‘Teen Mom’ Stars Clap Back at Parenting Police Over Breast-Feeding, Diapers and More

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'Teen Mom' Stars Clap Back at Parenting Police Over Breast-Feeding, Diapers and More

No shame in their games! Leah Messer and more Teen Mom stars have bashed social media trolls questioning their parenting decisions. The Hope, Grace & Faith author slammed the parenting police in May 2020 after posting a selfie with her daughter, Ali. The West Virginia native was “sickened” by comments about her preteen, who was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy in 2014. “Some of the comments on a photo of me with Ali are despicable,” Messer, who shares Ali and her twin sister, Adalynn, with her ex-husband Corey Simms, tweeted at the time. “I’m sickened. What world are we living and raising our children in?” The Teen Mom 2 star went on to write, “Let’s teach all of our kids that we are each born with unique differences that make us the beautiful individuals we are!!!” [jwplayer LhEVB1lx-zhNYySv2] Jenelle Evans had something to say about Messer’s motherhood skills in July 2019 when she was bashed for temporarily losing custody of her children — her and Nathan Griffith's son, Kaiser, and her and David Eason’s daughter, Ensley. “So I guess Leah’s not a good mom?” the North Carolina native replied to a negative Twitter user at the time. “She got her kids taken and given back just like me.” Messer responded, writing, “She’s gotta pin her troubles on someone. Why not it be me? Worry about what’s good for you and those babies Jenelle. Stop attacking people on social media.” When a fan applauded the former cheerleader for speaking out, she wrote, “She ain’t worth my time.” One year prior to Evans’ tweets, Messer told Us Weekly exclusively that her custody agreement with Simms had “always been 50/50.” She explained in 2018: “People were like, ‘Leah lost custody.’ I almost did, but I never lost custody of my children.” Keep scrolling to see what more Teen Mom stars have said to online trolls, from Kailyn Lowry to Maci Bookout. [podcast_block]

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'Teen Mom' Stars Clap Back at Parenting Police Over Breast-Feeding, Diapers and More

No shame in their games! Leah Messer and more Teen Mom stars have bashed social media trolls questioning their parenting decisions. The Hope, Grace & Faith author slammed the parenting police in May 2020 after posting a selfie with her daughter, Ali. The West Virginia native was “sickened” by comments about her preteen, who was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy in 2014. “Some of the comments on a photo of me with Ali are despicable,” Messer, who shares Ali and her twin sister, Adalynn, with her ex-husband Corey Simms, tweeted at the time. “I’m sickened. What world are we living and raising our children in?” The Teen Mom 2 star went on to write, “Let’s teach all of our kids that we are each born with unique differences that make us the beautiful individuals we are!!!” [jwplayer LhEVB1lx-zhNYySv2] Jenelle Evans had something to say about Messer’s motherhood skills in July 2019 when she was bashed for temporarily losing custody of her children — her and Nathan Griffith's son, Kaiser, and her and David Eason’s daughter, Ensley. “So I guess Leah’s not a good mom?” the North Carolina native replied to a negative Twitter user at the time. “She got her kids taken and given back just like me.” Messer responded, writing, “She’s gotta pin her troubles on someone. Why not it be me? Worry about what’s good for you and those babies Jenelle. Stop attacking people on social media.” When a fan applauded the former cheerleader for speaking out, she wrote, “She ain’t worth my time.” One year prior to Evans’ tweets, Messer told Us Weekly exclusively that her custody agreement with Simms had “always been 50/50.” She explained in 2018: “People were like, ‘Leah lost custody.’ I almost did, but I never lost custody of my children.” Keep scrolling to see what more Teen Mom stars have said to online trolls, from Kailyn Lowry to Maci Bookout. [podcast_block]

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Permitting the Piercing

“I would rather it be by a professional, sanitized and clean, than my teen sneaking off and doing it herself and getting an infection,” Abraham told TMZ in February 2022 of her daughter Sophia’s septum piercing. “To those who might feel it is inappropriate that my daughter got her nose professionally legally done, I'm all about being legal. We abided by the law. I am doing my best as a parent to make sure that she is healthy and happy, and I covered those bases. So, congratulations to Sophia. I'm wishing her the best in her teen years, and if she wants to get more piercings, more power to her."

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Bad Word

Evans defended saying the F-word in front of her daughter in October 2021 since Ensley knows she is "not allowed to" curse.

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Drawing the Line

"I don’t know why people feel like they can comment on her body in any way shape or form. It makes me not want to post her," Houska told her Instagram followers in August 2021 after sharing a photo with Aubree, saying that the comments made her "sick."

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Singing His Praises

Evans told her Instagram followers to "stop judging" her husband in April 2021, writing, "No matter how badly you hate @easondavid88, he’s the best father he could ever be. Only if you knew us personally maybe then you would agree. ... We're doing just fine."

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Words of Wisdom

While clapping back at mom-shamers “sometimes” helped Houska “feel better,” she exclusively told Us in February 2021 that it was “always best to take the high road."

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Producer Prank?

"Just to be clear: Addie did not intentionally put the gum on the mic,” Messer tweeted in December 2020 after a Twitter user criticized her youngest daughter's "pitiful" behavior toward a producer's property on Teen Mom 2. "She had it on a wrapper and sat the mic down on it. For crying out loud, she was 6."

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Family of Five

“So here’s the thing about me: I will do whatever it takes to provide for my kids. Yes, MTV pays me for TM2," Lowry wrote via Instagram in August 2020 when a troll accused her of only having “so many kids” because of MTV’s money. “But MTV did not get me my bachelor’s degree, write four books for me, start @potheadhaircare for me. MTV does not record @coffeeconvospodcast for me every week. I took an opportunity presented to me, and I launched myself in several different directions. And when the show ends, I WILL STILL be able to provide.”

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Quick Question

When an Instagram user slammed Lowry in August 2020 for being a "single mom with four kids," she posted the direct message to her Instagram Story, asking, "Why do y'all do this?"

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Colorful Claws

"Allowing Sophia to be creative in her art and discovery of beauty is nothing to be ashamed of," the Love Through Limelight author told In Touch Weekly in August 2020 after showing her daughter's fake nails.

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Birth Plan

"My mental health and CONSISTENCY in my sons’ lives are more important than he said/she said,” pregnant Lowry wrote on her July 2020 Instagram Story after saying Lopez would not be there when she gave birth. "As their mother, I know in my heart I’m doing what I believe to be best. I’m sorry if everyone disagrees."

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TikTok Trend

After she was criticized for showing a vibrator in a video with her preteen in June 2020, Farrah Abraham exclusively told Us, "I don't really feel like I can be shamed when I protect my child. I educate my daughter. We have so much fun on TikTok. … I think I’m doing pretty great.”

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Cool Colors

“No harm in trying this!” Lowry wrote via Instagram in June 2020 after letting her two eldest sons get their hair dyed. “ESP bc it’s temporary if they hate it!”

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Diet Diss

"My brother was a collegiate wrestler so I grew up around the sport and have a bit of knowledge in the sport and healthy weight maintenance," Maci Bookout tweeted in May 2020 after she was bashed over her son Bentley's "very strict" wrestling diet.

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No Negativity

"We are all different and that is BEAUTIFUL!" Messer went on to tweet following negative comments about Ali.

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Coming to Her Defense

“For everyone who keeps saying Ryder was in the hospital because I was seeking attention from Cory [Wharton], what’s wrong with you?” Cheyenne Floyd tweeted in May 2020. “I allow them to show when Ry is sick to bring awareness to her illness. [Other] than that, shut the f–k up.”

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Pretty in Pink

Catelynn Lowell shared a photo of Novalee's new pink highlights in February 2020, writing via Instagram: "Calm down y’all it’s not her hair that’s dyed."

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Teamwork

"I actually make dinner almost every night," her husband, Tyler Baltierra, tweeted in January 2020 following criticism of their parenting responsibilities. "But Cate usually does the dishes and puts kids to bed and I usually do the laundry (I say ‘usually’ because sometimes it’s vice versa lol) but we just do whatever needs to be done to keep our home halfway functional. We’re a TEAM!”

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Hanging at Home

The JE Cosmetics creator tweeted that she'd been with her kids "all day" when a Twitter user urged her to spend time with them in January 2020.

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Diaper Days

"I’m not going to rush him into something based on someone else’s standards," Lowry wrote via Twitter that same month after revealing her youngest son, Lux, still wore diapers.

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Cut the Clothes

She said in December 2019 that Lux liked "to be naked," tweeting, "I don’t understand why that would be hard for some people to understand."

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Better Late Than Never

Although the Conquering Chaos authors were late meeting their daughter Carly, who they placed for adoption, Baltierra tweeted in August 2019: "You should have seen the amount of joy she had when she saw that scrapbook & our handwritten letters! Adopted kids treasure handwritten words & pics from their birth parents & it was very special to her! So glad we did it in person!”

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No Nursing, No Problem

Lowell had no regrets about stopping her breast-feeding journey, explaining in July 2019: "What you say doesn’t affect me because my Vaeda is happy, healthy, chunky, smiley and best of all, FED! Mom is also mentally healthy and able to connect and bond with baby still!! Stop PUSHING girls to feel like that HAVE to breastfeed or they are not just as good of a mother! In my opinion #fedisbest and we need to support moms in whatever they choose.”

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Vaccination Veto

After Lowry was bashed for saying Lux was "not vaccinated" in January 2019, she added on her "Coffee Convos" podcast: "He hasn’t ever really been sick, and for me ... I just don’t vaccinate him."

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Safe Seat

“They didn’t show in this scene before hand, where I told her I was only going to let her sit on the counter for a second until I got her chair that she usually sits on next to me when we make dinner together,” Baltierra tweeted in July 2019 after Novalee was filmed on the kitchen counter. “She never climbed back onto it though. I’m am [sic] NOT a perfect parent!"

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Long Locks

"I don’t tell people to tape your mouth shut cause you’re ignorant," the Letter of Love author tweeted in September 2018 when a social media troll advised her to cut Lux's hair. "Don’t tell me what to do with my children.”

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The Right Time

When asked in January 2021 about when to respond to mom-shamers, Bookout exclusively told Us, “If you feel like what they are saying is No. 1, false, and No. 2, could actually [hurt]your reputation.”