The one thing we can do is transfer them over to our computers so we have them copied digitally and for the most part they’re better protected than the originals, and if something would happen to them then there would be a digital backup. You could loose your photos or have them damaged and have to send photos for professional photo restoration service.
They’re nice but the problem is that with time they will fade and of course they’re fairly fragile as well, susceptible to fire, water, humidity etc, and it would be a shame to lose our memories. Before we had digital cameras everything was done with film, which means most of us have all kinds of photographs floating around.