Challenges faced by Babies born to Celebrity Parents
Those who have their life celebrated each and every moment by the media
are what world calls celebrities. Wherever they go they are stars. Many
of the celebrities may not need it but they are supposed to bear it. So
much has been discussed over years on pros and cons of being a
celebrity, but what is often forgotten, is that babies born to
celebrities also get a celebrity status. Not much is discussed on the
challenges faced by babies born to celebrities.
We all know celebrities are busy most of their time. So the time that is
spent by them with their babies is very less. Often these babies end up
seeing their parents on television programs or in the magazine pages.
More often the babies who get celebrity status just because of the fact
that they were born to Celebrity Parents, get uncomfortable under high
pressure while adjusted to this situation. Not getting the necessary
quality time with the parents is only the tip of the iceberg, when it
comes to the challenges these babies face.
The words ‘privacy’ and ‘celebrity’ are like fire and water. We all know
they do not go together. Celebrities may be crowd pullers; but the same
crowd can be around their children too. Who cares whether the baby likes
the crowd or not. When these babies grow into boys and girls one of the
two things may happen in most of the cases: Either they start hating the
crowd and pray to be alone, or they slowly become crowd maniacs, who can
not live without the cheers and glitter around them.
 Right
from the time when the name of baby is announced to the media by
Celebrity Parents, the expectation of the world starts mounting. This is
the biggest challenge any baby may face in his/her entire life. The
level of expectation depends on the success of the celebrity parent;
bigger is the celebrity status of the parent higher is the expectation.
This poses a sever pressure on the growing child and affects him/her her
both mentally as well as physically. In this world where even normal
kids succumb to the pressure of expectation, the effect of this
challenge will be many folds higher for the babies born in a celebrity
family. This may lead to social abuses like addiction to drugs and
alcohol when they grow up.
Many of these babies when grow up never poses for a photo. The reason
points to fact that they simply hate the camera. At this age of media
and information explosion, everything is celebrated by the media. Just
think of how many times kids of a famous couple might have seen their
own photos on websites or in print. It is then only natural for these
babies to be unfriendly towards camera in future.
Celebrities generally are not confined to one part of the world always.
Most of them are traveling most of their lives. Traveling according to
scheduled plans, is the life line of celebrities. But how much does this
affect the lifestyle of their babies, is often forgot. When one goes
round from states to states, from one hotel room to another and if this
cycle keeps on repeating through out the life, is it is only natural to
have an adverse effect on the mental health of the children traveling
around with them.
In addition to all these challenges, there is another million dollar
challenge that these babies will face. The trap of getting too much care
and attention is always around babies of celebrity parents. There is no
escape from it. The result could be an oversensitive, unsecured and over
dependent adult in the making! |
