Suri Cruise has been in the media spotlight from the day she was born. No small wonder that, with Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise for parents. There’s just so much speculation about her little five year old life, and Tom and Katie kind of hand it to us on a silver platter. The lipstick, the high heels, the iPad.
Just another spoiled celebrity kid? Life & Style Weekly says it’s gone way beyond that. The cover story for their October 3, 2011 issue claims to have the inside scoop on what’s really going on in the Holmes-Cruise household, and just how bad it is for little Suri.
A former employee places the blame on the family’s religious beliefs:
“Because Suri is being raised a Scientologist, both Katie and Tom have to treat her like an adult. There’s no coddling, and they never tell her anything — they ask. So when she wants to wear her Cinderella costume to bed, she gets to. When she demands a manicure at 9 p.m., she gets it. And that includes treats for breakfast!”
And while you might have been thinking all this time that the lipstick and heels were the result of parents giving in to the whimsy of a little girl, the magazine’s sources claim that Suri is actually being encouraged to wear them. Because her parents are supposed to treat her like an adult? That’s not clear.
I don’t know that I can condemn them for all this stuff. Do I believe that their life is probably really, really weird? You bet. Do I think Suri is probably crazy spoiled. Yup. And yes, they have been spotted keeping their daughter out pretty late at night. And the lipstick is just wrong, wrong wrong, at her age. But I challenge you to show me a little girl out there who hasn’t begged to wear her Princess dress to bed, or demand that she wear her fancy shoes out to the supermarket. Been there, done that. Mostly these things cause no harm. The only difference is that no one is following you and me around constantly, taking pictures of our “Oh, what the hell” parenting moments.
What do you think? Is Suri headed for trouble? Drop a comment and speak your mind.
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