The lives of the children of the obscenely rich and famous face a unique set of challenges that can be absolutely devastating.
There is undoubtedly a good reason that the children of hugely famous and successful celebrities seem to have a disproportionately high level of suicide and drug overdoses despite the wealth and fame and connections that come with being the progeny of someone our culture worships.
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the children of the massively wealthy and powerful and well-known have a disproportionately high level of suicide because of the wealth and fame and connections that come with being the progeny of someone our culture worships.
As a child and as an adult, Michael Jackson was as wealthy, famous and connected as they come. To say that did not lead to lasting happiness or contentment would be a bit of an understatement. Paris Jackson is an impossible place right now. It has become an ugly, sordid and tragic entity that spills out messily in every direction, corrupting and contaminating everyone it touches.
As Leaving Neverland reveals, Jackson was at once a victim of child abuse and a master manipulator uniquely gifted at getting people to think and behave the way he wanted. Yet a goodly percentage of the world will not be satisfied until Paris angrily denounces her own father.
