my heart breaks for ethan. the poor kid loves animals - to the point he dreams of working with them in the future - and essentially witnessed lucy's death, yet babs clearly bought margot for erin - "you got your baby!" - and has no intention of encouraging erin to share the puppy with her brother - presumably no reward box tat treat for her this week! all ethan wanted was to hold their new pet, yet he was brushed aside as erin took centre stage.
then babs takes erin out to the theatre - sure, it was a gifted trip, but she managed to spend the whole evening alone with the gden child, unlike when she forces herself to spend the day with ethan, and has to drag claire along to cope.
and that photo of babs and erin is Awful. taken from a high angle, obviously, with the mimicked scrunch-nose smile, the one-leg-in-front-of-the-other pose with the obligatory hand-on-fake-waist. erin is TEN, ffs and babs has already taught her that appearance is
everything - and that she needs to pose in photos to appear as skinny as possible - in that respect, it scares me how incredibly thin erin is. sure, it may just be her natural body type, but equally - as someone who has anorexia - it is concerning how much emphasis babs places on appearance and size, and the fact that the kids are obviously absorbing that crap. i really hope the fact that erin is so tiny is not indicative of something far more worrying. it just goes to show what total bullshit babs' "body confidence" crap is when THIS is the impact she's having on her child. the fact she blatantly uses filters despite claiming she doesn't must confuse the kids, as she appears totally differently in photos than she does in real life. and those "inevitable wobbles as she gets older"?
duck the "wobbles", i'd be far more concerned about the impact your behaviour is having on your daughter NOW, and the impact that will have on her future - whether it's bullying from other kids, body image issues or worse.
and as for the thin strapped dress over a top that babs claimed is "her own style", she obvs stole that from erin. just another cringe attempt at "twinning" with her ten year old daughter - and don't even get me started on that headband.