| Behind some of the most messed-up celebrities (and | | | | about separation, and whoever was in custody of |
| some who were able to cope) are some pretty | | | | Mack would surely get part of his fortune. In 1996, |
| messed-up parents. | | | | he declared that he won't take in new roles until the |
| They could be stage parents, parents who are going | | | | issue with his parents gets resolved. By 1997, his |
| through separation, or just plain free-loaders, | | | | father, Kit Culkin relinquished custody to his mother, |
| investing in their child's celebrity status, so that, in | | | | Patricia Brentrup, and Macaulay only returned to |
| time, their abuse will pay back its dividends. | | | | acting nearly four years later, in 2001, on stage, in a |
| Macaulay Culkin - Let's start off with someone who | | | | London Production of "Madame Melville," his teen |
| was able to cope with his parent's abuse. A celebrity | | | | years wasted, all because of his parents. |
| since the age of 4, this child star made a hit as the | | | | Jennifer Aniston - Her mother, Nancy, granted an |
| cute and funny kid from Home Alone. The most | | | | interview about her daughter on tabloid television |
| famous and richest child star in history, he alone set | | | | during the peak of Jen's fame in Friends. As a parent, |
| the standard for how kids could be cute by | | | | she should always take her daughter's best interest in |
| interacting with his older co-stars. By the age of 13, | | | | consideration, but instead, she abused it, and |
| he was already earning millions per project. By the | | | | capitalized on it. Jen was so angry that she cut ties |
| age of 14, he was feeling burnt-out, with the so-so | | | | to her mom, even going so far as not inviting her for |
| reception of The Pagemaster, Getting Even With | | | | her wedding with Brad Pitt - in possible retaliation, her |
| Dad and Richie Rich, while it would appear that he | | | | mother wrote a book, titled, "From Mother And |
| lost his touch, some say that it the conflict between | | | | Daughter To Friends: A Memoir." It details how to |
| his parents was the main reason that he wasn't doing | | | | cope with life when your celebrity child turns their |
| so good. Behind the scenes, his parents were talking | | | | back on abuse. |