Mentioning Julia not having children I think was below the belt and also the intent of saying it was to be hurtful. As far as I am aware she does not have any (unless she has just been very good at keeping private), but Ashley would not know whether she doesn’t have any through choice or through circumstances not allowing it.
I think it’s often easier to see other people’s parenting issues from a distance, which is what she has pointed out. She has seen that Mark and Nadia have got so swept up in SM that they no longer have any decency barriers in place for themselves, which has translated into a lack of decency barriers for their children. They can’t see the problem themselves because they are part of it, being the parents doesn’t make theirs the only valid opinion on their child rearing. Any family members, friend or colleague with knowledge of their household has a right to an opinion, as do we because they have chosen to allow their parenting choices to play out publicly.
It should never be solely the parents whose opinions matter, also remember that these 2 girls were taken out of school to be ‘educated’ by their father, so they had much less influence over what is normal in society and what standards normal adults expect from children in terms of online decency. They didn’t have a wide enough range of role models to counter any misjudgments that their parents may be making. Even their parent’s friends appear to be on the payroll and are there to further their own SM followings so can’t be trusted to act independently as adults if asked for advice.
At no point has Julia called Mark and Nadia out and called them bad parents, she is simply disagreeing with them on an issue that she feels is very important, so wanted to appeal to the girls directly. As parents, Mark and Nadia have also failed their daughters by not teaching them to respect their elders and by not telling them to hear out a person’s point of view when that person is trying to warn you off making mistakes. They didn’t need to take Julia’s advice, but there is no excuse for blocking her and not giving it polite consideration. They have taught their children how to be rude and not how to deal with people who have a differing opinion.