{"id":356208,"date":"2011-04-01T08:19:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T08:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/pinkett-smith-defends-kids-showbiz-careers\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T08:19:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T08:19:03","slug":"pinkett-smith-defends-kids-showbiz-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/pinkett-smith-defends-kids-showbiz-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinkett Smith Defends Kids&#8217; Showbiz Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/news.nsf\/story\/pinkett-smith-defends-kids-showbiz-careers_1210684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><br \/>\nContactmusic<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n Jada Pinkett Smith has defended her decision to let her two children start their showbusiness careers at such a young age, insisting they don&#8217;t shoulder the same burdens as other pre-teen stars because they have no financial pressures.<\/p>\n<p>Jada and her husband Will Smith&#8217;s son Jaden, 12, already has a movie career, starring in last year&#8217;s (10) remake of The Karate Kid, while his 10-year-old sister, Willow, has launched herself as a singer and is currently on tour with Justin Bieber.<\/p>\n<p>The Smiths have come under scrutiny for letting their young children enter the spotlight, with author Terry MCMillan even accusing them of &#8220;exploiting&#8221; and &#8220;pimping&#8221; out their kids.<\/p>\n<p>But Pinkett Smith has brushed off the criticism and she is adamant her son and daughter remain &#8220;grounded&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_8-150x90.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201104\/149708.php\" title=\"Pinkett Smith Defends Kids' Showbiz Careers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinkett Smith Defends Kids&#8217; Showbiz Careers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Contactmusic : \u00a0\u00a0 Jada Pinkett Smith has defended her decision to let her two children start their showbusiness careers at such a young age, insisting they don&#8217;t shoulder the same burdens as other pre-teen stars because they have no financial pressures. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-356208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pinkett Smith Defends Kids&#039; 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