Source: Los Angeles Times

Tiger Woods is reported to have offered an apology to the parents of children at the preschool where his has 2-year-old daughter attends, according to reports from an Orlando television station.

WFTV reported on its Web site that it has obtained a letter that Woods and his wife, Elin, wrote to parents of children attending Premier Academy to apologize for increased media scrutiny around the school.

“We hope that the paparazzi will find something better to do with their time in the near future,” the letter said.

Pursuing Kids

The rich and famous have always had a hard time coping with the balance of public vs. private life, and no other area of contention hits harder than the effort to keep kids out of the spotlight. In this case, Tiger Woods’ and his wife have probably had a difficult time accepting everything from birthday party invitations to play dates in the park without having to scrutinize the potential for unwanted media attention. Some people are so famous their babies become victims of the paparazzi long before ultrasound systems have a chance to determine their sex or even a possible delivery date.

Media coverage around Woods and his family has been intense since the Nov. 27 accident outside his home led to revelations that the world’s No. 1 golfer had been cheating on his wife. Woods did not make his first public appearance until Friday at the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla..

Woods’ wife did not attend his nationally televised appearance, and photographers were seen outside the Premier Academy that day. WFTV says an off-duty sheriff’s deputy has been hired to sit outside the school.

The station did not say when the letter was sent.

During his 13½-minute statement, Woods lashed out at paparazzi for chasing after his family, including his daughter, Sam.

“However, my behavior doesn’t make it right for the media to follow my two-and-a-half-year-old daughter to school and report the school’s location,” Woods said. “They staked out my wife and they pursued my mom. Whatever my wrongdoings, for the sake of my family, please leave my wife and kids alone.”

Woods thanks parents for their support and did not indicate he would remove his daughter from the school.

“In the meantime, it is our goal to keep life as normal as possible for our children,” the letter said. “We are sure that as parents you can appreciate that. For Sam, that normalcy means attending the school that she enjoys so much.”

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My Take: In all honesty, you couldn’t pay me in cash, prizes, or a year’s worth of free Silver spring cleaning services to have to go through the kind of media scrutiny most “stars” of Tiger’s stature go through. He may only be a golfer, but for the money he makes and the attention he gets from fans, he may as well be the biggest star on the silver screen. There isn’t an executive out there who wouldn’t have given their annual salary to have Tiger Wood’s represent their product or endorse their cause, whether they were the owner of top medical equipment companies, or created talking Halogen light bulbs. Everyone wanted a piece of the duffer.

Now, things are different. The papparazi is hounding Tiger and his family in an effort to perhaps present him at his worst. Under the glare of white hot light bulbs and press conference madness, Tiger laid out all his dirty laundry for us via national television, admitting multiple affairs and problems with addiction. Now, he just wants to get his life and his wife back no matter what the cost. Apologizing to his fans and sponsors, and now the parents and their kids who may have been caught in the cross fire is a start.

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