Gordon's Girl A Tv Star At 12

[merylpeep]

Gordon Ramsay's 12-year old daughter Matilda is to have her own tv series. She even presented an award at the NTA's last night. Do you think this is healthy for such a young girl, or just inevitable considering who her dad is?

[ummmm]

I think as most people posting here don't know her we're not qualified to comment.

[Nellynut]

There have been children on tv and in films for years who still manage to get a good education so don't see a problem.

[DTCwordfan]

Some take to it like ducks to water. Why not? It's no different to being a prodigy with a musical instrument and being on the concert platform or a young actress on the stage.

The only proviso I would say is that the child has to want it and no way should she or he be pressurised by parents into doing it. This, I well know from events in my ex's family......

[Robinia]

As it's a cookery programme for CBBC I don't think it's anything to worry about.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/matilda-ramsay-cbbc-cookery-show

[merylpeep]

Now I'm intrigued DT. is your ex's family famous?

[DTCwordfan]

No - my ex had considerable musical talent and was 'pressurised' to go to the Julliard.

Eventually she rebelled and has vowed never to play her instrument of excellence again until her mother dies. Suffice to say, when it came to the piano, she played that for recreation and a prof of music was gobsmacked to find her playing at LRCM level with no lessons in it. Her fingering was wrong and he corrected it not by endless chromatic scales but by playing Gershwin and jazz, which she enjoyed.

One of our kids has incredible talent and is moving up the rankings fast at her sport - the kid will not undergo what mum went through as it has to be the love and passion that drives them towards success, and a sense of patience with all the practice required. I don't care whether that is in whatever field....

I am not saying don't encourage them, you should.....however, the moment that, as a parent, you start living your dream through their eyes, then you have gone too far. In the Ramseys' case, it may well be that Dad has given her the opportunity in TV but it is for her to seize the moment and take it on, not Gordon or his wife, and I assume that is not the case.