It's a Horrible Life: Children in Hollywood

I don't know anything about the actors in the article below, but I am convinced that putting your children in show biz is a disaster.

Actor Corey Feldman Says Pedophilia No. 1 Problem for Child Stars, Contributed to Demise of Corey Haim

Chronicles ran several articles about child stars a few issues ago and it confirms the negative impact of celebrity for most kids who don't travel the Hollywood maze without getting lost. I wrote a commentary on the Chronicles articles one of which mentioned the rocky relationship between Tatum O'Neal and her dad who never seems to have grown up. I happened to catch the two of them on Good Morning, America talking about a program they were doing together. Tatum's body language with her father was interesting. She sat about as far from him as possible on the couch. Once they held hands, but most of the interview she looked like a wound up spring with both her legs and arms crossed as though she were protecting herself. Clearly, there was no trust for dad who has publicly attacked her in the past in words that I won't print. But they have reconciled so they say, and it will be interesting to watch the end of the story. It is always a tragedy when family members feud and a few prayers for Hollywoods's youngest casualties would be an act of charity.

As for Hollywood pedophiles, it doesn't take much imagination to believe that.