To think that Brooklyn Beckham

And David Beckham did go no contact with his own dad. Some media outlets have suggested BB is only doing exactly what his dad did.

And yet Mumsnetters very often advise people to go nc with toxic families and to let it be known that they will not be looking after said parents when they become old and frail.

I've met VB a few times out and about with her boys when they were little. She was always really polite and down to earth. I don't get the dislike? They give loads to children's charities and pay their taxes.
I feel sorry for any family playing out their dramas in public and let's face it, most families have their dramas.

We can’t know what life in the Beckham household was really like. Instagram is all fake.
All families can have issues, just because people are rich and famous doesn’t mean they must be perfect parents. We see images of them everywhere, but we haven’t seen how Victoria and David parented their children on a daily basis.

I think without knowing them personally we can’t judge Brooklyn. We have no idea why he has made the decisions he has, he might have very valid reasons.

Mean thread, mean comments.

It would be awful to grow up in the public eye because of something your parents got famous for.

I similarly think its hard for members of the RF. Everyone loves to hate people in these sorts of situations yet they have done nothing to make them responsible for being born a target.

Agree with PP, David Beckham was a great footballer, VB was pretty average but very ambitious (and to a degree, in the right place at the right time)
Together at the height of their fame they cashed in on making a brand.
It seems like their kids are quite average - same as the vast majority of people....but without needing the same ambition as vb, because they're already famous from being in the limelight their entire lives much of it without their consent

I feel a bit sorry for them, theres almost an expectation for them to be great at something, and a lot of publicity at anything they try - whether successful or not

I admire them. He's pretty down to earth and likeable. She has made a good career for herself starting from scratch. I never can fathom dislike of them.

I do apologise, I didn’t realise you were the thread police.

Discussion is one thing. Character assassination is another matter entirely.

Grammar schools may take the cream of the crop but generally secondary schools might advise that the school environment isn't the right one for their child if the child is struggling too much which may happen if it is a very academic school. I wouldn't think it is very common though.
Private schools like all other schools can only help children to reach their full potential.

Well no, there are plenty of private schools with very stringent entrance exams, and which will boot you out mid-GCSE if you aren’t on track for 8s/9s, or if you get a SEN diagnosis. Which is explicitly what the parents are paying for.

There may be some private schools aimed at the rich and dim (“nurturing” is the phrase I think), but certainly not a majority.

Kicking people when they're down seems to be an MN speciality.

We don't know what happened so there's no reason to assume he is at fault here. Most likely there's blame on both sides but the people I've known to go NC with their parents have usually done so to protect themselves from very toxic relationships.

It's not his fault if he isn't very clever or talented. He has the advantage of wealth so why not try out different things to see if he can find something that works for him?

Imagine growing up with the eyes of the world on you and having no say or choice in the matter. Having a baying mob of paparazzi banging on your car when you're a small child. I watched the Beckham documentary on Netflix and there was some really disturbing stuff. Add in a father who very publicly cheated on his mother. A mother with an eating disorder. And a father with OCD and maybe a bit controlling? I don't think it would have been the most relaxed and happy childhood.

He's really not very bright. I would say he has some additional needs. His wife is rich, neither have a job and they are really dim. I'm not sure he has a clue what he's doing.

YABU. The fact that he comes across as a fairly useless wet wipe doesn’t mean he is to blame for the breakdown of their relationship. No one knows what their family life is actually like.

Pp, a private education does not make your child clever but it may make them more confident.

This!

David Beckham was an extremely talented footballer nobody can deny that Victoria found succees in thecl spice Girls despite not really having any talent as a singer but I do think she's good at promoting herself
Non of their children seen to have any discernable talents which in real life us fairly average but not for the Beckhams .

He’s a figure in the public eye. He wants people to take an interest in him and his doings. So people who are interested discuss him.

I agree.

The saddest thing is there no critical thinking involved. Opinions are garnered from reading celeb gossip and Instagram posts but nobody except those directly involved knows what caused the rift.

@Happyelephants

‘I feel sorry for his in-laws, imagine being a billionaire and your daughter brings this talentless grifter home.’

Sorry, that did make me laugh! 😆 😂

You aren't as clever as your sibling then if you think everyone attending private school is 'very clever'.
All schools, regardless of whether they are state or private, have a mix of children. The role of the educational institution is to bring out their full potential. That will be different for everyone.

What has this person done to warrant such character assassination and constant criticism on MN? What possible reason can you have for wanting to do this? There have been so many threads over so many years slagging his parents off, and now he's being targeted instead.

Why? Do you get some sort of perverse kick out of it?

Marrying him got her name known though. She doesnt need money when daddy has plenty. But she wants to be a famous actress and probably thought he might raise her profile/she’d get more work. How’s that working out? 🤣

I don’t know. He probably is spoiled and entitled, poor boy doesn’t seem to be very bright. But we don’t know what the family dynamic is. We know his father cheats on his mother - that’s not a great start.

Yeah I find it bizarre these celeb children are privately educated but not very clever. What do they teach in these schools? My sibling was privately educated but they had pupils from all backgrounds including some celeb children and very poor. They were all very clever. I think some private schools exist because rich people don't want them mixing with the poor but they don't actually care about their education because they've so much money anyway.

what do the other beckham children do?