
Constance Hall is a Queen, but also a polarising figure. Her refreshingly real take on parenting has attracted as much applause over the years, as it has criticism.
This week, the author and mum of seven (she has two step kids with partner Denim Cooke), has attracted a barrage of the latter.
She posted this photo that shows her, her freshly born son Raja, and his dad, Cooke, to Facebook, and people were not happy:
This is the essence of the backlash:
How dare Hall have her phone in her hand, chillaxing with a drink as if on vacay, and not be staring lovingly at her newborn son?
“Obviously googling parental advice,” is one example of the mean-spirited comments.
Others felt it necessary to provide feedback on Hall’s dietary choices, implying the question as to what kind of mother would ‘poison’ a child she was breastfeeding with a carbonated beverage – nay – a soft drink?
Look, we understand: if you’re not the subject of unsolicited advice and judgement, how do you even know you’re a mother? These trolls were just being…supportive.