When I Grow Up... Kids Dream of Rewarding Careers

Think about when you ask a child what they want to be when they grow up. Likely answers range from doctor and nurses to magicians and princess' or vetrinarians or professional athletes. Never do you ( well at least I haven't unless its Halloween) heard a kid say I wanna be Paris Hilton or Brittany Spear's next husband. While the tv, internet and magazines have a huge influence on our youth; they don't have the power to change the mind of a 6 or 16 year old to want to be one of the rebels of hollywood.
Yes most forms of advertisement are mostly targeting youth, their reasoning is marketing, money, sales, not to corrupt our children. We even as adults resort to getting idea's for clothing, and hairstyles from the media, instead of 17 or Sports Illustrated we now get Cosmo or Maxim. Children, just as we did they are trying to find themselves. Reading the headlines, captions and maybe half an article and looking at photos of outragous celebrity behaviors is for pure amusement and gossip. They're not meant to deter kids to run around naked making fools of themselves, most kids/teenagers do know right from wrong. The general public usually is the first to comment and raise concern about their obsenities anyways because celebs are meant to be made into role models. Celebrities for the average person are more of an infatuation rather an obsession. We enjoy their music, movies, style, and athletic capabilites.
Absolutely parents need to play a part in the hollywood frenzie, talk to their kids about the behaviors and enforce the word no. NO to the Louie Voton purse or the brand new car. As adults we need to guide and instill the meanings of respect to others and thyself, teach them good work and social ethics. While there still is and always will be the select few spoiled kids getting everything they want, explaining why keeping up with the Jones'isn't important and why earning materialistic things is more rewarding. Today's parents are doing a great job, worrying firstly about being a parent and not a friend- that comes later in life. Its a given kids are going to try some acts of rebellion ( think of the things you tried); good thing our parents equipped us with the knowledge and skills and pushed us to become better parents then they were. For that they deserve a pat on the back, thank you. After all, our parents ruined our lives when we were teens, and now they just so happen to be our bestest friends and mentors.