Why is David Beckham’s toddler still using a blinky? An angry David responds! (pics)

Harper Beckham, aged 4, looks adorable but child psychologists are in an uproar that she still uses a pacifier. She’s been photographed multiple times with her soother sending speculation rocketing regarding her use of it at this late date. Of course, being accosted by the paparazzi is stressful and needing a soother is understandable but psychologists point out to the problems that it can cause such as speech impediments and crooked teeth.

After the story of Harper and her blinky took global proportions, an angry soccer star responded:

“Why do people feel they have the right to criticize a parent about their own children without having any facts ??” he wrote on Instagram. “Everybody who has children knows that when they aren’t feeling well or have a fever you do what comforts them best and most of the time it’s a pacifier so those who criticize think twice about what you say about other people’s children because actually you have no right to criticize me as a parent …”