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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have no way of knowing this. The publicists and image managers manipulate what we see about their lives. [/quote]

+1. People are just assuming these kids are good because they got into a good college or they weren’t arrested before age 18.  Have any of these identified kids done anything special?  Any volunteer work?  Helped an elderly neighbor?  Just because your kids stays out of the news doesn’t mean you were a great parent. [/quote]

NP.  True, but people were doing the same thing on the "bad parents" thread.  NO ONE has any idea what kind of parents these people are - good OR bad.[/quote]

No, but kids who have gone on to have fruitful careers, get degrees, seem close and functional with their parents ... Of course, one can only guess, but some people are clearly doing well thanks to good parenting!!

Conan's kids go to Harvard and Yale, respectively; a friend knows them and says they are lovely.
This may seem odd, but Mick Jagger -- despite having kids with several mothers -- has kids who are genuinely very close to him and are kind (again, based on a friend who works closely with the family). Eldest kid went to Yale and just won many awards for the "High on the Hog" docuseries.

David Bowie's son is also lovely; a very down-to-earth director when he has every reason NOT to be down to earth whatsoever. Marianne Faithfull's son is an esteemed London economist (Nick Dunbar). Graham Nash's daughter is a midwife/NP. Jodie's Foster's kids are both grounded and smart; the youngest is a Princeton-trained chemist.
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Could you stop with the Ivy Leagye name-dropping? These kids have their admissions path paved for them by their last name.

It’s impressive enough (by celebrity kid standards) that they obtained college degrees from somewhere and hold down jobs. No need to give them undeserved accolades for where they happened to get in.[/quote]

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I had to laugh at PP's fawning post and no doubt fake anecdotes.  Spare us all.[/quote]

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