TEEN Mom Jenelle Evans has been slammed for a dangerous parenting decision during a beach trip with kids.
Besides the recent beach trip, Jenelle’s parenting tactics have been called into question numerous times as of late.
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The Teen Mom 2 alum shared photos and videos from her family beach day on Instagram Stories.
One such video shows Jenelle’s kids Jace, 13, Kaiser, eight, and Ensley, five, playing in the ocean.
Shot by Jenelle, 30, the video is recorded from the passenger seat of her beached car; a fair distance from where her children are playing.
Fans on Reddit seemed to notice this dangerous situation as well, as one fan screengrabbed the video and posted it to a Teen Mom-dedicated Reddit board.
The Redditor captioned the post: “Maybe because I don’t live near a beach but is it normal for people to let young children play in the ocean while you’re yards away in a car?
They continued, “People I know don’t even let their kids play in a lake unsupervised let alone the ocean.”
More fans rushed to the post’s comment thread to share their opinion on the hazardous shoreline playtime.
One person wrote: “Absolutely not. I’m there in the water with my kids. The currents are strong and my reaction time would be faster if I’m there. These pictures look like a disaster is waiting to happen.”
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A second fan commented: “This is so unsafe given both the distance and the ages of the kids, not to mention the lack of life jackets.”
Another commenter added: “The water is incredibly shallow there. With a little one though I would want to be nearby.”
While a fourth person chimed: “She should be there in the water so she’s ready to act if something happens.”
Others provided their personal experiences to explain why the situation is a dangerous one.
One person commented: “I live near Lake Michigan and I don’t even like my kids going in past their knees because of undertows. We lose so many people all the time.”
Another Redditor stated: “I’ve never been to the east coast, but for the Pacific, that is way too far out for those kids.”
JOY RIDE
Jenelle was recently ripped by fans for gifting her son Jace with a “dangerous” $1,800 dirt bike for his thirteenth birthday.
The former Teen Mom kickstarted her series of Instagram Stories with a snapshot of the dirt bike.
The MTV star bought him an Apollo RFZ Z40 dirt bike, which is estimated to cost up to $2,000.
She captioned the post, “Happy Early Birthday to Jace.”
In the next Story, the shirtless teenager wore denim jeans and a helmet as he hopped onto his bike.
Jenelle then recorded her son racing his bike across a long stretch of empty road,
The TV personality shares Jace with her ex Andrew Lewis, though her mom Barbara has had custody since he was a baby.
She shares her daughter, Ensley, with her husband David Eason, 34, and her Kaiser with her baby daddy, Nathan Griffith, 34.
Teen Mom fans weren’t thrilled with the MTV Mom for giving a “dangerous” and “cheap-looking” present to her son, who was deemed “too young.”
One fan wrote: “This feels like a bad idea. Here Jace, have this cheap dirt bike.”
Another fan added: “She could’ve at least got him a decent used one other than this cheap crap.”
A third fan mentioned: “Bold of her to buy a chi-old a dangerous vehicle.”
A fourth person chimed in and warned: “I actually bought this specific bike last year after looking for months. There is no inventory for used bikes right now.”
UNSAFE WATERS
Back in June, Jenelle had fans worried for her children’s safety after sharing a video of their family boat trip with some fearing alligators were in the water.
Jenelle posted the clip on TikTok, sharing moments from her outing on the river.
The young mom sported a tight tropical patterned bikini as she shared her plans with her followers.
She then panned the camera to five-year-old Ensley, who expressed her excitement for the ride.
The tot was already dressed in her swimsuit with a long sleeve pink coverup and her brunette hair down.
Jenelle’s husband, David Eason was just as enthused as he sported a camouflaged shirt and hat for the outing.
Her eldest son, Jace also came along as he was the first to test out a kneeboard while holding a rope off the back of the boat.
Jenelle recorded her son’s ride as David steered the boat.
Viewers, however, grew nervous over the family’s adventure as they questioned the safety of the water.
“Do you all not have alligators?” one person asked as another echoed, “Are their gators in that river?”
“I think of rivers and lakes and immediately fear there are alligators,” noted a third.
“Do you all have alligators there? Just wondering you can’t see anything in the deep water I’m sure,” wondered a fourth.
Jenelle cleared the air with her response: “Yeah, but they are scared of people.”
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