Parents are never too far away from a camera - and sometimes there are quite spectacular results.
Even capturing a seemingly innocent pose doesn't always go to plan.
From bitter experience I know only too well how mums and dads can end up with the most inappropriate pictures of their little ones.
Who knew that taking my children to a shopping mall's meet the film 'villains' could go so disastrously wrong.
First in the queue to meet 101 Dalmatians baddie Cruella de Vil and what does she do - pop her cigarette into my then three-year-old's mouth.
I snapped the pic before even realising what she'd done. I think you can tell from his face that he was a little dumbfounded.
I probably should have complained - I know plenty who would - but it was the start of the day and Cruella seemed a bit nervous as she was just stepping into character.
Thankfully I'm not the only one to end up with a photo that won't be making it onto the mantle piece.
Manchester parents share embarrassing snaps of their own kids (no judging please)...
The finger
This wasn't quite the moment Emma Hall, from Offerton, was hoping for when she asked daughter Imogen, then five, to show off her ring.
And it's amazing how many babies seem to manage the gesture at such a young age, including Lauren Gray's son Teddy Elliott, when he was having a snooze at around two-months-old.
"I think he wanted me to stop taking photos when he was just trying to nap," said Lauren.
And if you ask your little one to show you where their nose is, then of course they're going to put their finger up it.
Just like Suzanne Denton's daughter Freya here who was rather too eager when pointing her nose out for nanna.
The fingers
And it's not just the one finger causing problems for parents.
He might look like he's making a rude gesture but Spencer Hill had in fact just mastered his very best Spiderman 'thwip' when mum Lindsay captured his pose on camera.
Looking just as menacing is little Ruby Thompson, from Worsley.
The two-year-old was attempting to copy her older sisters Evie and Lucy by making the peace sign, but got it back to front. Not quite one for the family album!
Another that's never going to be framed is this photo of Nicci Pearce's three-year-old daughter Ava, from Audenshaw.
Well what do you expect when you ask how many biscuits your child wants!
Even at a month old, Sam Leigh's baby Jaxon, from Dukinfield, was practising the sign when holding his dummy in while sleeping.
The ice lolly
We all know food pictures can be the funniest. And Jill Glenister's son Jasper's face really was a picture as she snapped him while eating his way through an ice lolly.
Jill, from Stockport, said: "He was about eight months old and was enjoying a Mini Milk, but he was so not impressed with mummy finding it hilarious."
The fighter
Clearly such inappropriate photos of children aren't a new phenomenon - as this photo from more than 30 years ago proves.
A young Rosalyn Steeple, from Salford, looks pretty scary armed with her rifle and donning a fighter's cap.
Apparently her older brother Alan was to blame.
Do you have an inappropriate photo to share of your kids? Send it to emma.gill@trinitymirror.com or post it in the comments of the story on our Manchester Family facebook page.
