Son Dam-bi's daily life as a child, is it consumption of fancy luxury goods or ordinary happiness of a mother? > News

Son Dam-bi recently revealed a happy family moment with her husband Lee Kyu-hyuk as they prepared for their daughter Lee Hae-i's first swimming outing. Although she was unable to enjoy a full-fledged swim due to a sudden change in weather and ended up only soaking her feet, she showed off her extraordinary affection, calling the moments with her family 'paradise.' The public paid attention to the family's peaceful daily life and immediately reacted to the expensive Company D clothing and accessories worn by the child. The sight of a child as young as two years old wearing luxury goods became a hot topic in the parenting community and entertainment news articles, and this went beyond a simple parenting diary and raised the keyword 'luxury parenting' to the surface again.

The part that drew the most public attention in this issue was definitely the child's fashion and Son Dam-bi's thorough self-management. After giving birth, Son Dam-bi lost weight from the 60kg range to the mid-40kg range and completely regained her previous solid body, surprising many people. Her passion for exercise and strict diet management once again impressed the public as an 'icon of self-management.' However, there are some who are critical of the view that such a flashy appearance and a parenting style that focuses on expensive products are somewhat different from the popular consensus. The media reproduces this with provocative headlines that stimulate consumers' curiosity, putting the star's personal choices on the public's table.

If you look at the media's reporting patterns, you can see how extreme and fragmented the way they cover the daily lives of stars is. About 10 articles consistently emphasize the child's wearing of luxury goods and Son Dam-bi's body changes, and use modifiers such as 'luxury ambassador-level attitude' to attract clicks from the public. This is a typical strategy of entertainment media that reports the daily lives of stars, showing a tendency to focus on images and provocative keywords rather than facts. As a result, the public is only focused on the brands that Son Dam-bi wears and eats and the shame of her body, rather than the character's narrative as an actress or the essential concerns about parenting.

The public's interest in a star's lifestyle essentially stems from a complex mix of admiration, jealousy, and curiosity. In particular, as the era of directly sharing one's daily life through SNS has come, stars have faced the double-edged sword of public evaluation while simultaneously displaying their lives. Son Dam-bi also shares her parenting style in this trend, but contrary to her intention, it is conveyed to the public with different feelings of 'discomfort' or 'longing'. In the end, although star parenting is an area of ​​free personal choice, due to the excessive focus of the media, it has become an arena of social discourse where the public's standards intervene.