What's Eating Little North?

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What in the world is eating little North?  She oughta be the happiest baby there is.  Somehow, though, whenever we see her, she looks distraught, upset, just plain miserable.  Are Kim and Kanye so exalted that no one will tell them their fame is damaging their daughter?  Her little psyche seems mighty, mighty afflicted.

We've all heard how Kim insists that Nouri (less ridiculous than being named for a direction, surely) is cuter than Blue Ivy Carter.  Was that her ratonale for schlepping the poor thing to Fashion Week and plopping her down between Bey and Anna Frickin Wintour?  

Wintour's face and body language is priceless as the baby flames out for a global audience.  Beyonce and Jay-- to their inestimable credit--look like mom and dad 'bout to blow a gasket.  

WHO DOES THIS TO A CHILD?  

Kimmie, that's who.  She seems to have no concept as to what is appropriate for the little tyke, although the best child-rearing help money can buy is so, so, available to her!  As Bobbi Kristina Brown fights for her life, are this couple so far up in the stratosphere that they cannot conceive of a similar fate for their own child?  

Some stars won't let you see their kids until they are grown.  Cindy Crawford and Sofia Vergara come to mind.  Gloria Esteban is another mom who endeavored to keep her children out of the limelight.  They have hope of normal lives, because they can walk down the street unrecognized.

I like Kim Kardashian.  I think she is really beautiful.  Clearly, she has a good business sense and is a hard worker.

In spite of all that, the girl seems to have some real self-concept issues.  Innumerable selfies, glorification of a butt that would have shamed her less than a generation ago, and an insatiable appetite for publicity make her a figure worth pitying.  A broke-ass single mom like me can feel some kind of satisfaction (Is it hate? I hope not.) knowing that I woulda picked that baby up, or put her in a stroller, cold as it is in a February New York!

But then, I'm superimposing my life choices over Kim's.  I've no frame of reference for her lifestyle.  None at all.  Maybe I'd be just as obtuse and superficial as she is, if I'd never had to struggle for anything.

Someone described Kim as treating little North "like a fashion accessory."  I think that's a fair assessment.  If she doesn't want her living doll to hate her one day, she should leave her at home with the nannies who love her.

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