Do you post photos of your children online or in social media? Then you are far from alone as it is becoming more and more common for parents to publish pictures on their counts.

As the government decided that the Children's Convention should become law next year, so has the debate about which images are okay to post and not brought to life. The aim of the new law amendment is to strengthen the rights of children and to increase the protection of children.

But how do the children themselves see their parents posting pictures of them on social media?

- I get to see the picture before it is posted and I don't like it so they remove it, says 14-year-old Oliwer Granvik.

- My parents do what they want with the pictures, I can't say anything directly. But if I absolutely do not like the picture, they will remove it, says Emmy Lundblad, who is also 14 years old.

Make children more involved

Anton Dahlberg and Karin Fängström are both researchers in parent support and child talk at Uppsala University. They emphasize the importance of allowing their children to participate in decisions and issues that concern them. For example, if a parent can ask the child if he or she wants to be included in the picture or not.

- It's also about how to do when you when you involve someone. The child will then be able to bring in their own friendships when they end up in a situation where they want to post a picture of someone but need to ask first, says Anton Dahlberg.

How can a child participate in this by posting pictures on the internet?

- You might ask, for example: “should we send this picture to grandpa or grandmother, or any other person that the child knows about. If the child feels that it is okay to send the picture, then the child has got to be involved, they know who the recipient is and they get to practice being involved in publishing pictures, says Karin Fängström.