Her position challenges an assumption that has become common in the age of social media: that meaningful emotions must be made visible to be considered genuine.
A person who does not post a birthday tribute may still remember a parent with love. Someone who chooses not to share a photograph on an anniversary may still be thinking about the person throughout the day.
The absence of a public message reveals very little about the presence or absence of private feeling.
This is particularly true of grief, which rarely follows a predictable schedule.
A person may feel ready to discuss a loss one year and prefer silence the next. They may share a memory spontaneously but decide not to participate in a public trend. They may want to celebrate the person's life without explaining their emotions to strangers.
Those choices deserve respect.
Paris's decision to keep certain memories private does not necessarily mean she is distancing herself from her father. Rather, it reflects her right to determine how her relationship with him is expressed.
