| There has been much concern that has developed in | | | | of tennis shoes may not fully understand that their |
| recent years about the effect that seeing so many | | | | parents might not be able to afford these things. |
| celebrities up close and personal might be having on | | | | Many young people have resorted to stealing and |
| our children. | | | | worse to get these items. |
| So many times famous people like movies stars, | | | | In recent months especially, there have been |
| music stars, and sports stars live lives that can seem | | | | incidents where some of the celebrities that our kids |
| so glamorous and trouble free to our kids. We seem | | | | love to imitate, have gotten into some serious |
| to think that all they see are the advantages that | | | | trouble. In many of these cases these celebrities are |
| they have. | | | | paying the price for their actions. |
| While it is true that with so much celebrity exposure, | | | | Although it is a sad thing about what many of these |
| this could be a factor in leading children in one | | | | young and famous are going through, it is at least |
| direction or another. With television and all that is | | | | good that our children also get to see that there are |
| available to view, children can often be exposed to | | | | rules to abide by and sometimes it does not matter |
| some things that they should not be. Many channels | | | | who you are. |
| that we can have access to with satellite and cable, | | | | In being fair to celebrities, there are many who pride |
| can have content that is inappropriate for some. | | | | themselves on trying to be better role models for |
| Some music and concerts that have adult lyrics can | | | | their young audiences. As parents we must realize |
| make kids feel more grown up when they sing them. | | | | that how our children turn out in life is in large due to |
| The skimpy clothing that is being worn by young | | | | how they are raised at home and the time and |
| female celebrities and pop stars have little girls as | | | | effort that we put into them. |
| young as five or six wanting to imitate their style. | | | | So if our children end up in trouble of some kind or |
| While there is nothing one can say about what other | | | | are heading down the wrong path, it is not fair to |
| people wear, it is ultimately parents who buy the | | | | place the blame on some celebrity we do not even |
| clothes our kids wear. | | | | know. After all, we are the ones who are responsible |
| Young boys that see their favorite sports star | | | | for our kids, not celebrities and how they live their |
| wearing designer clothes and two hundred dollar pairs | | | | lives. |