Posted on 12/23/2015 3:29:48 PM PST by EveningStar
Grounded? Madonna's eldest son, Rocco Ritchie, has been forced to return home to spend the holidays with his famous mom, Page Six reported on Wednesday, December 23.
The "Material Girl" singer, 57, reportedly went to court on Wednesday after Rocco, 13, refused to board a plane back to New York City. He was visiting his dad, British director Guy Ritchie, in London at the time.
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There is no reason to print something like this about a 13 year old child.
The dad needs to make the kid know this isn’t ok and get his rear end on the plane. Usually when a kid pulls this stunt, the other parent quietly makes it understood that it’s ok.
It makes them feel good to be the favorite.
The article is incorrect. He’s actually 15.
Listened to Madonna give about an hour long interview on Howard Stern.
She is a thoroughly unhappy person (like most celebrities).
My niece is a public defender. She spends her days with parents that cannot communicate with each other. Only when they kill one another is it news.
Uh, I wouldn’t board a plane to go see her if she was my mother, either.
Yes you would. she probably is a very loving Mother especially since her Mom died when she was ten. She actually probably overcompensated being a Mom due to that fact. She was given a raw deal in life. Nobody should lose their Mom at 10 years old. What a rip off.
Hmmm...it’s usually the ex-wife poisoning the kids against daddy. Sounds like a role reversal.
Ya can’t pick your parents.
Isn’t he old enough to make that choice?
So how does a Manhattan civil divorce court impose an order on someone in another country?
I agree, a 15-year-old’s wishes should be respected. Stupid indeed is the noncustodial parent who would force a teenager to spend a vacation with him/her — unless of course, they do not want a relationship with that child when he/she is grown. If she was a wise mother, she would go to London and take the kid out to dinner, reassure him that she cared about him, and then let it go, and wait until he grows up and wants to spend time with her. The judge did her no favor by ordering this young man to give up his Christmas vacation plans to fly to across the ocean to be with someone he does not want to be with.
Maybe he wants to spend some time with his father, away from his control freak mother.
Madonna spent decades complaining about her father. She, above all, should understand what her son is feeling.
A 15 year old boy needs his father.
She’s already made him go on tour with her, and even perform on stage with her.
Maybe the poor kid wants to be anonymous sometimes, and have a normal parent / kid relationship with his dad.
He’s at the age where he’s trying to figure out what manhood is all about.
Mom needs to grow up and let him go so that he can.
The son was supposed to spend Christmas with his mother. He was visiting his father. At the last minute, he didn’t want to get on the plane to return home to his mother.
Maybe the son has a good reason. Or, maybe the father turned the son against his mother without good reason. For now, there’s no way for the judge to know.
So, the judge ordered the son to return for now but ruled that the son could challenge the custody arrangement in the future. It was a sound ruling.
Okay, you have better info than I. I am not much interested in Madonna or any of the celebrity types for that matter. However, I still say the mother would have been wise to let their son spend Christmas with his father if wanted to, but make sure it was understood he comes home for school in January. This was just not smart.
I knew somebody years ago (about the Sean Penn era) who worked with her. I base my remarks on her revelations and Madonna’s pub[i]c persona.
That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.
Uh, you might want to check her brother’s book about how nice she is to her family.
I get what you mean. For the record, I don’t follow celebrities, either. I think I saw that extra info in the article. The divorce issue just so happens to be an issue I follow closely. Have a wonderful Christmas.
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