The Beckhams

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So let me start by saying that I actually really like VB (well I like her from her Insta posts) and she looks great. Don't really follow DB but am sure he's fine too but find it really strange the way they've really pushed their children into the spotlight from a very young age, they obviously really love them and seem to especially dote on Harper and this is where I find them quite contradictory.

Brooklyn seems to come up for lots of criticism, rightly or wrongly but he's still very young and maybe just finding his way. Obviously he's had incredible opportunities that most of our DC could only dream of but I can't help but think if he was allowed to do these things out of the spotlight it would have been much better for him. Some of articles I read about him have been awful but some might argue that if V&B had let him grow up in private then he wouldn't be put under such constant scrutiny.

Cruz being on the front cover of a magazine virtually naked at 17 and his failed singing career. I know at 17 it's entirely his choice but seems very young IMHO.

Harper is a gorgeous girl but looking at photos of her yesterday at VB's fashion show I just thought she was dressed so inappropriately, she's 11 (or thereabouts) and was in a dress more suitable for a 20 year old. She's obviously on the cusp of puberty and I can't help but feel it can't be healthy for a young girl to be all over the press and again, maybe not now because she is still a little girl, but at some point become a target for trolls (she may already well be).

Romeo - I don't know much about except he plays for his dad'd club (I think).

As I said above, they're obviously loved but this aspect of their upbringing is quite weird (to me anyway) but I might be just an old fart and this is all very normal 😜

Not really. I'm interested in why they would do this. But, bored probably more than over invested.

My attitude to that is that I will never not live my life how I want to because of bullies.

One of my friends children, a boy, had a hobby seen as ‘girly’, he got a shit load of bullying from school. Should his parents have told him to stop so he didn’t get bullied? Or should the bullies change? It’s no different online. The bullies are the issue. People need to take a look at why they’re so quick to bring others down or even pay so much attention to what others are doing. There’s something wrong/missing if you’re so consumed by celebs and their choices. Sort your own shit out instead of looking at others.

@MissingNashville - Will do and then maybe I'll relax and find something positive and wholesome to contribute to the online world, just as you have in your last post. Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated.

One of my friends children, a boy, had a hobby seen as ‘girly’, he got a shit load of bullying from school. Should his parents have told him to stop so he didn’t get bullied? Or should the bullies change? It’s no different online. The bullies are the issue

Of course it's different online. How can you not understand that? It's not mandatory to have a social media account and it's not compulsory to plaster your kids all over the internet from the minute they're born. They're children. They aren't old enough to consent to public photos of every nappy change or new outfit from birth to 18 years old. Questioning celebs and SM influencers featuring their kids on their accounts or pushing them into the spotlight isn't bullying either.

I personally wouldn’t.

We could blame the Beckhams or we could blame the media, or both, but the ones we can’t blame for the situation they’re in is the kids. And yet they’re the ones who are being scrutinised and criticised.

This is the cult of celebrity and the media machine. Celebrities and their lives and families are the bread and butter of some segments of the media. The media only exists to be consumed by the public. If we refuse to read this stuff or take any part in it then at least we take ourselves out of the equation. The media and the celebrities will still be there, doing what they do. (Unless everyone suddenly stopped reading clickbait articles/Hello/OK/ the sidebar of shame, which would be brilliant because then the whole thing would just collapse).

If you feel strongly about kids not being online because they can’t consent, and I totally agree, campaign to change the laws, lots of people do. But you don’t have to join in with the hate or the scrutiny. Questioning individuals that think it’s a good idea to put their kids online won’t change anything.

I suppose it depends on what you want though, a change to the law and to protect kids or to hide behind that, not do anything about it, but use your ‘kids shouldn’t be online’ stance to join in with the bitching and hate about people.

I agree. They've chosen to monetise their children and I think it's not fair on the kids.

We had Brooklyn who was super talented at football, then photography, now a chef.

Romeo was a super talented tennis player (but allegedly never had an LTA ranking which is a prerequisite for entering tournaments), now at football and also a model (in fairness, he has done some shoots for Burberry).

Cruz is a super talented singer and musician.

I would never give an interview saying my kids are super talented at anything as it comes across as arrogant and sets them up for public failure. Which it has in the case of the Beckhams.

They also seem to be quite 'old' for their age. I have teenage sons the same age and I wouldn't have let them have tattoos nor have their girlfriends seemingly constantly in tow. (And I'm pretty relaxed about most teenage activities).

The boys were at an excellent school so had the opportunity to get some qualifications. Clearly they weren't going to be joining the M&S grad training programme but it would have allowed them some privacy and normality until they were 18 at least.

Jack Ramsey is a good example of a successful celeb child product, having joined the Marines. He also came across very well on the rich/poor swap programme a couple of years.

There is an air of dysfunction about them as a family. V and D had very little real time together and certainly didn’t live together before they had children on the way. It must have put a strain on their relationship at the start.
The children, despite the best of education, have no jobs. Brooklyn and his wife are both second hand rich and just seem to live a life of doing nothing. It’s v damaging to have no real reason or drive in the world.
I was left feeling quite sorry for them all and the life they live.

The kids are all pretty young though? Tbh I'd love to have the money and connections to allow my kids to explore their various interests. Kids are pushed into choosing their career paths so young, having that breathing space to let them find out who they are and what makes them tick has some value I think.

The kids are all pretty young though? Tbh I'd love to have the money and connections to allow my kids to explore their various interests. Kids are pushed into choosing their career paths so young, having that breathing space to let them find out who they are and what makes them tick has some value I think.

Absolutely. But they're doing the opposite of giving them breathing space by sharing those interests with the general public.

There's no need to advertise what their kids are doing rather and adding to the media frenzy.

This. I can’t imagine thinking it’s acceptable to critique an 11 year old child’s outfit and then trying to blame the poor kid’s parents because I’ve chosen to behave like a twat.

I don’t necessarily disagree about kids in the spotlight (although I don’t agree that there is ever any justification for discussing a child’s weight or appearance), but I do wonder why this question is never asked of the royal family who roll out the littles at every special occasion.

Lay off the kids. I'm sure they've had excellent educational opportunities but you can take a horse to water, etc. "Education is wasted on the young". It's a shame they've been taught that life can't take place without a PR firm permanently attached to you but there it is. Although I've no interest in them and won't be watching the film.