I feel uniquely qualifed to voice my opinion on this because I'm in show business and I've had many an opportunity to put my photogenic Lily in front of the camera but I don't.  On occasion, I've put her in one of my films but then she's working with me and I call the shots...literally.  She's not working for days on end, it's maybe a few hours and she enjoys it and she NEVER misses school for it.  She has a normal life.  We're talking one film a year.  She doesn't have an agent nor a stylist.  She's a normal nose-picking 5 year old.

I feel that even at the age of 8 or 9 when children say they want to be in show business they may be doing it to please their parents.  They say they want it but do they really?  I've been making a living in show business for 14 years and I can tell you it ain't no place for kids.  Show business is a cruel mother:  one day she loves you the next day she's kicking you out the door.  Sounds like a case of neglect.  Imagine what that kind of pressure can do to a young child's psyche?  I've been to auditions, I've seen those 'stage mothers' pushing their children.  Makes you wonder: who wants it more?  (Obviously Dinah Lohan does)  Some of you may argue that that's how we create stars these days or that at least they can use all those millions they make as children to pay for therapy as adults.

Would you ever put your child in show business?