Hilaria Baldwin addresses negative comments on 12-year-old Carmen’s clothing

Hilaria Baldwin is responding to criticisms concerning her daughter's wardrobe. On Monday, an Instagram post, the 41-year-old mother of seven, who shares her children with husband Alec Baldwin, replied to those questioning her 12-year-old daughter Carmen's attire from a previous video.

In the clip, Carmen was seen in a white tank top, a beige skirt, and black tights while narrating a voiceover with her younger siblings.

"How on earth do you let a 12 y/o dress like this … EVERYTHING!" the comment stated.

In answer, Baldwin released a nearly five-minute video tackling the criticisms directed at her daughter's attire.

"Hi I'm Hilaria Baldwin, and I want to talk about how this comment relates to Pi, the patriarchy, and keeping us all very sad," she started.

"I've learned from a lot of really incredible people, scientists, feminists, super wise women, what this is about and how we can all do better so that the next generation doesn't have to deal with the garbage that we've had to deal with."

The attentive mother proceeded to use pie as a metaphor for the influence of Darwinism and the patriarchy in shaping societal beauty norms for females.

"We think that there's only a certain amount of resources, so we all have to go and run to grab our slice of the pie and any person in our way, boom, boom boom. Gotta knock them out of the way," she explained. "This is not true."

She went on to outline what she considers the "life cycles of being female," creating three segments for childhood, adulthood, and older age.

"We're going to go through the life cycles of being female. So over here we have baby/girl, little and they cause no harm. This is called safe zone, okay," she said.

"Then we have women in their prime, not safe zone. Then we have old lady, this is safe zone again."

"When we're babies and little girls, it's a safe zone, right? They don't intimidate, they don't want pie," she elaborated.

"There's women in their prime, that's where the pie eating is happening. Always remember, pies, cakes, ice cream, so many desserts, you could always make more. Old ladies, safe zone. [They] think that all of a sudden we get here, there's no more pie again."

Baldwin noted these "life are uncomfortable," can be challenging, underscoring the need to guide young teens into adulthood without embarrassment.

"The way to take care of them is not through Instagram comments or shaming," she stated.

"What I do with my kids [is] I talk about it with them, like 'hey, you've got to be careful online [and] on the street,' so my kids, don't worry, my kids are so safe."

"Wearing a tank top and a skirt and tights. She's been wearing that her whole life. So why is it making you uncomfortable?" she expressed, asserting that every life phase can become a "safe zone" with changed mindsets.

"Yes, teach about predators, but ultimately women can do more harm to each other through this kind of comment because it's shaming and it's not inclusive."

"We belong to each other. We're like on the same team. Once we stop pretending and get serious of the fact that we think there's not enough pie, we realize that there's enough pie," she wrapped up.

"We can make more pies, and we can share our recipe, we can all be safe, take care of each other, all of it inclusive [and on the] same team."

Baldwin and Alec also raise sons Rafael Thomas, 10, Leonardo Ángel Charles, 9, Romeo Alejandro David, 7, and Eduardo 'Edu' Pao Lucas, 5, alongside daughters María Lucía Victoria, 4, and Ilaria Catalina Irena, 2. Alec shares daughter Ireland Baldwin, 29, with ex-wife Kim Basinger.