Selfish stage moms exploit their child model or actor in one way or another. These are parents who put their children's rise to fame first and the emotional needs of their children second.
The following list are some of the most famous stage mothers who took advantage of their children.
Lynne Spears
She let her daughter, Britney Spears, pose seductively for Playboy, wearing clothes that excite pedophilic men and allowed her to shoot a music video where she danced around in a Catholic school girl costume at the mere age of 15. She also controlled every bit of Britney's life, including disseminating the information that Britney was a virgin (which was a lie, of course), to stay true to her innocent-but-sexually-arousing image.Jaid Barrymoore
When her daughter, Drew Barrymoore was only a kid, she let her in a club where people were doing drugs and partying like there's no tomorrow. Since then, Drew developed a lot of bad habits - smoking and drinking alcohol at the age of 9 and doing drugs at the age of 13, plus attempting suicide. Luckily, Drew was able to redeem herself and is now one of the most bankable celebrities in Hollywood.
Dina Lohan
Like Jaid Barrymoore, Dina introduced Lindsay to partying and alcohol - the shoplifting and DUI thing was totally Lindsay's idea, though. But it's no doubt that Dina Lohan is partly to blame for Lindsay's crazy and irresponsible actions. Now that Lindsay is still under house arrest, though, she has a new project. A girl to follow in Lilo's footsteps - Ali Lohan, Dina's youngest daughter.
Teri Shields
When Brooke Shields was 10 years old, Teri let her pose naked for Playboy at the price of $450. Then, she let Brooke play a young prostitute in the movie, Pretty Baby. Perhaps because she is an actress herself, Teri seemed to have forgotten that Brooke was a child.
Sometimes a stage mother's ambition to see her child "up there" cloud their judgement. If aspiring child actors or models have mothers like them - what will become of Hollywood?
