Exactly the case. Nowadays, it is SO important to make sure people (young or old) understand that certain images may very well stay with them throughout their lives. They can and do affect their futures in ways that they can’t see right now but will pop up again. At the worst possible times…
ETA:
And it wasn’t a professional photographer, it was the father of one of the kids,
If that’s true, and I believe it is, then he deserves to be crucified by every parent in that photo. He’s pretty much condemned these kids to have this hung around their necks for a very long time.