015 at 7:14 PM
Anthony DiRuggiero said…
It's still inappropriate to photograph, and post, stranger's children.
August 18, 2015 at 10:05 AM
Alexis Cantrina said…
Jason ON Yes, but in this case the picture already has a ton of views and people wanting to know who he is. I wouldn't want that much attention on him (the attention is already on finding the kid, I wouldn't want them to know who that kid is that already has all that attention). Not every picture on the internet garners that much attention.
August 18, 2015 at 10:18 AM
Jason ON said…
Anthony DiRuggiero​, I might agree with you if the kid was naked, but he's not. He's in a public space interacting with the picture taker's own child. There's nothing wrong here. Not a damn thing.

Alexis Cantrina​, then don't ever have kids, or if you do, don't teach them to be nice people so they get their picture taken.

You people are paranoid over the stupidest shit. It's a perfectly innocent photo the mother of one child took. She wants to find the other child to let him and his parents know how great he is.

Do you people also go over to the Center for Missing and Exploited Children and tell them not to post photos of kids they don't know? Do you troll parent's posts and tell them not to post their photos publicly? Do you get waivers from birthday part events so that you have the rights everyone's images to photos taken at parties?
August 18, 2015 at 1:54 PM
Alexis Cantrina said…
Jason ON I'm saying since that picture has so much attention to it, I would not be coming out and letting people know it was my kid. I think it is polite to ask people if they mind you posting their picture on the internet especially if you want to call attention to them. But I realize that doesn't always happen. Doesn't mean I should be obligated to let everyone know who it is if it is getting a ton of attention and they are trying to find out who it is. And yes, if it is getting a lot of internet attention, I'd be trying not to get it linked to my kid (or me if it was me). The internet is not full of nice people. It's full of people and some of them are not so nice.

It would have been better if she just said, "To this kid, thank you" and left it at that. Rather than trying to hunt him down and get all sorts of people involved in trying to find out who this kid is.
August 18, 2015 at 2:15 PM
Alexis Cantrina said…
All I am saying is I could understand why the mother/kid may not come out and let people know who they are (and ask their relatives/friends not to as well if they can head it off. Hell, I've asked my friends not to tag me in photos if they must post me on the net and that has worked well).

And honestly, if you knew the kid yes, I would consider it very bad form to let the internet know who it is before asking the parent first if it is ok.
August 18, 2015 at 2:18 PM
Anthony DiRuggiero said…
I'm very careful to not photograph stranger's kids, and extra careful not to publicly post photos of hidden I don't know. It's not cool.
August 18, 2015 at 2:18 PM
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