THE mom SQUAD

Four proud moms dish about their soap star offspring.

Bold & Beautiful

Michele Perelman Mother of Sean Kanan (Deacon)

Walk What hat was Sean like as a child? "I just adored him. He was creative, even as a little boy. He had great ideas. We used to go fishing together. That was one of his favorite things to do because his grandfathers liked to fish so I would go with him. Not my favorite thing to do, but we always had fun."

How would you rate him as a student? "Sean was in the gifted program and had done very well. In the classes he liked, he was outstanding. In the classes that bored him, he did what he wanted to do."

Sean has a sister, Robyn. How did they get along? "They probably did fight when they were younger but as they got older, they realized the value in a friendship and they are good friends."

How did you feel when Sean moved to L.A. to pursue acting? "It was an interesting phenomenon. My brother and Sean have always been close from the time he was a baby. He used to come with his date and he would babysit because he loved Sean. Sean was always his little tagalong shadow, and as Sean grew up and went to college, my brother was in Los Angeles, so by the time Sean wanted to transfer, we told him if he did, he had to transfer to UCLA and would stay in close contact with my brother. And my parents had moved to California about an hour away [from L.A.], so he was able to have family intact while he was there."

Was it difficult to let him go? "I always felt it was important to follow your dream because if you didn't, you would wake up at 40 and wonder, and I didn't want that to happen to him. He had great potential to do a lot of things and I wanted him to have the opportunity to do it and then he could decide where it would take him, and look what he did."