President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Nov 14
th, 2017 at 3:14pm:
Yes.... this is another tragic case of a loser parent trying to relive their o n live through their children... whether it be racing or child pageants...
That's how I viewed the article too.
Why do parents live their lives vicariously through their children?
It's a question I ask myself whenever I get tempted to do just that.
Re child pageants/modelling/acting agencies/TV casting etc I HAVE ALWAYS DISCOURAGED MY KIDS FROM PARTICIPATING IN THESE INDUSTRIES.
Why?
They stuff up and totally ruin people's lives. My cousin was a casualty of the acting/modelling industry a few years back. He joined the 27 club. His suicide letter was a pathetic scrawl.
Anyway....my aunty blames herself TO THIS DAY for encouraging her son to pursue something she'd always wanted to do.
And before anyone comes back to me with the fact that I did not complete my law degree but both my 2 older kids are presently doing just that.....my only comeback is that I don't know why.
All I know is I've never encouraged it. In fact I did the absolute opposite esp given who their dad was.
To this day I don't know where I went wrong with these kids.