Sydney Sweeney, Scooter Braun romance faces biggest challenge yet as expert warns couple to 'be prepared'

Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun's relationship reached a new milestone one year after the pair first met.

The power couple was recently spotted on a casual smoothie date with his two children in Los Angeles, Calif., according to images obtained by TMZ.

While Sweeney, 28, and Braun, 45, have remained private about their budding romance, experts warned that the couple needs to "be prepared" now that kids are part of the relationship.

SYDNEY SWEENEY, SCOOTER BRAUN PACK ON PDA DURING ROMANTIC GONDOLA RIDE IN VENICE Licensed clinical psychotherapist Robin Hamilton emphasized the importance of treating "the kids as if they are individuals who didn't choose to be celebrities." "You want to keep their personal lives personal and their parents' celebrity lives theirs," Hamilton told Fox News Digital.

Just keep it separate because people are going to be approaching these kids.

They're going to ask them questions...

So they have to be prepared.

"Prepare the kids to navigate those questions and how people are going to approach them if they want them to be in the public life.

I would say like being deliberate about spending quality time where there's nobody commenting on you, there are no cameras there and just, you know, not putting all that pressure on the kids right now, because it's a lot." SYDNEY SWEENEY SIZZLES IN WONDER WOMAN CORSET COSTUME AS SHE SOAKS UP SUMMER ROMANCE WITH SCOOTER BRAUN She added, "We see what happens to people who are child stars when they grow up.

Sometimes they can't handle all of that stuff." Braun and Sweeney first sparked romance rumors in June 2025 at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos' wedding in Venice, Italy.

LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Originally it was reported the two were "casually" hooking up , but by December, insiders hinted the relationship was more serious.

"Scooter and Sydney are going strong and things between them are great," a source told People at the time.

"They're in a committed relationship and things are serious." Braun was Sweeney's date for the April premiere of "Euphoria" season three, and she hard-launched their romance in May after sharing a photo on social media with him at the premiere.

Nicole Moore, communications and relationship expert, explained how Sweeney and Braun work well together because they "appear to be prioritizing quality time together over posing for the cameras." "Most celebrity romances have a short expiration date, so the fact that Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun have reached the stage of Sydney being involved with his kids is significant," Moore told Fox News Digital.