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

Lauren Bushnell’s son, Dutton, is just 8 months outdated, however the Bachelor alum already has sturdy opinions about him carrying a face masks at college sooner or later.

“Younger kids can’t be taught 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 just isn’t 2 and in my coronary heart I do know for a truth he would by no means hold a masks on on the younger age of two.”

The previous flight attendant, who shares her toddler with husband Chris Lane, claimed that she is “not anti-mask,” happening to write down, “Will perpetually battle for this child and his proper to be taught. I’ve the power to homeschool him or ship him to non-public faculty if I’ve to. Not everybody has this skill to do for his or her kids. It’s not honest and merciless to a complete era.”

The Bachelor Nation member added that she doesn’t “decide” different dad and mom who select to masks their kids, concluding, “Mother is aware of finest and never each youngster 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 character reposted the direct message. “This. Is. Scary,” she captioned the screenshot.

The Ben & Lauren: Fortunately Ever After? alum went on to submit 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 movie star dad or mum to make headlines for his or her opinions on children carrying masks at colleges amid the coronavirus pandemic. Carrie Underwood, for instance, “favored” a tweet in August 2021 bashing college students “go[ing] to high school all day daily carrying muzzles like rabid canines.”

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 through Instagram in June 2020. “It’s so nice to get again to regular life in child steps and carrying our masks is No. 1 to staying protected and retaining others protected as effectively.”

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 character! I’ll be taking notes from my daughter Jolie who has mastered her #smize and thinks she’s a ninja.”