I came across Maddie’s channel when I overheard my 13-year old daughter watching it. I was actually impressed by that initial video (one of her very first ones) as I was a teen mom to my daughter and know how hard it is and the criticism one can get. I also have struggled with my own mental health (depression, anxiety, adhd, and trauma) for as long as I can remember and have had to really work through it and make it a priority to be the best mother I could be to my daughter.
But, WOW! Before I knew it I got sucked into what has now become a train wreck of just watching for nothing more than it being a suspense of shock factors from one video to the next. Why is her mother allowing this? Money, “fame”...obviously. If this was my daughter or this is how I acted when I was a teen Mom, I would have been beyond embarrassed to know that my life was playing out so publicly like hers because I chose to use a platform with such a huge following to “advocate” for teen moms, breastfeeding, being vegan, mental health all that the cost of my year old daughter! Even, My 13-year-old daughter began picking up on things that are clearly not normal...like how her Mom clearly has no boundaries or morals with Maddie by allowing her to drop out of school, not seeking proper mental health treatment when Maddie is clearly still EXTREMELY affected by anxiety. Having her child on a sleep schedule of midnight to noon because that’s when Maddie wants to sleep. Forcing her daughter to be Vegan but feeding her junk food constantly, now, buying a dog instead of adopting or maybe she could just focus on the one year old that is in the busiest/neediest stage of a child’s life.
& let’s not forget her OBSESSION for wanting another baby at 15! This drives me so mad being a teen mom of an only child, because teen moms do not grasp how hard it is to parent beyond the stage their first child is at and they want more “babies” like Maddie as soon as the child starts walking or even sooner. I get where people truly want that family, but this isn’t the case. She has a NEED for babies. She doesn’t get that her child is still a baby (not even 2!) and she can’t even keep up with real life! She has no idea what it would be like with more than one child in so many aspects and no education past 8th grade. Look at how she handles her brother and her daughter. Always stressed or acting so childish with them. I could go on and on but the bottom line is Maddie has true mental health problems that need worked through, truly processed. It needs addressed far more than it is being with Prozac or its going to continue to play out through her daughter. Maybe this is why she is like she is because this is the underlying situation to her own mom? Regardless, I really hope someone is able to get her help and she eventually realizes what situation she has herself in (17 more years of drama with that child’s father guaranteed) before the situation gets to the point that her channel gets shut down or she just can’t keep up and begins to lose all the interest from “fans”/viewers to the point that her mental health becomes even worse than it is. I truly am concerned for her.
*my daughter did unsubscribe from her because she said complains too much and her videos make me motion sick.
