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Filed under: Celeb Parents, Opinions
Six kids? Check. Hot partner? Check. Ability to make other moms feel inferior? Check. Credit: AFP/Getty Images
"Movie stars proudly display their baby bumps, and the shiny magazines at the checkout counter never tire of describing the joys of celebrity parenthood. Bearing and rearing children has come to be seen as life's greatest good ... Nannies are seldom photographed in these carefully arranged family scenes. We are to assume that all this baby-minding is painless, easy and cheap," Jong writes.
We have to admit, we're suckers for what Jong calls "an orgy of motherphilia" too. We're gaga over our recent photo shoot with Kourtney Kardashian and son Mason, we're constantly curious about which celebs are newly pregnant (congrats, Pink!) and what toys and clothes they're buying for their bambinos.
Celebs -- they're just like us! Only they're not. And comparing our lives to theirs can be harmful. Celebrities present us with unreasonable expectations for what it's like to be a parent.
When you read about them in magazines, you see them looking fresh-faced and well-rested, in their skinny jeans only a few weeks postpartum, and jet-setting or having a date night. What you don't see is all the help they get -- the caregivers who watch their children so they can work, travel, date, and sleep in; the trainers they work with to get their bod back ASAP; or the personal chefs they've hired to make yummy low-fat meals.
Most moms we know would kill for someone to make them any meal, let alone a gourmet, fat-flushing entrée.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
11-20-2010 @ 11:21AM
auntliddy said...Are you kidding? Celebrity moms make me feel like a failure?? Not when I look at Tatum o'neil, Griffin and Redmond O'neil, Lawrence Fishburne's porn acting daughter, and God, I could on and on! If anything, parenthood is the great equalizer- you can do 100 things right and still have serious problems, and you can do 1000 things wrong and get wonderful results.
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11-20-2010 @ 1:27PM
Robert said...Any mom could be as successfull as a celebrity mom if she got the same amount of help as a celebrity mom. The real trick to raising wonderful children is doing it when you do not have the resources of a celebrity or are rich.
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11-20-2010 @ 12:39PM
CHASKAinTEXAS said...You kidding me... ?
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11-20-2010 @ 1:47PM
Ericka said...Why would celebs make ME feel like a failure? Ive raised 5 children all 2 yrs apart WITHOUT the help of a nanny! Do any celebs actually take care of their own children? Do they (excluding Angelina Jolie) know what its like taking a newborn, 2, 4, 6 and 8 yr old to the grocery store alone? I bet not...
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11-20-2010 @ 6:00PM
Kim said...Celeb moms make me feel like a more successful mom, not a less successful one. I am a single mom of two, work full time and am in law school full time. My kids are both straight "A" students and are in sports and other activities. They keep their rooms clean and help out around the house. Their father has not been part of their lives since before my youngest was born. I KNOW I am a more successful parent than ANY celeb, I don't have 2 nannies for each kids to raise my children for me, I have done it all MYSELF, alone, all with no child support.
Now YOU tell me, who is the more successful parent?
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11-21-2010 @ 4:49PM
lynn said...No way could a celebrity mom make me feel like a failure. Their kids have so many problems, worse than the average kid. And my kids had a mom who they got to see & be with everyday.
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11-25-2010 @ 6:08PM
margie said...I don't know any celebrity moms. I do not read about them. I am not curious about them. I am not celebrity conscious... period. In fact, I did not read this article either. I just responded to the hilarious question. Do celebrity dads make you feel like less of a real man? heh heh heh...
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11-29-2010 @ 4:30PM
sondbr said...No mother should feel insecure because of celebrity moms. They have the money to pay for help with the children, cleaning/yard people, cooks, etc., etc. They have no idea what it's like to have the full responsibility of childcare, housework, and cooking. They can give their full attention to their children WHEN they are around.
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11-29-2010 @ 9:39PM
Betty said...Good Lord no. Why should I feel inferior? I was a stay at home mom, we had a great marriage and the necessities of life and a little more. Taught our kids good morals and gave them love. I wouldn`t trade with any of them.
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