Toddler Sexualised By TikTok Commenters And Why This Behaviour Is TOTALLY Unacceptable

Some of the inappropriate comments received thousands of likes.

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Nothing sparks more joy than the laughter and smile a child brings.

As a parent, you would think others feel the same way you do so you start sharing seemingly innocent pictures and videos of your child to spread positivity to the gloom and doom in this world.

This was probably the case with TikTok user shudzx who started posting videos of her young and adorably cute daughter in July this year.

Her account now has 137.7K followers with over a cumulative video view count of 3 million.

Queue inappropriate comments

While for the most part, the videos have made a lot of people happy, what the mother wasn’t expecting were the sexualised comments as pointed out in a tweet by #MakeSchoolASaferPlace activist Ain Husniza.

moms on tiktok : *posts a video of their child*
the comments : pic.twitter.com/slwIIJFwKg
— ain #MakeSchoolASaferPlace (@ant33ater) September 8, 2021

In her post, Ain called out and posted screengrabs of inappropriate comments made by various people, mostly men, who’ve viewed shudzx’s videos.

Of the comments, one read: “When I meet women who are in their twenties, I feel normal but when I see this kid, I feel a bit shameful” followed by four flushed faces.

Another comment read “Yesterday’s viral news was about a young man marrying his teacher 25 years his senior. So that means, I should probably wait.”

Other comments highlighted by Ain in her tweet ranged from how “if they find their future mate, then age doesn’t matter” to how “they’ve finally found their future wife“.

What’s more than inappropriately speaking about a young child who is probably no more than 2 years old, is how some of the comments received thousands of likes.

Notice made by mother ignored

In response to Ain’s tweet, the mother said she had already asked people not to make comments about her daughter being their future partner, but many still don’t understand.

Some Netizens advised that perhaps the mother should disable the comments section to avoid these kinds of comments the way YouTube does in an attempt to prevent predatory behaviour.

Tackling predatory behaviour towards children online

At the end of the day, it’s all about self-regulation and education.

Speaking from experience is TRP’s Social Media Manager Hakeem, who along with his wife, share updates of their young daughter online as they receive plenty of messages of people saying how she makes them smile, and other nice things.

As a parent, it’s nice to read those things about my daughter. However, there’s bound to be a few rotten eggs in the bunch, people who don’t understand limits, respect or common decency.

Hakeem has come across a few of those types in the past but did not engage with them directly, nor did he contact authorities. Instead, he tracked the parents of those who made the comments.

Needless to say, plenty of apologies were made.

After that, I received direct messages from the boys saying how sorry they were and they were just playing around. In my response, I asked them to reflect, and consider that happening to someone they vowed their lives to protect and care for. I believe a lesson was taught that day.

Sometimes, we can’t help and be proud of the little ones we’ve made and want the world to know.

Hakeem says we should try to appreciate the positive as much as we can, but brace ourselves for the negative too.

He says, if you do come across predatory comments, confront those occurrences like a parent, not a fighter.

As Hakeem has aptly put it: “Remember, our kids are watching, and learning.”

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