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Letting your child(ren) be famous - 9/25/2008 9:43:50 PM
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OneOfHisJewels
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Whether it's through a reality show, being an ice skating prodigy, or a child actor, or a teeny bopper band or whatever, discuss whether or not you think it is a good idea, especially in the day and age of the internet. And let's not pick nits about certain reality stars having more modest clothing than an ice skater would. That's not the point...the point is, that this is the day and age of the internet, and famous people of all stripes can quickly be discussed online(I realize most people's kids will never have the opportunity to be famous, but I thought it would make for interesting discussion).
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RE: Letting your child(ren) be famous - 9/25/2008 10:23:55 PM
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Mrs.X
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I think it would be a tough balance being Christian and famous. It is possible that the fame wouldn't affect their Walk, Kirk Cameron and the other brown haired girl from that same show come to mind. Also, that new boy band with the three brothers, they are young. Forgot their names. And, Jonathan from NKOTB.
You look at all these celebs overdosing and getting caught with hookers and stuff. I think it has something to do with the fame. Why put our kids in a situation where it would be SOOOO easy for them to fail. High school is hard enough.
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RE: Letting your child(ren) be famous - 9/26/2008 8:28:57 AM
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GREAT topic!!!
To me, it comes down to motive. Are you "allowing" , encouraging and supporting your child as she pursues an interest, talent or skill God has given her OR is your motive fame, notoriety or financial gain for yourself?
My youngest daughter has some natural, God-given talent in the sport of tennis so I will use that as my example. Now my dd isn't going to go pro...she isn't that good or that motivated...but let's pretend she is.
Whose idea is it for her to be the best in the world? Is this something she has always dreamed about? Something she will work hard at, with or without my involvement?
Who is waking who up at 5:00 am to get to practice? That's the key question there, IMO. If the desire to be the best..to be "famous" is solely the child's then I think it is fine for the parents to encourage and support...however, I think the parents always retain the right and the responsibility to say " enough is enough" and school comes first etc.
However, when it is clear that Dad is grooming his boy to be the football star he never was or mommy is living her ballerina dreams by dragging a little girl away from her dolls and tea parties to endless dance lessons, no.
Or worse yet, when you see entire families living off the earning of a young tennis player or TV starlet...that is just a dysfunctional family. I don't care how you " justify" it.
The children should always be the ones who instigate the hard work, fame or publicity or, imo, it is not only wrong but exploitative.
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RE: Letting your child(ren) be famous - 9/26/2008 8:34:24 AM
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Great post, Deb. I agree 100%.
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RE: Letting your child(ren) be famous - 9/26/2008 8:54:37 AM
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No, I do not want my children to be famous - not whilst they are children anyway. If it happens when they are adults that is their business and I would be happy for them if that is what they want - I hate attention so really can't see the appeal personally.
Surely being famous is a business - bringing with it accountants, managers, PR people etc etc. You are not telling me that they are not going to be pushing a child even if the parent isn't - not when their income depends on the child's co-operation. It is no wonder so many child actors etc grow up with no/warped sense of their own value when they have been treated like a commodity in their formative years.
My view is that the risks are too high and totally outweigh any possible benefit.
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RE: Letting your child(ren) be famous - 9/26/2008 9:00:04 AM
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However, when it is clear that Dad is grooming his boy to be the football star he never was or mommy is living her ballerina dreams by dragging a little girl away from her dolls and tea parties to endless dance lessons, no.
I teach a ballet class at our homeschool co-op, and I've got little girls in there that don't want to be there. I had a talk with them yesterday and told them to tell their moms that they don't want to take ballet if they don't want to be there. Moms tend to want to their little girls to be ballerinas and sign them up for classes because they were dancing around the house in a tutu pretending to be a ballerina, but ballet lessons are a lot of hard work. If the child thinks they are boring, there's no reason to force them to do that.
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RE: Letting your child(ren) be famous - 9/26/2008 12:23:52 PM
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If my child was doing something he loved and had a talent for, and because of that became famous, it would be fine with me for as long as they enjoyed that activity and could continue to lead a normal life.
But not if they were doing something in order to be famous, or if that fame impacted them in such a way that I felt they missed something necessary--like childhood, for example.
Judy Garland's mother had her and her sisters in classes from the time they were tiny specifically to make them famous, and then of course once one made it, the other two were off the hook. I find that abhorrent.
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RE: Letting your child(ren) be famous - 9/26/2008 12:44:05 PM
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I think if a child wishes to excel at something that is what should be encouraged. If fame and fortune come with it then it becomes the parents job to keep their kids grounded in their faith, to keep them humble. It is not my child's job to support me financially nor is it their job to fulfill my fantasy or stroke my ego.
There is a girl at my dd school who is just convinced her daughter is headed for Hollywood or at least a fabulous career as a runway model. The girl is beautiful, but she can't act and singing to her means get as loud as possible. There are so many talented and gifted people who never get the "big break" and become famous, and how many pretty girls out there want to be models....thousands. This mom is setting her child up for failure. And I think the child enjoys acting in school plays and stuff but it is really her mom's idea to push it more and more.
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RE: Letting your child(ren) be famous - 9/29/2008 12:21:10 PM
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Living in such close proximity to Hollywood, it's not unusual for me to hear of a parent taking their young kids to auditions. It's an extremely hard road and not one I would encourage my child to get into. My dd goes to school with a kid from the tv show That's So Raven. He's a "normal" kid, once the hype died down of who he was. Dd says he misses a lot of school, but wants to be in public, so he tries to keep up. Two years ago, he was taken out of elementary due to so many absences. I would think that part would be hard - the inconsistency of life.
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I can understand that attraction for it. I'm also aware more that it's not an easy life, and there's a lot of negative things that would go along with that. 
