As a group, they experienced much higher rates of alcoholism and mental illness than their peers. Historian Michael Beschloss has alluded to their collective misfortune as the “curse of the famous scion.” Several endured accidents or health crises that led to early death. Clinton said to People magazine recently that she sees it as her duty to make sure that her daughter, Charlotte, “realizes how blessed she is-how blessed we all are.”įor the first century-and-a-half of the republic, however the sons and daughters of presidents often struggled. Chelsea Clinton and Jenna Bush, for example, both parlayed their celebrity into cushy contracts with NBC News. Doted on by an adoring public, they have enjoyed opportunities that are rarely available to other Americans. In recent decades, most First Children have led charmed lives.
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