Lauren Bushnell Slams ‘Merciless’ Masks Mandates for Schoolkids: ‘Mother Is aware of Finest’

Lauren Bushnell’s son, Dutton, is simply 8 months previous, however the Bachelor alum already has sturdy opinions about him sporting a face masks in school sooner or later.

“Younger kids can’t study with a masks on interval level clean,” the previous actuality star, 32, wrote on her Tuesday, February 15, Instagram slideshow. “That is merciless. I’m grateful we’re capable of journey for now to see household as a result of Dutton isn’t 2 and in my coronary heart I do know for a reality he would by no means hold a masks on on the younger age of two.”

The previous flight attendant, who shares her infant with husband Chris Lane, claimed that she is “not anti-mask,” occurring to jot down, “Will perpetually struggle for this child and his proper to study. I’ve the power to homeschool him or ship him to non-public college if I’ve to. Not everybody has this capacity to do for his or her kids. It’s not honest and merciless to a complete technology.”

The Bachelor Nation member added that she doesn’t “decide” different mother and father who select to masks their kids, concluding, “Mother is aware of greatest and never each little one is identical!”

When one of many Oregon native’s Instagram followers bashed Bushnell’s “disgusting” take and advised her to “shut [her] mouth,” the previous ABC persona reposted the direct message. “This. Is. Scary,” she captioned the screenshot.

The Ben & Lauren: Fortunately Ever After? alum went on to put up a photograph of herself hanging within the pool with Dutton and Lane, 37, zooming in on her expression. “Me when somebody tells me how I ought to elevate my kids,” she captioned the social media add.

The Nashville resident isn’t the one superstar guardian to make headlines for his or her opinions on youngsters sporting masks at faculties amid the coronavirus pandemic. Carrie Underwood, for instance, “preferred” a tweet in August 2021 bashing college students “go[ing] to high school all day every single day sporting muzzles like rabid canine.”

Different stars, nonetheless, have praised their little ones for sporting face coverings, from Milla Jovovich to Jana Kramer.

“The ladies and I really like [our masks] a lot,” the Resident Evil star, 46, wrote by way of Instagram in June 2020. “It’s so nice to get again to regular life in child steps and sporting our masks is No. 1 to staying protected and preserving others protected as nicely.”

That very same month, the One Tree Hill alum, 38, posted a photograph with daughter Jolie, 6, and son Jace, 3, masked, writing, “It’s so vital to be protected and put on our masks. You’ll be able to cowl your mouth, not your persona! I’ll be taking notes from my daughter Jolie who has mastered her #smize and thinks she’s a ninja.”