TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1962)

bid for some of the attention. Most children like to show off a bit when guests visit their home — and Caroline, of course, was using a bit of "blackmail" on her dad by demanding his attention in front of the press! She knew he wouldn't dare bawl her out, with so many strangers present. Children have a great deal more insight than parents usually give them credit for. Caroline's cockiness, on this occasion, is actually a pretty good indication of the warm affection between the President and his daughter. Caroline's mother is so frequently photographed not simply because she's the President's wife, but also because she is a strikingly beautiful woman. Any beautiful mother poses potential growing-up problems for her daughter, even if she's a "nobody." When she's America's First Lady — and constantly in the spotlight — her daughter is apt to suffer even more from the inevitable comparisons. If she doesn't match up, she could grow into womanhood with a terrible sense of inferiority. The same possibility exists for the boy whose father is tops in his field — and, in John Jr.'s case, who's more important than his dad? Unfortunately, there is a peculiarly American notion that the child must be better than his or her parents. This sometimes drives youngsters of famous parents to unrealistic limits in order to "prove" themselves. Nobody knows for sure what made Charles Van Doren resort to duplicity to win fame and fortune on a TV quiz show, but it's interesting to recall that his father has long been one of America's most distinguished literary personalities — while Charles was employed in relative anonymity as an assistant professor at Columbia University, at the time. Jack Linkletter, successful son of famed TV personality Art Linkletter, has admitted that his famous birthright helped him get started in show business, but that it also made him especially vulnerable to criticism. He recalls that his younger brother Robert once remarked, "I wish my name wasn't Linkletter"— because he'd been accused of getting a job on the strength of his father's name. Although any youngster who complains about his famous name can use another for his own professional purposes, such deviousness can easily create a greater handicap than trying to prove his right to the family name. In Charles Van Doren's case, he may have felt the need to compete with his father for notoriety even more than for the money involved. His desire to make his family "proud" of him may have helped him overlook the need to measure up to their standards of .morality. Sometimes, too, a boy's need to do something "big" — in order to prove he's "somebody" — creates the kind of rebellious spirit that causes him to debase his father's image to prove himself "better." It's a way of getting back at his famous name. 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