Kate Hudson divides parents after letting her 3-year-old use a pacifier

vt-author-image

By Phoebe Egoroff

Article saved!Article saved!

People take issue with virtually everything these days - and this is something that Kate Hudson learned the hard way last year after she posted an image of her then-three-year-old daughter sucking on a pacifier.

The fallout started in September 2021 when Hudson shared an image of herself and her daughter, Rani Rose, posing in front of a mirror while Rani sucked on her pacifier. A seemingly harmless image, although, it apparently wasn't for many users who had something to say about it.

"Kate don't you think Rani Rose is way too old for a pacifier [sic]," one person commented at the time of the now-year-old post.

wp-image-1263172932 size-full
Credit: Instagram.com

While another harshly remarked: "Get rid of that stupid pacifier."

wp-image-1263172935 size-full
Credit: Instagram.com

Someone else decided to comment a personal anecdote about their cousin, writing: "I have a cousin whose mouth & teeth were affected from overuse of a binky for too many years. Braces and the works. Didn't think his mouth would ever NOT appear to have a binky in it. She's your kid, so it's not my problem, but she's WAY to old for that and being an enabler isn't helpful. Just sayin’."

wp-image-1263172939 size-full
Credit: Instagram.com

Though, many users leaped to the mom-of-three's defense, with one user saying: "People will never stop trying to tell other people how to parent [...] must be nice to be so perfect!"

wp-image-1263172928 size-full
Credit: Instagram.com

"If this was me I would post binky pictures every day now just to p*** them off, because I'm petty like that [...] you do you mama. She's adorable," someone else added.

wp-image-1263172930 size-full
Credit: Instagram.com

Someone else decided to chime in: "Adorable! Love the two of you just enjoying life! Ignore the haters! Many on here need to STFUP! You do you! Glad your precious daughter can be a kid and enjoy her childhood and not rushed to grow up too fast! What a great momma you are! Hugs!"

wp-image-1263172942 size-full
Credit: Instagram.com

A year on, the comments clearly haven't deterred 43-year-old Hudson, who continues to share sweet snaps of Rani Rose, with the most recent being a cute birthday post for her fourth birthday.

Hudson - who is the daughter of the legendary Goldie Hawn and step-daughter to the equally as legendary Kurt Rusell - shares Rani Rose with her fiancé, Danny Fujikawa, a record company owner and musician. She also has two sons from previous relationships - 18-year-old Ryder with Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson and 11-year-old Bingham with Muse frontman Matt Bellamy.

Well, with an all-star family like that, it's obvious why Hudson can easily block out the haters!

Featured image credit: MediaPunch Inc / Alamy