I just wanted to bring some attention to the community and schools. Not sure if you can share.
I was going through my mail today and we share a mailbox with the upstairs neighbors. There was a laminated שנה טובה card in the mailbox with the child’s picture on it. It was not in an envelope or anything exposed for everyone to see.
We sadly live in a very scary world where you don’t know who’s seeing your mail and I know I wouldn’t feel comfortable having someone who can be a predator see a picture of my really sweet and cute daughter with my address pasted on the back of the card for them to know where this girl lives.
I see this happening year after year and I just hope schools can take this insight and put the pictures in an envelope before mailing them out our give them to the kids to give to the parents.
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Do you not let your daughter play outside for this reason too?
Bigger chance he will see your beautiful child in the yard than he will piled with the rest of your mail in the mail box…
Playing outside is a normal thing to do and Hashem always protected us and Hashem is constantly protecting us and Hashem will continue to protect us because we are acting in a normal manner.
When it comes to the pictures that he is talking about, what is the big deal to put it into an envelope and end of story. Why should we ask Hashem for an additional protection (pictures), when we can solve this issue all by ourselves for a few pennies.
If you are going to be so concerned then don’t let your daughter leave the house without a mask. The chances of a predator seeing her leave the house and realizing she lives there are a lot bigger than the chance of one getting hold of a shana tova card addressed to you
ALL mail should be 100% confidential.
My Zaidy left a small endowment to a “Modern” “Jewish” school. (I won’t name the school but it’s as oxymoronic as calling a Yeshiva a University or a University a Yeshiva.)
Because of the endowment my entire family is on their mailing list. When a neighbor saw a Rosh Hashanah postcard from them addressed to me it spread like wildfire & since then the children in the neighborhood are not allowed to play with or even talk to my children.
That’s very sad. Not only is it Sinas Chinam but it’s Lashon Hara, Motzi Shem Ra and Rechilus for your neighbors to spread rumors about you. Shame on them.
Since when do small endowments put all grandchildren on an institutions mailing list? Given your gratuitous dig at a well know institution (while claiming you won’t do so) if your story is true (I don’t believe it) you and your neighbors have a similar mindset. A pity on the children.
Why would anyone make up such a story?
If his children are able to play with the other kids, then why would he say such strong wording on his community.
We really don’t know the true reason behind the behavior of the other people.
People make up all sorts of crazy stories online when they have agendas against other groups. (in this case two) People troll. People have incorrect perceptions. Could be there is another reason why neighbors don’t want their children involved with his but it’s a lot easier to blame them and a postcard than himself. etc.
Not sure what you’re issue is.
There are “really sweet and cute daughter” walking all over town. Find it hard to believe that a post card will . . .
I’m not even sure what you’re worried about in the first place.
Am I naive?
How come people have the need to bash every letter that comes in? You can disagree respectfully.
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It’s not just the neighbors you have to worry about. There are many people who will see it before it makes it into the mailbox. For the ones berating the writer, just remember it’s always better to be safe than to be sorry.
Don’t be paranoid. That’s the lesson here.
Lots of nachas from your really sweet and cute daughter.
This is a bit off topic, but I don’t understand why some people still have shared mailboxes; isn’t that something anyone would want to keep private? Say, you have correspondence with an organization for various medical things. Wouldn’t you want to have that not be seen by your upstairs neighbor?
Unfortunately this is an issue sore for many basement tenants. They’d rather have their own mailbox but this is what it is.
I’m sure all that find this OP to be overly careful have posted pictures of their children on all of social media. After all it’s no big deal. The goyim all do it. Facebook, Twitter, X, Instagram, Their status. They probably have their childrens pictures plastered all over on billboards across the country. Name, address, phone number, childrens birthday, Social security numbers and everything else for the predators to find your children. Dovid Hamelech writes in Tehilim, Shomer Pessayim Hashem. A Pesi is a fool, those that are criticizing the OP are fools. No different than the fools Reb Moshe Zatzal was referring to in his Teshuva about smoking.