Park Soo-hong and Kim Da-ye: What’s Wrong with Showing Off Their Daughter? The Issue Is the ‘Method’ [★FOCUS]

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Uncomfortable reactions have continued toward TV personality Park Soo-hong and his wife, influencer Kim Da-ye, for showing off their daughter. There is nothing wrong with showing off a daughter; the controversy lies in how they do it.

Park Soo-hong, who became a father at age 54, and his wife Kim Da-ye, who is 17 years younger, revealed their daughter’s birth and parenting through KBS 2TV’s “The Return of Superman.” After leaving the program, they have been sharing daily life with their daughter on their personal accounts and YouTube. As Park Soo-hong, a TV personality familiar to the public, built his own family and shared moments together despite past family discord, he received widespread support from the public.

However, recently, some of the couple’s actions have been labeled “unfavorable.”

In particular, the so-called Korean Air delay incident that erupted in August drew attention from the public, who had previously shown little interest in the couple’s parenting. At the time, Park Soo-hong boarded Korean Air flight KE415 to Guam at Incheon International Airport with his 22-month-old daughter, Jae-i. When Jae-i kept crying on the plane, the Park family requested a voluntary deplaning, saying they would get off the aircraft. A voluntary deplaning is when a passenger requests to leave the plane for personal reasons. From Park Soo-hong’s perspective, he requested deplaning to avoid causing inconvenience due to his child’s crying, but this turned out to be a misstep. The Park family’s luggage had already been removed from the aircraft, but once their daughter’s crying subsided, the family canceled the deplaning request and boarded the plane again to head to Guam. It was reported that the flight was delayed by approximately one hour on that day due to reasons such as the re-loading of the Park family’s belongings onto the aircraft.

Three days after the incident, when it became controversial, Park Soo-hong apologized through his personal account, stating, “This was an incident caused by my ignorance regarding aviation procedures, and there is no room for any excuse. I bow my head deeply to apologize to the passengers who suffered significant inconvenience and to the airline officials due to my shortcomings.” At the time, the airline stated that there was no major issue because the passenger did not actually open the aircraft door and exit, but rather withdrew the deplaning intent and maintained boarding. However, the fact that numerous passengers experienced a delay of about an hour without knowing the reason became controversial.

Subsequently, Park Soo-hong and Kim Da-ye continued their daily lives, appearing on home shopping channels and uploading to YouTube.

Then, this time, the luxury down jacket worn by their daughter Jae-i became an issue. Kim Da-ye posted a photo of her daughter Jae-i wearing a luxury down jacket worth over 1.4 million won on her personal account. After the photo was deleted 24 hours later, articles emerged suggesting that Kim Da-ye had deleted the post because the luxury down jacket had become controversial. In response, Kim Da-ye vented her emotions, saying, “Instagram story photos disappear after 24 hours. Sensational and malicious articles are pouring out claiming that I urgently deleted the photo and showed off my baby’s padding in a way that is not true or something I never mentioned or even thought of doing. I am tired, and it is truly sad.”

The grievance felt by Park Soo-hong and Kim Da-ye is understandable to some extent. What clothes the couple dresses their baby in and what environment they provide are not matters for controversy at all. Isn’t it a parent’s heart to want to give everything to their own child? It is unlikely that Kim Da-ye posted with the intention of saying, “I must show off my baby’s expensive clothes.” However, just because there was no such intent does not mean the post was not showing off. As a two-year-old who also works as an advertising model for various products, the couple would have known that many people pay attention to what their daughter is wearing.

Most importantly, Kim Da-ye previously posted on Instagram that her daughter Jae-i’s shoes were worth 8 million won, sparking controversy once before. There was also boasting about how the baby earns a lot of money by shooting many ads and has been paying taxes since age one. While it is natural to feel upset, they should also consider the public’s reaction. It is only natural for Park Soo-hong and Kim Da-ye to want to show off their lovely daughter, especially a pretty daughter born after the age of 50. Who wouldn’t? However, separately from that, perhaps they should think a little more about the method of showing off.

Park Soo-hong and Kim Da-ye’s showing off of their daughter is not the problem. In fact, their daughter Jae-i is very lovable. Separately from that, as celebrities who appear on broadcasts, have their child act in ads to earn money, and reveal their daily lives on YouTube, they can only expect a certain level of public attention and discussion among netizens. Ultimately, thinking a little more about how to expose their child may be part of a parent’s heart in order to protect the beloved child. Of course, it is also right to refrain from netizens who excessively cross the line with malicious comments and from reporting unverified events as news.

Showing off a daughter is not the problem. The method is the problem. Ultimately, ‘my child’ is someone I must protect, and until that baby becomes an adult capable of making their own decisions, everything is the parents’ choice.

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