Maybe the kid doesn't like surprises because life is one big freaking surprise for him with all of the movie premiere and other stuff he is shipped off too on the reg, when perhaps he'd just like a simple, homework, tv, dinner, bath, bed routine. Or the fun surprises where he turns up to join a bball team and mum has balls it up rendering him humiliated. Or the fact he knows he will be filmed at any given moment and broadcast to random strangers, including mums alleged stalker. All such fun things for kids! She's created a life of uncertainty for those kids.