# I Know My Kid's a Star

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-my-kids-a-star/442958>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 27, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-my-kids-a-star/442958 "2008-03-27T19:47:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-my-kids-a-star/442958/1 "2008-03-27T19:47:18Z")

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Has anyone else watched this train wreck?

I’ve tried to watch it several times and just cannot get past about the five minute mark. It’s just too painful.

I did catch the first elimination. The boy was fairly cool with it, his father (who had shown earlier that he didn’t know jack about show business) was ranting about how it was “bullshit” as they left. The best part, the kid finally turns around as they’re walking out and tells his father to “just stop talking”.

The one parent that scares me most is the one I call Cowgirl Skeletor. If you’ve seen the show, you know the bitch. I feel deeply sorry for her child, who is going to be seriously deformed by this monster mom.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-my-kids-a-star/442958/2 "2008-03-27T20:13:08Z")

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Cowgirl Skeletor? I’m afraid to ask. I haven’t heard of this show, but show business mom and dads make me so, so sad.

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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-my-kids-a-star/442958/3 "2008-03-27T20:26:21Z")

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They should call it “I know my kid’s gonna need therapy”

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-my-kids-a-star/442958/4 "2008-03-27T20:37:23Z")

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Wasn’t there a show on Bravo called \*Showbiz Moms and Dads \*or something?

That one was a trainwreck too.

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**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-my-kids-a-star/442958/5 "2008-03-27T22:26:27Z")

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I like crappy TV.

I enjoy mindless, vapid reality shows.

I really like cringe-worthy family moments.

This show is just a frackin’ train wreck. Nothing worthy about it, nothing interesting, and just… whipped up dreck. I watched the first 20 minutes, then fast-forwarded through the rest. I tried the second episode… and nothing.