Matt and Abby Howard Criticized for Leaving Sons Alone in Cruise Room [Video]

Influencers Matt and Abby Howard are facing online criticism for their controversial parenting choice while on a family vacation.

The Unplanned Podcast co-hosts brought their sons Griffin, 2, and August, 1, on a family cruise this past week, and the couple documented parts of their experience on social media. In a since-expired Instagram Story, Abby shared how she and Matt went to dinner without their boys and used FaceTime to monitor them in the room.

“So we ended up taking them for 5 nights and it became apparent that they weren’t enjoying it and therefore we weren’t either,” the viral mom wrote on Instagram. “So THEN we switched our dinner time to AFTER their bedtime and FaceTimed the monitors while we ate.”

Abby also noted how their baby monitors “don’t work on board” the cruise ship “unless you’re only like 10 feet away.” Referring to their dinnertime solution, she added, “And that worked …