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** One particularly sickening example is the story of [https://web.archive.org/web/20130830102749/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/lifestyle/consumerhealth/news/article_1639085.php/Plastic-Surgeon-slams-Pageant-Mom-8-year-old-getting-Botox-story-repugnant Kerry Campbell], who gave her ''eight-year-old daughter Botox injections''. When she was found out, she not only defended this practice (claiming it was never too early get your child cosmetic surgery to "get rid of the lines"), but also claimed that ''other'' pageant moms practiced this as well. The fact that the story turned out to be fake [[The Tyson Zone|did nothing to dispel it]].
** One particularly sickening example is the story of [https://web.archive.org/web/20130830102749/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/lifestyle/consumerhealth/news/article_1639085.php/Plastic-Surgeon-slams-Pageant-Mom-8-year-old-getting-Botox-story-repugnant Kerry Campbell], who gave her ''eight-year-old daughter Botox injections''. When she was found out, she not only defended this practice (claiming it was never too early get your child cosmetic surgery to "get rid of the lines"), but also claimed that ''other'' pageant moms practiced this as well. The fact that the story turned out to be fake [[The Tyson Zone|did nothing to dispel it]].
** One 5-year-old girl named Carley developed an alter-ego called Darla to cope with her mom's pushing.{{verify}}
** One 5-year-old girl named Carley developed an alter-ego called Darla to cope with her mom's pushing.{{verify}}
** Whenever ''[[The Soup]]'' had to cover these shows, its host Joel McHale trow his most pointed barbs. At some point he compared one of the parents that appeared in ''Dance Moms'' with Chronos, the Greek Titan that devoured his children, in a way that make Chronos the ''better'' parent in comparison!
** Whenever ''[[The Soup]]'' had to cover these shows, its host Joel McHale throw his most pointed barbs. At some point he compared one of the parents that appeared in ''Dance Moms'' with Chronos, the Greek Titan that devoured his children, in a way that make Chronos the ''better'' parent in comparison!
* George Sampson, the winner of ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'' in 2008, should have had a very promising career after his victory in the show. Unfortunately, his career was run into the ground in less than a year, in no small part due to his obnoxious and extremely demanding mother, who was largely responsible for Simon Cowell's company ditching Sampson after they became sick of her. Sampson is making a rebound, however, as he has starred in the film ''Street Dance''.
* George Sampson, the winner of ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'' in 2008, should have had a very promising career after his victory in the show. Unfortunately, his career was run into the ground in less than a year, in no small part due to his obnoxious and extremely demanding mother, who was largely responsible for Simon Cowell's company ditching Sampson after they became sick of her. Sampson is making a rebound, however, as he has starred in the film ''Street Dance''.
* Rose Hovick, mother of burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee and actress June Havoc. She became legendary for this trope following Gypsy's 1957 autobiography and the subsequent musical adaptation ''[[Gypsy (theatre)|Gypsy]]'' as mentioned above.
* Rose Hovick, mother of burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee and actress June Havoc. She became legendary for this trope following Gypsy's 1957 autobiography and the subsequent musical adaptation ''[[Gypsy (theatre)|Gypsy]]'' as mentioned above.
* A bizarre version of this was the infamous case of ''Daddyoffive'', a [[YouTube]] channel where the parents [[Abusive Parents|did cruel and outright abusive "pranks" on their children]] and then uploaded the videos [["Just Joking" Justification|as "humoristic" ones]]. They monetized their videos, so by the time they were finally investigated and arrested they had made billion by exploiting their children distress.
* A bizarre version of this was the infamous case of ''Daddyoffive'', a [[YouTube]] channel where the parents [[Abusive Parents|did cruel and outright abusive "pranks" on their children]] and then uploaded the videos [["Just Joking" Justification|as "humoristic" ones]]. They monetized their videos and those went very popular, so by the time they were finally investigated and arrested they had made millions by exploiting their children's distress.
* Some people have accused Lynn Johnston, author of ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'' of a variant of this trope, in the sense that while she didn't directly exploited her children the way this trope is traditionally expected, by [[Write Who You Know|incorporating a distressingly high number of their real experiences (ranging from comical to humiliating events) in her work]] she subjected them to [[Muse Abuse]]. As a result, her children were often victims of bullying in school, and as they became older they grew apart from their mother.
* Some people have accused Lynn Johnston, author of ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'' of a variant of this trope, in the sense that while she didn't directly exploited her children the way this trope is traditionally expected, by [[Write Who You Know|incorporating a distressingly high number of their real experiences (ranging from comical to humiliating events) in her work]] she subjected them to [[Muse Abuse]]. As a result, her children were often victims of bullying in school, and as they became older they grew apart from their mother.
* Stage parenting was believed to be the reason behind the tragic case of Peruvian model and entertainer Mónica Santa María. She was pushed into modeling at 7 years old by her mother, over her father objections, and by the time she became a teenager she was one of the most famous models of her country. In 1990, when she was 17, became one of the hostesses of the famous children show ''Nubeluz'', who soon became the biggest children show in Latin America. She was the most popular among the hostesses, and she stayed in the show until 1994, with a brief retirement of six months in 1993. Unfortunately, she also presented symptoms of bipolar disorder and has frequent bouts of depression that went untreated, which resulted on her suicide in 1994 at the age of 21.
* Stage parenting was believed to be the reason behind the tragic case of Peruvian model and entertainer Mónica Santa María. She was pushed into modeling at 7 years old by her mother, over her father objections, and by the time she became a teenager she was one of the most famous models of her country. In 1990, when she was 17, became one of the hostesses of the famous children show ''Nubeluz'', who soon became the biggest children show in Latin America. She was the most popular among the hostesses, and she stayed in the show until 1994, with a brief retirement of six months in 1993. Unfortunately, she also presented symptoms of bipolar disorder and has frequent bouts of depression that went untreated, which resulted on her suicide in 1994 at the age of 21.
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