I think there is a lot of sensitivity around the estrangement of parents by their children and of course it has to be acknowledged that many parents will have had this happen to them for no good reason and sometimes under the auspices of a controlling partner. I can't imagine how awful that would be and I think that has fed into the varying perspectives surrounding the Beckham debacle, but no two cases would be the same.
Possibly that's the situation with Brooklyn, but that's speculative. I do think he should be allowed to have his own perspective. Of course doing it publicly is regrettable but what else would he know, that's been the nature of how life has been played out in the Beckham household and if you choose to live your life in the public domain than maybe it would be wise to factor in how that could rebound in the future. The Beckham offspring, who incidentally have had all their names trademarked by their parents, maybe corroborating the view that they have been commoditised, have been brought up the glare of publicity from babyhood, they couldn't possibly give their consent or make a judgement as to whether being gawped at commented over would affect them adversely further down the line. Like any children brought up in a family where there is fabulous wealth, unless the parents encourage them towards an independent life and career and quite a lot do. Bruce Springsteen has a son who's a firefighter and they don't come much more influential or talented than him on a world stage, Even the Beckham's mate Gordon Ramsay's children, I've read the grown up son is in the Marines and a daughter is WPC. Suffice to say it goes with the territory the children of the rich and famous are not going to have to struggle with trying to get on say the housing ladder, student debt, finding an opening in the working world, they're made for life but it's up to the parents to direct them into something worthwhile other than going down the route of influencer/model, which is pretty lucrative if that's all enabled by the parents. It's a foregone conclusion that the name will do the work for them. It could be argued that some parents lay the corrosive groundwork and expect them to just be compliant. Most Nepos accept the privileges, some will argue they've done it on their own, we all know that's pretty much rubbish, and as such Brooklyn is viewed rightly or wrongly as a brat for throwing it back in their faces, but whilst there are two sides, there is one big elephant in the room, and that surrounds the fact that children are entitled to a private life and that is really the crux of the matter. To argue against it would suggest that shouldn't be a given for children, any children. I don't doubt the Beckhams do a lot for charity but it could be argued that it doesn't mitigate the anxiety inflicted around their control on at least one of their children.