Yesterday, I did a post on Christina Aguilera – go here for the story. It was mostly about how Kim Kardashian wanted Christina to sing at her wedding… for free. Christina refused, of course. Anyway, at the end of the story, I included these strange photos of Christina and her 3-year-old son Max at the airport. I also included Fame Pictures’ note that Max seemed to have two black eyes, and that there were “rumors” that Christina might be a bad or abusive mother. Honestly, I thought Fame was just still stirring the pot – little boys get into things, they play rough, and sometimes they get bruised or worse. I thought it was unfair to automatically assume that Christina was, like, hitting her kid or whatever. I think she’s a boozehound monster, but I won’t even consider the idea that she’s hitting her child.
Well, Christina and her people were pissed off that so many people were muttering “abusive” when they saw the photos. So they sent “sources” out to tell TMZ and Us Weekly: “Any reports stating she isn’t a good mom are incorrect. The reports are actually disgusting. Christina is an amazing mom. Max is a happy playful and active boy who has a loving and safe home.” Sure. But here’s the kicker: Max got two black eyes from chasing after… squirrels?
Christina Aguilera is firing back at rumors she’s somehow responsible for a giant bruise on her son’s face — telling friends little Max simply had himself a little fall at the park … chasing squirrels.
The photo was taken yesterday afternoon at LAX — with rumors circulating that Christina’s “erratic behavior and alleged booze-filled outings” somehow contributed to Max’s accident.
But sources tells us, that’s total nonsense — 3-year-old Max was out with his nanny last week, chasing around squirrels … and the kid tripped over a rock and bruised his face.
According to our sources, Max was taken to the doctor immediately and everything was fine. No broken nose, no stitches. Just your average boyhood bruise.
As one source put it, “Christina is a great mom … Max is her #1 priority.”
[From TMZ]
Is that something 3-year-old boys do? Chase after squirrels? I thought it was just dogs. Both TMZ and Us Weekly got the “squirrel” excuse, so obviously, this is the official story: squirrels. Why not just say, “Max was playing in the park and he tripped”?? I don’t understand.
So you know how I just defended Christina’s honor as a NOT abusive mother? Here’s the kicker: Christina being such a boozehound is another form of abuse. If Christina is drinking as much and as often as I think she is, then it is affecting her as a parent, and in the years to come, it will be a form of emotional abuse for Max. I’m just sayin’.
Photos courtesy of Fame.
Not a Xtina fan at all, but this is a non-story. I sincerely doubt she is clocking her son. First, as annoying and arrogant as she is, she doesn’t seem like the type, and her son’s father is very active in the boy’s life.
Oh, the days of tantrums…don’t miss them one bit!
I used to chase birds all the time. Until I was like 10. And I’m a girl. It was fun, he’s 3. I spent years working with toddlers, they have a blast doing about anything.
Toddlers fall and don’t know how to catch themselves so they end up on their faces. If these bruises were on his arms, legs, or belly, I’d be more inclined to think abuse, not this.
I also have to say, there is a difference between abuse and neglect. I think you might have meant her alcoholic tendencies may lead to neglecting her son, but not abusing him.
She is hardly recognizable in these pictures; at least, I thought so.
As if it would be Xtina who gave that boy black eyes. It was clearly one of his nannies. XP
I am positive the Dad would take that kid away so fast if there was physical abuse. And those photos look bad but every kid has bad days. You are right about the drinking though it must stop for her son’s sake.
LOL…I thought the same thing, dogs chase squirrels, do little boys?
Guess they do. His mom is pretty squirrely…hmmm.
Some kids are just more accident prone than others. I have one kid, my daughter, that I should probably get a “frequent user” card from Urgent Care we’ve made so many visits. Black eyes on kids aren’t uncommon. This spring my daughter had an amazing shiner from catching a frisbee… with her face. My son? Nothing more serious than a scrape in his life (so far).
Sure kids will chase squirrels..squirrels, dogs, cats, butterflys, imaginary friends. 3 year old kids are like puppies. cute klutzy puppies..my 4 year old son can trip over air and fall on his face. I agree with gee..when you start seeing bruises on the body, then you start to worry. I’m glad i didn’t have someone taking my picture the time i had to drag my screaming kid through a mall to get to my car.
Not the biggest fan of Xtina but I don’t think she is abusive to her son.
I have a six year adrenaline infused son and it is difficult to keep up with him and they are always up to mischeif. There isn’t a boy/girl on the face of this earth who did not get scratched, bruised, squeezed, hurt, bitten or damaged during their childhood years.
The kid’s freaking out because a weird orange troll has got ahold of him.
Two black eyes can indicate a skull fracture. He looks like he had a serious fall on a hard surface. This isn’t a non story at all. I hope she is responsible enough to get him medical attention. Kids die from brain bleeds all the time.
Mansions with marble floors and huge staircases aren’t toddler friendly.
Being accused of child abuse when you love your little angels(devils) to death is horrible for a parent! I wouldn’t be just pissed at such rumours I’d be in a rage!
People are so quick to judge parents it’s unbelievable! My three kids (one 4 year old and 2 year old twins – all boys) have bruises and scratches all over all the time! They trip over nothing, they climb and fall off of everything and even hit each other. They will chase just about anything even a plastic bag being blown in the wind! When we go for walks they are all tied into their stroller because I’m scared to death that they’ll run off behind something or other!
The other day, I left them in their room for just 10 minutes – alone – and when I came back, the eldest had “coloured” his brothers all over with a purple marker! Impossible to get off with just one bath! I can not tell you the number of stares I got in the street from people trying to figure out if those were bruises or not. I got some very ugly stares. Why did he have to use a purple marker? Why not orange or green???
@Jazz: He’s probably seen Charlie & The Chocolate Factory one too many times and thinks she’s going to blow him up like a blueberry/stick him down a nutshell waste chute!
@AngelMay Can’t you read or are you too lazy “Max was taken to the doctor immediately and everything was fine. No broken nose, no stitches. Just your average boyhood bruise.”
I feel sorry for her. She is who she is but I don’t see the reasons why media and people hate her so much. Maybe because she doesn’t beg and plead for their sympathy and doesn’t apologize for anything.
Maybe he tried to gauge out his eyes so he wouldn’t have to look at her freaky orange skin.
@AngelMay
The article states he was taken to the doctor ASAP.
looks like the squirrel won.
Chasing squirrels sounds like a perfectly plausible explanation to me- lots of little children do things like that. I don’t think it’s fair of anyone to assume she’s being abusive over a few bruises.
My daughter got a huge black eye from getting up in the middle of the night and crawling back to bed woozy, hitting her head on the wooden bed frame.
I have to say, I didn’t appreciate the scrutiny I got from people.
Very uncomfortable.
having broken my nose multiple times, I think this looks like he took a header and broke his nose. I broke my nose when I was 4 when I tried to run out of a building through what I now know was a window (a floor to ceiling window that was very clean), I think I was trying to get to a bunny. Based on that, I’d guess little boys (and little girls, such as myself) do manage to get injured chasing squirrels and such
I totally agree with you Kaiser. My kid chases pigeons, so I could see this happening. Once he was running around the house, skidded and clocked his face on the corner of the bed. It’s amazing and terrifying the scrapes and bruises that little kids can get.
we took our sons (ages 7 and 9) to Ireland……Dublin……to sight-see, etc. Where did they have the best time? In St. Stephen’s Green, the park……chasing pigeons. They could do it all darn day…and almost did.
As the mom of a 6 yo boy, I have to agree with the logic in this “story”. Kids fall down and get hurt all the time. My little boy did a face dive into our brick fireplace and looked like he had just graduated the UFC For Toddlers Program. Shit happens. Especially with kids. Agree About the drinking, though.
I had three brothers and they STAYED at the emergency room from all the idiotic mishaps they got into. Our parents didn’t need to abuse us. We did it all on our own, thank you very much.
And don’t make me defend Xtina. I don’t like her anymore. But it is irresponsible for anyone to print a story saying that she is abusing her child and I don’t blame her for suing.
His nose does look broken but I believe he received medical treatment and is “fine”. Kids get hurt, no biggie. What’s off-putting is that she’s trying to cover his head with the blanket and he’s freaking out. If she’d have just carried him or let him walk (if he was compliant) this would be a non-issue.
Gouge. I meant gouge out his eyes. I swear I can speel gud.
Knew people were going to accuse her of hitting her kid. So ridiculous. Christina may or may not still drinking, but there’s never been any indication she was abusive to Max. Like another poster said, if there was a hint of neglect or abusive behavior, Jordan would have taken custody of Max.
I pulled a dog’s tail when I was 3. The dog ran away and I fell, nearly knocking myself out. Mom came home from work to me & an egg-sized knot on my forehead. Kids are fearless until they learn not to be.
Those pictures are hilarious. I actually feel for Xtina (who I generally hate) because EVERY parent has some experience with a public tantrum, thank GOD I am not followed by paparazzi to document it!
What really makes me laugh is the kid looks like he is trying to escape from an orange monster. And who could blame him?
So now she is an abuser because she is a drunkie, and her son, a little boy, has a black eye and is crying in these photos.
Yep. Take her to prison. We have all the evidence we need. ( eyeroll)
There are fewer things less inflammatory than accusing someone of being an abusive parent. Judging someone’s parenting in general is way below the belt. Like many posters here have said, little kids get banged up. It’s par for the course. Am not the biggest fan of Christina either but this is ridiculous.
I’m with Masque. I’d try to gouge out my eyes too if I had to see that everyday.
Chasing squirrels sounds like a plausible story to me, actually. Kids love to do that sort of thing. Christina may be odd, but I don’t think she’s abusing her child–or at least I’d say these photos are not evidence of such a thing.
I don’t want to assume that Christina is abusive, but it is widely known that she came from an abusive household which makes her chances of being abusive to her own kids greater.
I love that little max is throwing a temper tantrum! Maybe now Christina will think twice next time she’s getting ready to throw one of her tantrums!
I don’t think Xtina is an abusive mom. She would’ve kept little Max out of the public view until his bruises disappear knowing that people are quick to judge that bruising = abuse.
Honestly, I imagine the only times she has anything to do with him is when she’s about to be photographed. He probably spends his days with nannies while she’s off being famous or at nightclubs or sleeping off the night before.
Anyone with kids knows how it is to: a)deal with a tantruming child and b)deal with the bumps and bruises that ALL kids get… especially little boys!
I hate it when the tabloids bring the kids into it. It’s just not right. There is NO story here.
longtime lurker, first time poster..
I’m a big fan of old-school xtina, and while i agree that her copious drinking will most affect her kid negatively, I very much doubt she is physically abusive.
She can from an abusive home herself (her father) and has spoken about how witnessing her father beat her mum was traumatic. She even wrote ‘the voice within’ about her childhood
I understand it can be irritating for some parents, especially of accident-prone children, when people side-eye bruises, bumps, and scrapes. My nephew is a tornado of klutziness and when I visited recently, I saw him run into a table, trip over two chairs, and collide into a wall all in the same day. And yes, sometimes people look at the bruises and scrapes in a way that make you want to scream, “He’s a KID, kids bruise!”
That said, I’d rather people take interest in these matters than not, even if it means erring on the side of caution. For every ten kids who get their cuts, bruises and scrapes honestly and just from being kids…there’s one kid who doesn’t. If Christina Aguilera’s son got his bruises from chasing squirrels, well, cool. But it’s still good to have conversations that remind us to watch out for the defenseless among us.
I have little doubt that she is not abusing Max…
BUT why not leave him home until the bruises go away? To let the paps get to him is just inviting controversy.
She’s an idiot.
My first thought when I saw these was “wow – you really have to be desperate for publicity to parade your son around with two black eyes”
She doesn’t have to hide him – she has nothing to be guilty about but honestly – taking him to LAX??? That’s ridiculous.
Laura, “she came from an abusive household which makes her chances of being abusive to her own kids greater.”
One in eight. That is how many abused children grow up to become abusers. I think that is a scary high number.
Why is everyone so choked she’s at the airport? Maybe she was catching a plane somewhere. It’s not like the plane can stop at her house to pick her and Max up.
sorry in advance, but that’s an ugly kid.
My 3 year old son jumped off the couch and landed on the hardwood floor HARD – took him to urgent care thinking he may have dislocated his shoulder. Boy, oh boy, the questions and looks I got from the doctor and nurse! I know they were looking for signs of abuse – it was actually sort of scary for me that they would even think that! Charges of abuse should NOT be thrown around lightly.
And for those questioning why she was at the airport (WTF? why do you think she was there?) – it appears, Xtina, Max and her boyfriend are all currently in Hawaii, making an appearance at LAX entirely appropriate.
@patricia: Perhaps they were in LAX because they were taking a flight. Just a thought.
The kid in the yellow shirt in the background looks like he is thinking I feel sorry for this little dude.
Also if the ex husband were carrying this bruised child would all be so quick to defend him, some so called “mothers” out there abuse their kids and get away with it because of societies perception that women who give birth to a child is automatically some kind of saint and can do no harm because of gender.
The boy is clearly trying to get away from her. Lol.
Way to go be ugly Marvin. No sorry here neither.
@Rose
Would you care to translate your gibberish?
If she had kept her kid at home to hide the bruises it would have meant way more than running around with him not thinking about it. My 2.5yo and my 1.5yo currently both have black eyes, the boy tripped over some air and hit the couch, the girl feel down one step. I told my husband I was going to wear sunglasses the whole time I was in the grocery store so that people would think I had one too and blame him with their looks instead of me.
If you have kids – they are bruised. If they aren’t you are exceedingly lucky, or you need to stop ducttaping them down daily.
Not a fan of hers. But kids fall on their faces ALL THE TIME. As a former investigator of child abuse, I think its ridiculous to speculate that a parent is abusive every time a kid gets a bruise.
@Adrien – Cosign. Plus, for the most part, abusers generally hit their victim in places where it’s easily covered up.
I might not be a big fan of Christina, but she’s spoken so many times of her own abusive homelife that I really doubt she herself would be abusive to her own child, physical or otherwise.
However, she does need to get her drinking under control.
My 1 1/2 year old daughter has a shiner right now. It looks terrible!! She fell and hit a chair.
But anyway…I think its hilarious that her kid seems to be making a scene, which is never fun to deal with in public, let alone when you are being photographed!
@gossipvixen, by the age of 3 I had dislocated my arm 4 times, had numerous black eyes, and consumed poisonous mushrooms. My mom said (after the second dislocated arm) the ER Doctor brought me into a seperate room and asked me if my mommy or daddy hit me, to which I responded “yes.” My poor parents had never hit me, but at 3 years old “yes” was the answer I thought they wanted to hear. Luckily, my pediatrician knew I was accident prone and stuck
up for my parents! LOL
People use the word “abuse” way too much. I know a couple of toddlers (sisters) that give each other black eyes on the regular. Its a kid thing. A kid thing and their parents would let them watch/re-enact mortal kombat :\
Yes kids chase squirrels.
Totally normal. Running and chasing chipmunks, squirrels, birds at the zoo…I draw the line at chasing geese, they are MEAN creatures.
His mom adores him, she’d never cross that line. Terrible the way these rumors get started.
I was maybe 4 or so and with my friends running on a gravel driveway. My mom kept telling me not to run on the driveway, but the grass. Just as soon as she said it, I faceplanted into the gravel driveway and ended up with a huge abrasion on my face. It had so much gravel and gunk in it and I fought the doctor trying to clean it out. It ended up getting infected and they thought I might have to see a plastic surgeon down the road. It healed up on its own, thank God, but my mom said she and my dad got some doozies of stares directed at them when they took me out in public. Geez, kids do get into mishaps. :\
I agree that an alcoholic parent is by definition an abusive parent. Unfortunately, that kind of emotional damage is something people carry into their adult years and often never get over. But so far there’s no indication that Christina physically mistreats her son.
Kids hurt themselves all the time. I tend to think Max’s bruises are the result of an accident, because his father would’ve spoken up if he suspected otherwise.
I’m sure Max’s dad insists that Christina not spend any time with the boy without a nanny nearby, because there’s no way a drunk should be left alone with a toddler.
I have no doubt that Christina loves her son, but she needs to go to rehab if she ever hopes to be a good mother.
I’m not a fan either but I have a 6yr old and she did EXACTLY that and then some. She’s ran into trees, fallen off of beds, and ran into playground structures while running and looking backwards. It happens…
Although I wasn’t drunk at any of those times but that’s not the point…Max was with the “nanny”. Who I would probably fire just because I’m irrational like that. LOL!
When I was 5, I had a booster seat at our dining room table. One morning, I decided I would get the cat to eat my scrambled eggs when Mom wasn’t looking. (Cat was a Maine Coon, as long as I was tall, weighed over 20 lbs, and ate ANYTHING.) I caught the edge of the booster seat as I hefted the cat up to the table; hit my chin on the table edge; and bit through my bottom lip.
The night before, while I was asleep, a spider bit my face.
My poor mother had to take me to school and explain why my eye was swollen shut; my bottom lip was black, blue, and bloody; and that no, I hadn’t been hit by a car or anyone/thing else.
When I separated from my 1st husband, I tried to lessen the blow by having my son’s 7th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. (His birthday being several days after we moved out.)
While there, my 3 year old daughter got v-e-r-y excited. She was jumping up and down behind one of their chairs, hit her mouth on the back, and learned the hard way that wrought iron (or industrial steel, whatever) and front teeth do not combine well. Prior to that, she ran into another, taller girl and ended up with a black eye.
The very next month (after I’d gotten her teeth fixed) she did the EXACT. SAME. THINGS. at my son’s best friend’s birthday party at…Chuck E Cheese. (Needless to say, I “quit” CEC after that.)
Try explaining black eyes and broken teeth (TWICE. TWICE, in less than a month!) to the child-care provider who barely knows you or you kid, because you’ve just enrolled your kid there like 3 days before the first incident.
HIs lips look banged up, too, like he…face planted while chasing squirrels.
I was a pre-school teacher for 3-5 year olds. YES, little boys (and girls) chase squirrels (and birds, and each other, and paper floating in the breeze, etc etc). Little kids that age also trip regularly when they’re excited, and ram into things head-on.
When I was a little kid, a good friend of mine ran head first into a bed while we were playing hide and seek. She had two black eyes for over a week. I saw a lot of similar injuries while I was teaching.
Yes, little boys, and girls, will run and chase anything, and squirrels are fun to chase. I can believe that his nanny took him outside to play and he was chasing squirrels and tripped and fell on a rock. That’s a very plausible story. It happens.
However, just because she doesn’t hit him does not mean that she’s not neglectful. When children are left unsupervised, they can fall and hurt themselves pretty badly. And if she’s drinking a lot, that problably means that she’s not watching him as closely as she should be. Personally, I think the “nanny took him outside to chase squirrels” story (because it’s believable) was concocted to cover the “it was cocktail time and Christina wasn’t paying any attention to him and he ran into something or tripped and fell” that I think is most likely what really happened.
When I was three (and beyond), I’d chase after squirrels. Why not? They’re cute and fluffy, and something to go after. If she really was clocking him, would she bring him out in public until those bruises healed, or at least tried to hide them with makeup?
Kids fall down. Its life.
@ Rubenesque – haha, my mom was the same with me. She knew springtime had come (regardless of what the calendar said) when I had my first trip to the ER. We laughed that we had a reserved parking space and private room at the urgent care clinic. I was very accident prone and in sports, not a real safe combination, lol!
He may be a happy, playful & active kid, but man, he is one unfortunate looking child.
Well I dont know what to make of this story but those bruises are real and look recent – I would keep my eyes open for more about this -if it happens again, investigation should occur.
But then look at horrible Octomom – has anyone ever investigated that situation and all those children?
mln76:** Agreeing with you on that.
Her fake tan is scaring me. That skin color does not appear in nature. Gross!
My sons have been covered in bruises since they started pulling up on things around 6 months to even now at 10 (thanks to hitting each other and sports). They’re kids, they hurt themselves, what are you going to do? I’m just glad I didn’t have cameras and speculations going around when my kids were gaining their balance and exploring their world.
I think you ladies here at Celebitchy are just far too forgiving for female celebrities. I mean, really, as much as I love this site just about every post about a woman, no matter how shady she is (with the exception of Linnocent) is just always ‘painted in the wrong light’ so to speak. Like you refuse to believe something shady could be going on with Christina and her son. I know little boys, my sister is the mother of my 3 year old nephew and my other sis is in the process of adopting my soon-to-be nephew, a 2 year old boy. Neither one of them has ever had a black eye, facial lacerations or such. Maybe my sisters are super-moms or maybe my nephews arent ‘rambunctious’ enough, but when a child is sporting some serious hurt, my first suspect is the mother. The flimsy excuse she is giving isn’t doing her any favors either. Im just saying.
From becoming mobile to about the age of 4-5, depending on the kid, many children are just constantly trying to injure/kill themselves. This sort of injury is SOOOOO common.
He is a kid, kids get their bell rung from time to time and most of the time it is a learning exp to not jump on the bed, or put your hand on the stove etc. I started riding when I was 5 years old and was in the ER probably 6 times a year from falls and from having a chickensh*t older brother who used me as his personal safety test dummy… If I survived his ‘stunt of the day’ without needing stitches or a cast it was game on. In this day and age my parents would probably be under investigation by CPS, even though they never laid a hand on me and I was just a kid who played hard.
Sigh any parent knows that kids are going to get hurt unless you put them in bubble wrap. It’s disgusting that they’re insinuating that she abused her son. I have an 18 month old daughter who has been tripping over her own feet since she started walking. She’s had a few puffy/cut lips and scraped knees but nothing too serious (fingers crossed). Thankfully she’s already learning to catch herself, because she trips on the sidewalk daily.
yay! I’m so glad almost every one of these posts are sensible… accusing someone of child abuse is kind of a big deal. Although, I also agree with one of the posters that it is good that people are keeping a watch for this sort of thing.
#74 the child was with his nanny at the time this happened and this is the first time there’s been pictures of this little boy looking like this. Also his father is very involved and would take the boy away if he was concerned about his safety. Maybe your sisters are super moms, majority of kids get hurt at some point or another chasing things, hitting, throwing things, tripping. My daughter chases my mother’s dog everytime we go there. She falls and trips each and everytime with fail.
@hatsumomo, let’s hope you never have little kids because I am sure you will be eating your pretentious words.
I agree completely with most of you. There’s not much love for xtina but jumping to the conclusion of abuse is a bit much. My son is a very active 2yo. He is mobile and fearless: two bad combinations.
Christina! Back away from the spray taner…
When I was pregnant I prayed for a girl because my little brother was good kid but also a fearless, insane fool growing up (he’s 24 now and that hasn’t changed so much.) My oldest daughter is a talkative, yet calm, child who reads and likes Pokemon. My second daughter taught me that being a boy doesn’t factor in on the fearless foolish gene! She is insane! Climbs EVERYTHING and then thinks nothing of jumping off! She comes home with bruises all over her shins and it’s not uncommon for her to have scrapped knees or black and blue knots all over! I can’t tell you how often I think, “My God, if she wasn’t my child I would question how any child could get so beat up!” Funny thing is, it’s like the girl is made of rubber – run smack into a wall and bounce like it never happened! lol
Accusations and rumors can ruin peoples lives especially if they have done nothing wrong. I am really surprised people are choosing to believe this. Yes it’s good to keep an eye out but don’t condemn someone just because you don’t like them as a person.
It looks as if his lip scraped so more than likely it was an accident. Reporting that she is abusive is incredibly damaging and ignorant reporting when there is no proof but I’m not the least bit surprised that any of the crap magazines and online sites aren’t loving this. Pathetic really. I can’t stand this girl but accusing someone of beating their kid is just plain wrong.
@ hatsumomo:
I genuinely commend your admiration of your sister. It is very evident you love her, and her children.
That said, your comment, while unintentional, packed a lot of hurtful subtext. I think many mothers who read your comment would believe that you were implying that they were lesser mothers because their children had gotten bumps and bruises along the way. This of course would be very hurtful (and illogical!) if that was your intent, but I am going to choose to believe that isn’t what you were trying to say.
Again, I worked for many many years as a teacher, and I have been trained in spotting the signs of abuse. I cannot make any definitive statements about this case directly (I don’t know the kid), but I can comment that injuries like this happen ALL THE TIME. I have known fantastic parents, whose children seem very accident prone. I once saw one mother walking her child into our classroom in the morning. The mom was holding the child’s hand and they were happily chatting. The child got excited when she saw her friends, let go of her mother’s hand, and promptly face planted. She had a black eye, scraped up nose etc. It happens all the time, regardless of the parent’s attentiveness or love for their child.
Actual abuse by parents (guardian, older siblings,etc) should absolutely be reported. However, I caution you not to ever assume anything without asking questions/knowing more about the situation.
I doubt this is abuse granted the amount of boohooing and entitlement resulting from Christina Aguilera’s daddy issues although putting two and two together, she still seems like a negligent and shitty mother.
She has had a tanning malfunction certainly..the wee boy looks like he is not enjoying her attempts at motherly affection. I doubt she has hit him, but you never know, she might be a mean drunk. Poor kid.
Well well, my bad for riling some of your feathers. But keep in mind, I know from good experience the dangers of assuming the best in people, even if they are alcoholic pop stars. Ignoring signs of abuse is an incredibly stupid thing to do, even if you are optimistic to the point of oblivion. Better to have someone question a kid’s injuries than to completely ignore it. Majority of child abuse goes on inside the home, mostly from their mothers. Thats a fact.
http://www.austinchildrenshelter.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_child_abuse_statistics_v2
So, whatever, I don’t think I’m wrong for suspecting Christina Aguilara is beating up her kid. Or it prolly wasn’t even her, celebrity moms don’t raise their kids anymore, the nannies do that now. So it was prolly the nanny beating the poor kid up. Theories abound! And FYI, Im never going to reproduce, that’s what Depo is for. Thank God for the creation of birth control!
Ok – I can see that about 80% of the posters here see that it is possible he was chasing squirels and the accident happened as stated – so I will retract my previous post and defer to those of you who have or had kids running around (I am not a mom).
Poor kid 🙁 ….
Xtina looks like a pumpkin.
It is good to get both sides of the story, great post hatsumomo 🙂
Poor kid – he looks like he just realized he has an Oompa Loompa for a mother.
I don’t imagine Xtina is abusing him, he probably just fell and bonked his head while trying to escape the overwhelming stench of spray tan.
Thanks, Ive seen Mommy Dearest. Who knew Joan Crawford was such a beast to her daughter? You know, because she was such a beautiful woman and successful movie star and all..
When my son was 3, we took him and his older sister to the zoo. He didnt have fun until he got to the park and was chasing prairie dogs. He managed to step in a hole, twist his ankle and his face looked pretty close to Max’, except he had stitches on his lip. A week later his sister and him were fighting and she pushed him and he hit his head into the entertainment center and got three more stitches. The doctor at the ER, who thought just because my son looked like that, she needed to be better safe than sorry. A week later I had CPS knocking at my door.
That is why you dont jump to conclusions hatsumomo. It puts generally good people and their kids in a spot they dont want to be in.
Ugh hatsumomo actually if Xtina were beating her child she’d be more likely to put the bruises in unseen places. Also the kid would be flinching and docile as opposed to active and cantankerous. Anyone who’s worked with abused kids would tell you they are usually afraid to be overexpressive because they fear beatings.
I wonder why 90 or so comments from mothers who’ve had the similar experiences are so hard for you to believe???
I have to agree with mln76. Having grown up as an abused child I was always quiet and made sure NOT to rise the anger of anyone up who might take an interest in beating me. At school the teachers though I was the best kid but I just knew it was better to be neither seen nor heard. So the public temper tantrum makes me think he isn’t being abused.
No love for her but I have no clue on what kind of mom she is or isn’t. I won’t be making a judgment call without facts.
Now I’m weirded out. Didn’t Christina go to the hospital last October for facial injuries of her own due to a fall? Right before her split with Jordan, too.
I have 2 boys that are adults now. Tantrums and bruises were everyday events!!! Lay off Christina! He looks like a really happy kid in lots other pics…
I was about to say, if the kid was really physically abused, wouldn’t he have more bruises? Apart from the black eyes, he seems to be fine.
I get bruise marks all the time on my legs and I’m 23. I am constantly banging into things and I don’t even think about it until I’m shaving(when I usually look at my legs). Then I see all the bruises and wonder how the heck I got them.
As a kid, I was always tripping/falling. My knees are so scarred due to all the scabbing they suffered. It’s normal and part of growing up. Just because you know So and So whose kids never get hurt doesn’t mean it’s the norm.
poor Max.. kids will be kids and they will get hurt horseplaying and such but the black eye…. awe…
My now 10 year old son face planted at childcare on a piece of synthetic grass, when he was about 2. Not a bit of skin left on his face worth mentioning that was the friday afternoon. Sunday afternoon i had the gentlemen in blue (cops) knocking at my front door wanting to know how my son had his face damaged. I still have no idea who reported me but fortunately i was able to show them the accident report from the childcare centre they said sorry and went on their way.
Sorry but I’m too damn jaded to believe to the contrary. Though I must say, you girls are going a bang up job to convince me. No pun intended.
And to Sam #94, what zoo are you going to is what I want to know, thats lets children chase the wild animals in the exhibits?!? WTF!? This is the more important matter at hand, because Im an avid zoo-goer at the San Antonio Zoo(had year passes three years in a row despite not having children) and the prairie dog exhibit is encased in plexi-glass so you can see the dogs but not get close to them. And the S.A.Z. is supposed to be one of the best in the nation! Im getting ripped off for sure. All we can touch is the billy goats in the petting zoo!
Max looks so handsom
A lot of times abusers are good at hiding abuse. i don’t know her so i won’t make assumptions but anyone can be abusive doesn’t matter who they are, Joan Crawford anyone??That being said i wonder if she even spends that much time with him???
EVERY time I have an ER visit (which can be rather often) I have someone pull me aside and say ‘if we see more than XX number of bruises etc we need to ask if there is abuse’, I think it is wonderful that they do that as it is a safe place and women, children, and men can confide if there is an issue… the first time or two I was taken aback now I just let them know my profession from get go and that there isn’t a week that goes by where I am not bitten, scratched, stepped on or kicked they get it. But it is nice to see that they take the time to check if there is a problem.
the majority of comments on her a just disgusting & disrespectful. Why do people judge her so hard? SMH. He’s a 3 year old, chasing ANYTHING is not out of the ordinary. She’s ALWAYS with her son, these pics are them on their way 2 Hawaii!!
This is one of my favorite threads ever – such horrifying yet hilarious stories! It’s comforting to know lots of other people out there have children (or were children) seemingly stuck in a perpetual Three Stooges routine. Thanks for sharing.
I believe this 100%. I have a 4 year old boy and when it comes to little boys, the weirder the story the more likely it’s true.
Christina may not abuse her son, but she sure as hell neglects him. When was the last time you saw her with anyone except her boyfriend? She may not be able to comfort him because he never sees her. And that sounds just like her, too- blaming the nanny. It’s not like SHE’S the one taking him to the park. Daylight is when she’s hungover and nighttime is party time, especially now that she’s rid of the husband she cheated on. Is this woman seriously nearly 31?
Hatsumomo, we live in MT, there is only one zoo and prairie dogs run all over the place here, no need to have them displayed behind anything! We can walk out to our pasture and see them if we are bored! The zoo is out of town so they are EVERYWHERE! They also have peacocks, ducks and geese running around. Thankfully they do have the bear enclosed! 😀
Child and spousal abuse is insidious – the perpretators prefer to keep it well hidden. I find it horrible that Christina has already been judged as being abusive. Child tantrums in public places aren’t good at the best of times – I can’t imagine the added stress of having one with the paps recording it.
CREEPIER HANDS! Ok sorry I got distracted by the rotten orange peels with nail polish attached to the ends of CA’s hands.. but the “chasing squirrels” bit seems fishy- like the story a guilty person’s party would come up with. Why reiterate it again&again? Oh we get it! Chasing those pesky critters gave him two black eyes… of course! lol
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The way the bruises are mirror images says that Max did a face-plant.
That being said…
I think Christina would be considered not so much an abusive mother but probably a neglectful mother who spends little quality time with her child. These pictures to me suggest that she never fully bonded with Max.
By the way that kid is acting, who can blame Christina if she clocked him. Lol.