Momversation: Why should we care about Suri Cruise?

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  Posted by HotCrossBuns Tue Dec 2, 2008 5:13am PST

  I couldn't give a rat's rear end about the lives of any celebrity family. They're pretty much the same as every other human being on this planet, except they do what they do with a ton more money and more people watching.

  Who I have a problem with are the celebrity parents who use their kids as their personal PR reps...ahem...Jolie-Pitts. They way they drag their kids all over the place with such high-drama and creating chaos in their lives just because one of the parents...ahem..Jolie...happens to be a narcissistic brat in need of special attention at all times is just sick. Dragging your kids from continent to continent every couple of months doesn't give them a sense of "worldly being". At such young ages it just creates a sense of never having a permanent place to call home!

  I do think it's sad how the paparazzi hounds most families who try to live a quiet life, though. They can't go out and enjoy life in peace, and that's got to be a hard way to grow up.

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  Posted by Tanya Tue Dec 2, 2008 1:12pm PST

  who cares about celebrity kids they aren't no different then mine and they don't get that much attention.

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  Posted by Katja C Tue Dec 2, 2008 9:02pm PST

  Nope, the celebrity kids get WAY too much attention. Entire websites are dedicated to whether or not Suri Cruise is exhibiting the symptoms of autism--gee, she tends to look away from paparrazzi cameras, there must be something wrong with her! Even though I, on occasion, bash certain celeb parents--Why is Suri still using a bottle? Why was Leah Remini's daughter wearing diapers and drinking 6 bottles a night at 4? Why do Britney Spears and Gwen Stefani give their 2-year-olds pacifiers?--I feel like, why do I even know all this stuff? It's none of my business what they do with their kids!

  Years ago, I was only vaguely aware of celebrity babies. Now--starting with that first major baby boom in '05 (Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Suri Cruise, Jayden Spears, Kingston Rossdale, ect--I was pregnant with my first baby then, so I really paid attention) and the current one (Sunday Rose Urban, Max Bratman, Harlow Winter Kate Madden), I feel like I'm drowning in baby trivia. I don't seek this information out, but through osmosis I seem to know all these babies's ages, birthdates, birthplaces, whether or not they nursed and for how long, what brand of stroller their mom's used, where they get their $200 organic onesies--it's nuts. These babies are celebrities on their own now. Suri was named OK! magazines Best Dressed New Yorker, and has been on a ton of magazine covers. Shiloh and the Spears boys have had a zillion of their own tabloid covers, too.

  How can these parents stand it? If people were descending on my kid, yelling and flashing bulbs at him, I would deck them. If his private details were all over magazines, I'd be horrified.

  Pick on the celebrities--they chose this life. Leave these innocent kids alone.

  About the Jolie-Pitts--sorry, I love them! Brad Pitt I can do without, but Angelina is the epitome of everything I've ever wanted to do in the world. She's single handedly made such a difference in the plight of refugees and orphans. She parts with a much bigger chunk of her salary than any celebrity I'm aware of. I donate what I can on universalgiving.org, but it's a piss in the ocean. People like her make a huge difference, and the more publicity she gets, as far as I'm concerned, the better. I'd much rather hear about where HER money's going--to orphanages, clinics, refugee camps and war-torn areas--than Paris Hilton's (Kitson and Prada). About the kids--yeah, there's probably too many of them. But I don't think they're "paraded" in front of the cameras. On all of the Jolie-Pitts media things--premeirs, press conferences, UN summits--the kids aren't there. They're only photographed candidly, when the Jolie-Pitts are going to Toyr R Us or to pick up pizza. Personally, I see it as a good thing--they're hanging out with their parents! They go to zoos, parks, and FAO Shwartz. It's not their fault someone's always photographing them. Should they NEVER go out with their kids?

  On a personal note, I traveled all over Europe, Asia and Africa as a kid. I was home-schooled a lot, occasionally thrust into a random school for a few months, up until jr. high, when I was finally enrolled a school full time. I don't know what this whole childhood stability thing is all about--ya can't miss what you never had--but I was always grateful for my upbringing. I LOVED getting on planes and seeing new cultures and new places. I got bored in one place too long. I felt, almost, superior to my peers that didn't know how to point on a map places I'd trekked through with my parents. I had a bedroom of artifacts. I loved my childhood.

  However, I've been in the same place since my own son was born, and (not so much my idea, but his dad's) we're keeping him in the same place. He'll be in school. He'll put down roots. He'll travel only on vacations.

  For everyone feeling so bad for the jet-setting Jolies, have any of you experienced it?

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