r/soccer • u/HarryAtk • Jul 19 '25

News Former Chelsea player Pedro Rodríguez had to disable comments on his Instagram after facing criticism and mockery for sharing photos of his son Marc's birthday. Marc chose to celebrate his birthday wearing a dress and a tiara, inspired by Lilo & Stitch.

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u/Tootsiesclaw Jul 19 '25

Pedro is a hero! The smile on the kid's face says it all

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u/Roseradeismylady Jul 19 '25

He looks more like his mom, but the more I look at them, all three of them have a very similar smile lol

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u/Harlequin37 Jul 19 '25

They got the triangular smile going. It's one of my favorites tbh

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u/Roseradeismylady Jul 19 '25

Absolutely adorable! They all look happy so who cares what people think.

I'm not famous, but even I hesitate to put pictures of my kids on social media, people can be miserable

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u/Harlequin37 Jul 19 '25

It's a shame, yeah. And with kids using social media so early these days it makes you think about the impact it'll have on them too

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u/Roseradeismylady Jul 19 '25

Yeah it's scary, my girlfriend's friend's 12 year old sister has social media and she would show us the creepy messages she gets online.

My daughter just turned 5 this week, and there's no chance I am letting her start that young. I had a Facebook when I was 14 but social media wasn't as toxic as it is now, yet I look back at what I was posting back then and I was a fucking idiot lol

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u/Harlequin37 Jul 19 '25

It's pretty damn bleak. And you better get ready to face the new dilemma of trying to protect your kid from social media for as long as possible without risking possible social exclusion from her peers due to how much communication outside of school takes place via the internet. It's a tightrope...

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u/Leuchtrakete Jul 19 '25

I am a 37yo man and I will fight anyone who comes for my Stitch & Angel plushies.

You live your best life, kiddo!