Millie Bobby Brown is receiving both support and criticism after she and husband Jake Bongiovi announced they have adopted their second child together.
Millie Bobby Brown, 22, and Jake Bongiovi, 24, shared some very happy news on September 17: they’ve welcomed a second child through adoption.
The couple posted a photo on Instagram of their baby’s tiny hand resting alongside theirs, captioned, “Hi little guy!”. They already had one daughter that they adopted in August 2025.
People are questioning wether they’re two young to parent two children
The comments quickly filled with sweet messages, but some online commenters also voiced concerns about their age.
One Reddit user argued there should be age requirements for adoption, writing, “I just have a hard time seeing these two being able to actually raise children well at their young ages.”
Another said they didn’t take issue with how she became a parent, but still felt she was “too young to be allowed to adopt a second child.”
Many are now defending the parents
Not all comments were negative, however. Several commenters defended the couple.
“People will also criticize women for having children too late in life,” one wrote. “There is literally no winning.”
Another compared the reaction to a separate recent controversy, noting, “Sooo yesterday Lena Dunham announced her baby via surrogacy and everyone was pissed she didn’t adopt instead. Now MBB has adopted and everyone is mad because she’s… too young and rich?”
Others questioned why the public was so invested in the couple’s choices at all.
“People need to stop paying close attention to everything these celebs do and just live their lives,” one commenter wrote, while another added, “If I had her funds I’d be rescuing kids and animals too. We love you for this Millie!”
One response pointed to a broader inconsistency in how adoption gets discussed publicly: “People are constantly talking about children in the foster system and how more people should adopt until someone you don’t like adopts and suddenly it’s ‘rich people get what they want’ [and] ‘she’s too young.'”
Adoption was not a choice made on a whim
Adopting isn’t a decision the couple made lightly or suddenly.
Brown has previously explained that she’s always wanted to adopt, having grown up with adopted friends. She also studied social work for two years and took courses specifically about adoptive and birth mothers before she and Bongiovi began their own adoption journey.
Brown described the process as long, “rightfully so,” but said she’ll never forget the moment they got the call about their first daughter.
She recalled something another adoptive mother once told her: “There are two ways to have a baby, one through your stomach and one through your heart. My girl was through my heart.”
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