C_Fox's Blog

Its about time they banned David Achuleta's father from backstage!  It should have been done long ago when he told his son to sing a certain song and it didn't go over well.

It is such a shame when parents blessed with a gifted child take full advantage of it and decide to either control their lives, or live through their child to make up for their own short-comings.

This is so evident in the relationship between David Achuleta and his father.  Is it any wonder David can not express himself well?  He's probably been so over-whelmed by a controlling parent, that he has no 'voice' of his own.  The only thing David seems to believe he has in order to win his father's approval, is his voice; he sings his heart out!

What David will come to learn is that he can stand on his own without "Dad" and the fact he has come so far with the general population serves to make that evident.  Right now, if you watch him, he seems truly in awe at the response he gets from an audience and is at a loss for words....sad, really, but is an indication that he has been in a very controlled atmosphere most of his life.  Its almost as if his father has never really given him credit that is due and has always demanded more from him.  But, that's typical of that type of parent.

David Achuleta is a very sweet person from all appearances and I hope he grows into a stronger personality...and I think his experience in American Idol has gone a long way in helping him to achieve the self-confidence so necessary in a 'world' as stressful as the entertainment industry.

He just needs to break free from "Dad".

(This is, of course, cannot be stated as either fact, or otherwise, but is simply my personal opinion from my own limited observation.)