Wait what?! They’re kids are in therapy? They’re SO young. Mind me asking where you heard this from?
Thanks for answering, I’m naive I guess lol.
I ‘ll definitely be checking out the index!
Hello Anon, thank you for the ask. I do want to apologize if my tone came across cold or rude. I do get some asks at times that attack my character or accuse me of being "crazy", so I can be a little irritable at times. Again if I offended you at all I'm genuinely sorry.
With this being said, so this was mentioned by Gen in one podcast I BELIEVE late 2021 or 2020, I would have to go back and look to recall exactly when this one took place. There was another podcast in I think 2024 where the Pads mentioned this too, and Jared made a mention of this during one convention panel. Some people choose to see this as advocating for mental health and destigmatizing it. I see it as putting the kids' private care front and center to advocate for a cause. It's exploitation of children point blank, prove me wrong. Bet you no one can...
To me, using your children's health stories when everyone's seen their faces and names is very reckless. I believe it WILL absolutely 100% without a shadow of a doubt in my part backfire against Jared and Gen. I've said it plenty of times before, they need to knock off sharing intimate moments with the world and think the kids will eventually grow resentful and horrified when they see the not so positive feedback on the blogs and such one day. Mark my words, it can and WILL happen. It won't be pretty behind closed doors, especially when their peers come across the very same content. They will resent their parents when they learn too late how concrete and permanent online content is. It doesn't just disappear from the internet and this stuff isn't short lived like the moments the same photos and videos were taken.
Great on Jared and Gen for trying to destigmatize mental health issues... DON'T use your children's private care as part of your mission, your crusade if you will. This applies to all so called family bloggers and advocates. If you mention your children's health issues, make sure the world does NOT know their names and faces, where they live, etc. Very irresponsible parenting on Gen and Jared's behalf.
I don't even post on my Instagram (no longer have Facebook) most of the photos and clips I take of my son. Most of that is reserved for my closest family members and friends IF they see it. My Instagram profile is private for a reason. It is irresponsible to me putting children in danger of exposure to online strangers so liberally. I don't even plan on letting my son have social media while in school... and when he created a YouTube channel at his dad's house after a teacher suggested he'd be great at making bath related videos (and friends having profiles), I immediately told him he is going to delete that profile. I made him show me screenshots of the entire process of deleting this profile AND made him prove it is absolutely gone. He didn't want me to be upset and is why he listened. I said even think it was behind his grandmother's email address and such, you're putting yourself in danger by presenting your YouTube channel linked to yourself in the name and this proves he isn't ready for social media. I take online safety THAT seriously with children.
The Padaleckis are extremely naive in how many stories they share about their kids. They see sharing cute stories, I see people making fun of the kids for sounding stupid. Like really, why would you, Jared Padalecki, share your son decided decided to put his fingers between Christmas light prongs? Why would you Genevieve Padalecki share how your son got in trouble in DAYCARE (what you need daycare for if you're a SAHM?????) for saying the word vagina repeatedly? Why would you Jared Padalecki share your son Shepherd asking Genevieve if they really had sex 365x in a year to conceive Tom, knowing damned well he was barely home from filming at the time? You see how all of this sounds? This is how their haters think, this is their tone. Even I facepalmed myself with the sex question implying Gen and Jared struggled with infertility. Newsflash: no they didn't, this is another lie Gen concocted that Jared is going with for some CRAZY reason for a story that could be brewing down the pipeline to bring in more money as a "relatable couple".
I'm sorry, this is just ridiculous on both of their parts. They made their children sound stupid and fed this narrative to their haters. These people do not care if they're children, these fans have and WILL stalk even their children for even a smidge of a chance to run into Jared or Jensen. These so called fans are NOT their friends and need to stop treating these convention panels like paid therapy sessions.
These fans essentially cut them their paychecks through the studios, and are why they have the lifestyle they live to start with. Hate to say it but in effect, our watching their content makes US their boss with how the public perceives them and with money flow, LIKE IT OR NOT! We don't like their content aka movies or tv shows, guess what their royalties go down and therefore they lose income. Why would they want to jeopardize this with their oversharing? It'll all backfire one day, one way or another.
I apologize for the long post and rant. I am against everything they do with the way they expose their children. Gen's oversharing and even Jared's are for optics. Jared probably genuinely FEELS he's doing the right thing, with Gen she's "checking off a list" to prove she's an effective parent when to me she's raising more red flags and waving them behind her back hoping no one sees.