Many successful people, actors, singers, pianists, etc, thank their parents at the oscars for believing in them, supporting them. And say, they took me to every audition, paid for lessons with very little money so I owe my success to them. Some make it off their own back, so determined, because it was hardship and poverty that made them. Making it with the poverty mind set, no parental encouragement, being told you can’t do this and that, who do you think you are, get a proper job! When they make it then it may be their 15 minutes of fame, soon to be has beens. They often feel like a fraud, make it big, become rich then lose all their wealth and end up looking for the proper job to survive, the job they were told that was all they were worthy of, and that belief never left them despite their success.

We are asked, what do you want to do? Here’s your choices, they should ask, who do you want to be! Sow that seed in our children, the freedom of choice and imagination, encourage dreams and allow that seed to grow. We should always awaken the talents our children naturally possess, not see everything as just a useless hobby that doesn’t pay bills. They just sold a footballer for £35 million. So a young man who just kicks a ball around a patch of grass is worth £35 mil, so any passion can result in great wealth.

We see our friends as ordinary, put others down, then when they make it we say, I always knew you would. so if we see that potencial why don’t we promote rather than condemn it? Because we don’t believe in the power of the mind, we only believe, people like us don’t get opportunity, we say it’s not what you know it’s who you know. We complain a mepo baby is only successful because their parents are big stars, yet many big stars have chidren that never make it despite their oportunities and all the people they know. And why not? Because so many of them are skewed up because of their parents fame. So they feel ignored, left in the shadow of the parents spot light, believe nobody cares about them, and often that’s true as the stars career comes first and have their own problem with fame.

And what if their children do make it big just because daddy is the biggest star in Hollywood, just because mum is a pop star, etc, or any other TV personality. We shout priviledged… but why not? Do we ever own a family business and take on strangers to run our business, or do we call our business, Carter and son? Don’t farmers leave their farms to their children or give strangers that opportunity? So why would a big star not give the same opportunity to their children? Why are we bitter about that?

Is it because real wealth and recognition is not a proper job, and we feel wealth and recognition should be earned off our own backs, not handed down with very little effort worthy of receipt. The fact that the parent may have come from poverty and a council estate you lived on, and eventually made it, means he or she did it so their children don’t have to. Because they knew hardship they don’t want their children to suffer the same.

So who are we to say they should, to expect them to live quietly in the shadows and never carve out a career for themselves, or create their own wealth just because we suffer, struggle or have very little opportunity?Who are we to tell anyone how they should live? Or make them feel less than, as we now brand them nepo babies… meaning-: Children of famous stars are often called ‘nepo babies’ (short for nepotism babies) when they leverage their parents fame, connections, or wealth to launch successful careers in similar fields, like acting or music, the term often implying their success is unearned due to their social and privileged background.

Highlighting how they benefit from their famous lineage to gain entry and advantage in industry where they may otherwise struggle to break in. We should stop crushing the dreams of all others, including our own childrens, especially our own children as they will then grow up to be just like us, telling their own children to stop dreaming and get a proper job.

As we were once them, listening to the same misguided so called truth of our own parents. So are we prepared to pass this on again so they follow the same average road to nowhere that we did. Where did a proper job really get us? At least the star rose above an average lifestyle, led a free adventurous existence to ensure their children will never be stuck in the rat race. Then we dare to tell nepo babies they should ignore opportunity handed to them on a plate. That is why the universe doesn’t send us the same opportunities, because we are always too busy condemning others.

And that feeling of, ‘I don’t have it easy so why should they,’ only informs the universe we don’t have it easy, we don’t have the same opportunities. So then the universe can only send us more of the same, the hardship we continually endure, as jealousy means we just asked for that once again!

Jealousy and envy serves no man, we should keep our nose out of the business of others and apply our thoughts and energy only to what we want for ourselves. To the opportunities we wish to find in our own lives. This is the only way we will suceed at what we do, the only way we can make our hobbies pay. So we should wish others well… live and let live!