I have been trying to resist commenting about Paris. I don't feel that strangers have the right to critique this child whether positive or negative. She is a minor and she is not a celebrity who needs to promote her image. It's true that she had a parent who was one of the most famous men in the world; however he did not try to transfer his celebrity and loss of privacy to his children. As a matter of fact he went out of his way and to what some considered extremes to protect his children's privacy and he was right to do so.
After Michael's passing there was a clamor from the public to find out how the children were doing and to some extent it continues. I realize now that it is not so much that people want to know if they are coping, they want to justify their belief that Michael's parenting and lifestyle has somehow made his children bizarre or abnormal and they are scratching for proof. Aside from the Kardashians how much does anyone know about a celebrity's minor child?
This child does not need and should not have a Social Network presence. Why did she have over a million Twitter followers, what deep and profound things was she discussing that the world needed to know? It now appears that it turned into a free for all for mean spirited people to bash her and say hurtful things about her father. Because she is a young teenager she did not have the skills to stop it (which meant not replying to the trash and to close the social network accounts), she got drawn deeper and could not handle it. We have seen news reports of teenagers being victimized by cyber bullying and committing suicide. It is a shame and a waste, what these kids don't realize is that in less than four years after you graduate you don't remember most of those classmates and they don't remember you either. Cyber bully victims need emotional strength and fortitude to endure and I would hope that that is what Paris is being given in her counseling. It will take time but if she accepts the counsel she is given she will benefit.
You've all heard of celebrities that are said to be such well-rounded individuals, most of the time those celebrities live outside the Hollywood/Los Angeles community often in states that are not known as celebrity havens. They find the Hollywood environment toxic (and I am talking about adults) they don't want to live within it. I think at this time a school outside the fame capital is a good idea. I also feel that if Paris has been off the Social Network at that school for the last four months, yet a few days back home and she is back on it, she is not well enough to come home yet.
No one who says they love her, and that includes her Mother, her friends, and her other family members, should be flashing Paris' image on the Social Media. I know it is old fashioned but there are these things called picture frames and photo albums that you can still buy that do a great job of storing lasting images of your special memories. You can share them with anyone you feel close to just by having them visit you and look at them. I also feel that Paris should not be doing any print or television interviews until she is of age.
I hope Paris grows emotionally strong. I hope that she understands that nothing will ever replace her Father's love, but there is real love out there for her. I hope she can give love back in return and appreciate the love she is given, especially from her brothers since they are a part of what is left of her Dad. While I hope these things for her I don't need a public broadcast or update. I would really like for her to fade into anonymity, the way Jacqueline Kennedy's children did until they grew up.