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There, there, Jeff Archuleta. Feeling upset about your son David coming in second on American Idol? You’re not alone. Tons of celebrity stage parents feel shame when their child fails to live up to the exceedingly high expectations they’ve set for them! You’re in good company. The VH1 Blog has rounded up six of our favorite celebrity stage parents, who prove time and time again that even if you can’t make it in showbiz, you sure as hell can force your kids to live your childhood dreams! Success never tasted so sweet.

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1. Dina Lohan - Why not ruin one daughter when you can ruin two?! This week Lindsay‘s running around France forgetting what she learned in rehab, while Dina focuses on destroying Ali‘s youth with her new reality TV show. Both are clearly idiotic career movies for the girls. But you know what they say, mother knows best!
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OMG! Even though Archuleta was a delicate songbird with a crazy dad who kicked Cook‘s ass this week, he still lost to the 25-year old rocker! Now the real drama begins – will little David be the Clay to big David’s Ruben? Will David Cook have a career that rivals Carrie Underwood’s, or is he already resigned to the same fate as Taylor What’s-his-name-with-the-grey-hair? So many questions, so little time. One thing’ for sure, last night’s Gladys Knight and the Pips sketch (Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr) was pretty damn good. The American Idols Live tour starts in a month! [Us]