It has to be really hard to parent in the public eye because everyone and anyone will have an opinion, and there will be no shame or hesitation in sharing it. There doesn't appear to be any filter, especially if someone thinks the famous people are doing something wrong or bad.
The Kardashian family, who have been in the public eye forever with their reality show, are used to criticism, but that doesn’t make it right. One of the most recent criticisms has been thrown at Kim Kardashian after a conversation with her daughter, 10-year-old North West.
On the latest episode of ‘The Kardashians’ on Hulu, Kim and North had a conversation that left people feeling a certain way.
The episode was filmed a while ago, so we pick up when Kim was being fitted for her Met Gala dress, and North went along.
Kim was meeting with Daniel Roseberry, the creative director of Schiaparelli, whose pearl-covered design she rocked at the gala earlier this year.
While her mom was getting fitted, North chimed in with her thoughts and feelings on the whole look and the dress.
North didn’t like the dress. And she didn’t shy away from telling everyone in the room what she thought. According to North, the dress looked like it was “from the Dollar Store” and the pearls "looked fake.”
Other critiques North had include her feeling that the dress looks like a “Hawaiian girl with her dress all ripped,” that the dress looked too “beachy,” and the diamond accessories “ruin” the outfit.
Kim spoke up partway through, telling North that she thinks she has it wrong.
"No, no, I think you're wrong here," Kim told her daughter.
"These are very expensive, real pearls. I think you need a lesson on pearls. We're not going for flapper girl — we're going for vintage, authentic pearly girly."
Remember, the creative director of Schiaparelli was in the room, and he heard all of this.
He later confessed to the cameras that he was surprised by what North said.
"This is my worst nightmare come to life. It's like I'm being Punk'd. The night before the Met, getting read for filth,” he said.
Kim spoke to her daughter again with a gentle reminder on being mindful of how she says things. "There's a way to be honest and not to hurt people's feelings,” she told North. “So I want you to learn that."
When the episode aired, critics came out in full force to tell Kim she was parenting wrong.
There were several Reddit threads that went haywire with people critiquing how Kim handled that situation.
“Kim is an adult and how she allowed North to speak to the designer like she did, was terrible parenting,” one person wrote. “By letting North ‘be honest’ Kim was incredibly disrespectful to his experience and position as a professional.”
“I think that her mother’s parenting style has a lot to do with it. She’s learning to express herself in an environment that YOU and I will never understand,” another person wrote. “Her mother needs to take more time to speak and guide her and doing this while your life is being recorded and judged only makes it harder. Mom should really take some parenting classes.”
“Kim seems scared of her 9 year old daughter. How?” someone else asked. “How is a parent afraid of their own child? It’s so weird to me.”
Others were defending Kim and telling people that it’s weird to critique a kid (because it is weird).
“I don’t know why people are so shocked,” someone else added. “Kids are notoriously more honest and forthcoming than adults. That’s nothing new.”
“Now, can North be VERY direct, yes. She has a lot of confidence and self-esteem,” shared another commenter. “Does she lack ‘emotional intelligence’ most likely because she’s f—ing 10 years old.”
Another wrote: “She is just a child. All of these self entitled full grown adults on here should really reconsider talking badly about a young child.”
On X, people called the conversation the little girl had ‘rude,’ but not everyone agreed.
“Am I the only one who doesn’t think this is rude?” one person asked in response to a clip of the scene going viral on the platform.
“Most adults have an issue with letting kids be autonomous and get angry when they can’t impose their will on kids,” someone else wrote in response. “Most tell them stfu because ‘I’M THE ADULT ’ and most would rather push down the kids than encourage them.”
Someone else questioned the purpose of the post. “So allowing your child to speak their mind & their opinion without being afraid to is bad,” the person asked. “I don’t really get this post.”
And another shared that everything they’re criticizing Kim about not doing she actually did do. “Kim is teaching North how to be honest and outspoken without being rude,” one X user tweeted. “She’s 10 and learning how to use her voice appropriately. She’s taking the feedback and reframing her words right away!! Did you watch the clip?”
