Well, duh.
The very first line of the book:
"After all of the time I've spent in the public eye, you might think that finding out I was going to have a miscarriage moments before stepping onstage wouldn't shake me up, but it did..."
What are we? Monsters? So unfeeling and out of touch with reality that just because she is a celebrity we think that this wouldn't be hard for her? I don't know why we would be reading this book - unless you had to for some book club or something - unless you were prepared to feel at least some empathy for Brooke Shields.
Do you think that in terms of having a family, do we expect more or less from celebrities? Do we expect the extra money that we perceive that they have to allow them to "purchase" a better or easier child-rearing experience than "normal" people can have?
"After all of the time I've spent in the public eye, you might think that finding out I was going to have a miscarriage moments before stepping onstage wouldn't shake me up, but it did..."
What are we? Monsters? So unfeeling and out of touch with reality that just because she is a celebrity we think that this wouldn't be hard for her? I don't know why we would be reading this book - unless you had to for some book club or something - unless you were prepared to feel at least some empathy for Brooke Shields.
Do you think that in terms of having a family, do we expect more or less from celebrities? Do we expect the extra money that we perceive that they have to allow them to "purchase" a better or easier child-rearing experience than "normal" people can have?
posted by MamaChristy at
12:07 PM
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I kind of thought that about the first sentence too.
Anyways, I do believe that celebrities have an easier child-rearing experience than us 'norms', but really only in the financial sense. I assume they have a much harder time arranging 'mommy/daddy and child' time. Yeah, they can buy them every toy they could want and nannies, etc, to play with, but there's really no substitute for mom and dad.
In general though, I think 'norms' do perceive celebrities to have it easier in every way. I know one thing they have easier than us norms - they have access to the best doctors and technology to help them conceive and to care for them and their families.
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PCOSMama, at 4:06 PM
Of celebrities with children, I expect both more and less. I expect to have nannies and great schools available for their kids. I also expect them to rely heavily on "the help" to raise their children while they continue to lead their glamorous lives. It's refreshing to see that Brooke and many other celebrities seem to be taking their family lives as seriously as I take my own family's togetherness.
PCOSMama - You are so right about the access to doctors and fertility treatments. The $30,000, give or take, for IVF that might be extremely prohibitive to a "norm" is likely a complete non-issue for a celebrity.
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MamaChristy, at 6:59 PM
I would not want to be a celebrity for anything in the world. Life is challenging enough without having the world watch.
I dread when you hear a celebrity talk about "how bad..... lallalalalalalalalal"
But I don't really think that Brooke Shields or Courtney Cox for that matter fall into that category at all.
mamachristy and pcosmama said it very well. I concur.
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E, at 9:04 PM
At the risk of sounding all Hallmark, I have to tell you --
That whole first chapter made me bawl. Like a child.
My heart just broke for her. I cannot imagine trying to go out and act normally --knowing everyone is watching -- when you're dealing with something like that. Thank goodness not everyone knew what was going on.
As far as celebrities, I pretty much agree with everyone else here. I am envious of their access to money for things like IVF and good schools, but I can only imagine the pressures of having eveyrone watch every move you make with that child. (Britney Spears, anyone?) And also having your marriage under a microscope and knowing you'll have to explain that to your kids.
I have to say I think it may take celebrities more courage to have kids than so-called normal folks. Given the Hollywood divorce rate, they must know the odds are not good for a nuclear, traditional family. It affirms my belief in humanity in general when you see a celeb who wants to care for a child (adopted or genetic) regardless.
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JenniNapa, at 9:22 AM
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