(Although she’s totally channeling Paz in that second one, which strikes me as odd since she obviously didn’t go to college with us…)

I’ve found that when it comes to maintaining an online presence for business purposes (rreynoso.com for example) a lot of my privacy goes right out the www-window. Worst, I have a very unique name which even a marginal search would yield results. People can easily find information about me and my family and even the home I own with a few moments of extra perseverance. Since I pretty much had my identity on the web since before my kids were born I knew there was no way to erase that information; I must merely increase vigilance where I am…just as my parents always did with us.

Now there are some people who have the grace to have a very common name (like a John Smith) and who managed to post online and conceal everything about themselves because they aren’t aiming at income through the web. I think these folk are better able to protect themselves from the crazies online but even so, I don’t think that they should be lax: crazies online live offline.

A quick search on registered sex offenders can tell you how many were caught, after a legal age and convicted.

That being the case, I don’t make my blog a daily kid post but I don’t hide the fact that I have them either. I increase vigilance where I am and embrace the non-celebrity status of my sites. (Tim Challies and Jeremy Pierce will likely draw way more crazies than I would but I think they both do a good job of being careful with how often private information gets brought up even though they’re relatively well known in a couple of circles).

Secondly, did you see the Liquitex?

Serious question – how did you decide to put pictures of your kids on your site? I know other bloggers are firmly against it citing safety reasons. Any thoughts on the matter?

Yes you do. Now all I need to do is get that easel.