mindwanderings

I see Suri Cruise, offspring of Tom and Katie Cruise, in the media spotlight week after week. Whether it is her fashion for the week, or the event she’s attended with her parents, Suri is already exposed to the Hollywood industry. She has traveled to more places than many people do in their lifetime. Her life of travels and fashions is enough for anyone to be jealous of.

Panning the camera now is to Violet Affleck, daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. Although she is a part of Hollywood just as much as Suri because of her famous parents, Violet is raised in a much warmer atmosphere, playing with kids her age, going with her mom to the grocery store, and interacting with regular people. She is brought up in what one would call a typical childhood. Toys and friends and mommy and daddy – what more could a child want?

Although both children are in the spotlight, Violet is kept out of it and placed into a playground instead. Will she grow up to have moral values and appreciation for having been raised like a regular kid? Suri has everything and can have anything she wants. With the idea of having access to everything, I would think she will grow up to be a spoiled child who has no respect because the world is at her feet. She was fed with a silver spoon (and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was real silver!).

These are Hollywood’s children. They were born into the industry and if they decide to stay with it as they age, they will already be fortunate and take care of by connections. I often wonder how a child in so much attention so often will grow up to be when they are older. These children would not have to work as hard as someone else who didn’t have their parents already in the spotlight. Would they appreciate what they have later on? How can they? They have nothing to compare their lives to.

I think of Tori Spelling, daughter of late Aaron Spelling, TV. Mogul. The only reason why she was in the cast of the original cast of 90210 was because her father was the creator. There were many lashes at her because many felt she had no talent and basically just lucked out. I don’t have that much respect for these offspring as I would to someone who had to work their way up to stardom, such as JoJo, the singer whose parents were drug addicts living on welfare and food stamps. She was nationally recognized in the television show, Kids Say the Darndest Things. She went on to Oprah, and America’s Most Talented Kids. The way she got her talent was by singing everyday with her mother while they worked in the house, no lessons or anything.

A case of a child star is Lindsay Lohan who first got started in The Parent Trap. For some time, she was rehabilitated for her drug use and spiraling out of control behavior due to excessive drinking. Should kids be exposed to such a (now vulgar) place like Hollywood? Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have grown up in front of the camera. Mary-Kate was treated for her anorexia a few years back, and they are sometimes the talk of the town in regards to their partying ways and drinking, smoking, and unhealthy lifestyle.

I now think of my humble background. I never had anything I wanted, and it was those rare occasions like, Christmas or my birthday, that I would receive a gift, like a doll. My mother taught me the value of a dollar and I thank her for making me appreciate my job and hard earned money. She also instilled in me the value of education and how that is the ticket to a better life. Although the children of Hollywood are very fortunate and comfortable, I appreciate and feel humbled by my upbringing so when I go off and make a down payment on my house one day, I’ll understand the value of something earned.

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