The kids know for the sake of the vlog that they have to be overjoyed by this announcement, even if it doesn’t match with how they really feel, and that’s just so unhealthy. They’re not teaching their kids that it’s okay to not be happy about something, to be worried or just unsure and have questions.
News of a new sibling can obviously be overwhelming as it is, and then you have the added pressure of having a camera shoved in your face for the whole world to see with an expected emotion.
Islas reaction for me was absolutely heartbreaking. I don’t believe she was playing up or overacting, that was a devastated sob to me, but the words that she was happy didn’t match that at all. She must be so confused all the time. I’d like to think they recognised it and had a chat one on one with her off camera but I highly doubt it.
I get the feeling that if those two simply ask (Isla especially) or any of their kids if they are ok, and they say yes because it’s expected, that’s end of discussion and they can come back at any comment made in concern about them (or even any guilt they probably have) and confidently argue against it, because in their minds that’s good enough and it fits with what they want.
News of a new sibling can obviously be overwhelming as it is, and then you have the added pressure of having a camera shoved in your face for the whole world to see with an expected emotion.
Islas reaction for me was absolutely heartbreaking. I don’t believe she was playing up or overacting, that was a devastated sob to me, but the words that she was happy didn’t match that at all. She must be so confused all the time. I’d like to think they recognised it and had a chat one on one with her off camera but I highly doubt it.
I get the feeling that if those two simply ask (Isla especially) or any of their kids if they are ok, and they say yes because it’s expected, that’s end of discussion and they can come back at any comment made in concern about them (or even any guilt they probably have) and confidently argue against it, because in their minds that’s good enough and it fits with what they want.