Grimes believes parenting in the digital age is a “losing battle.”
The Canadian singer-songwriter (real name Claire Boucher) and former partner of Elon Musk took to social media last week to reflect on her struggles with raising children in an era of constant online exposure.
Grimes shares three children with Musk: X Æ A-Xii, 4, Exa Dark Sideræl, 3, and Tau Techno Mechanicus, 2.
Recently, she expressed her frustration with the public visibility of her son X, particularly after he accompanied Musk to the White House for a visit with former President Donald Trump.
In a post shared Thursday on X (formerly Twitter), the social media platform owned by Musk, Grimes opened up about her unsuccessful attempts to shield her kids from online attention.
After debunking a false rumor about her writing a post on the “sexuality and kinks” of Fortune 500 CEOs, Grimes responded to a user asking if she could remove harmful content and “protect your children.”
“I unfortunately do not control the internet and cannot wipe this from the internet,” she wrote. “I have tried begging the public and my kids’ dad to keep them offline, and I’ve tried legal recourse.”
Grimes and Musk have long had differing opinions on parenting, and the pair was reportedly involved in a custody battle over their children, which they settled in a Texas court in August 2024, according to Business Insider.
Following her son’s appearance at the White House, Grimes told Time magazine, “I would really like people to stop posting images of my kid everywhere. I think fame is something you should consent to. Obviously, things will just be what they are. But I would really, really appreciate that.”
In her post, Grimes expressed her ongoing concerns about her children’s public lives, saying, “The state of my children’s lives being public is of grave concern to me and I think about how to solve this every day.”
She concluded, “I would hope there was some law that would allow a parent to veto small children from living public lives, but I don’t even trust the law to help me now if I tried to invoke it (to be honest).”
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