Most parents these days post pictures of their kids online through social media.
However, when you’re a celebrity, these photos of your kids can become targets for online trolls and haters.
Singer Pink recently announced that she will no longer be posting photos of her kids after some particularly brutal mom-shaming incidents.
Take a look at her reasoning behind this decision.
In case you’ve been under a rock these past few years, Pink is the proud mama to two kids.
When she’s not singing or performing crazy aerial stunts, she’s raising her daughter, Willow, and son, Jameson.
Pink has never been afraid to share her best mommy moments online.
I am here for this backstage shot of her pumping milk. She used the hashtag #PumpUpTheJams when sharing this pic on Instagram.
Even though Pink loves sharing pictures of her family online with her fans, it has also taken a toll.
All parents want to share photos of their kids (it’s just ingrained in us), but when you’re a celebrity, you can be the target of some online trolls.
The haters came after Pink when she posted this picture of her family eating dinner.
Seems like a perfectly fine picture to me. Pink told her followers that , “At least twice a week on tour, we shut the door to the outside world and have family dinner.”
However, people felt that by posting this image on Instagram, Pink was taking this private moment away from her family.
In some ways, this might be true, but the trolling and general hating that followed her post was a bit extreme.
A recent, and particularly vicious case of mom-shaming, forced Pink to reconsider posting about her kids online.
When Pink posted this picture of her son without his diaper on at the beach, people were relentless with their comments.
After a storm of negative and hurtful comments, Pink shut down the haters.
She pointed out that their reactions to her boy’s body, and her choices about his body were completely uncalled for and inappropriate. Pink also noted that she’s only human, and only a mother — these things happen.
“There’s something seriously wrong with a lot of you out there,” she wrote.
“Going off about my baby’s penis? About circumcision??? Are you for real? As any normal mother at the beach, I didn’t even notice he took off his swim diaper,” she said on Instagram.
“I deleted it because you’re all [expletive] disgusting,” she continued.
“And now I’m turning off my comments and shaking my head at the state of social media and keyboard warriors, and the negativity that you bring to other people’s lives,” she wrote.
“There is something seriously wrong with a lot of you out there.”
Despite her strong clapback, the whole incident pushed Pink to decide to swear off social media posts about her kids for good.
“People went as far as saying someone should call child services because he didn’t have a diaper on and how dare I … some of the nastiest things,” she said in a recent interview with Ellen Degeneres.
The incident had an extremely negative impact on Pink.
“I cried so hard after that because I like to share my family. It’s my proudest moment. I’m prouder of my kids than anything I’ve done in my whole life,” she said .
The timing of her decision also has to do with her daughter’s age.
Willow is seven-years-old now, and Pink acknowledged that she should have a say in what gets posted about her online.
“It’s probably time to pull her back from the world and let her live her best life,” she said .
Like all mamas, Pink knows you have to do what’s best for you and your kids.
At the end of the day, your family’s happiness and well-being are the most important things.
Thank you, Pink, for sharing your experiences with us. Hopefully, the internet will become a kinder and safer place for moms soon.
