Should Young Stars Have to Be "Good" Role Models for Their Young Viewers

I chose to write about this question because it kind of made me think of another blog post I did in the past on Disney Channel and their stars. However, that time I was talking about the success of their stars' careers and now this topic is focusing on young stars in general and if they should be entitled to being a role model for their viewers.

In my opinion I think that they should be a good examples to the kids who watch their show if they are really young, but only to a certain extent. I think that if an actor is on Disney channel or Nickelodeon or some other kids TV channel, and they're around the age of 13-15 or 16 they should act their age and try to send a good message to their young viewers who may or may not look up to them. However, I really believe that when these actors hit the ages of 16-18 and older, they shouldn't constantly be attacked for doing certain things that kids 4 years younger than them shouldn't be doing.

For example, it seems like Miley Cyrus has been getting attacked by the media a lot lately for doing certain things that "aren't appropriate" in their eyes. Her new music videos are said to be too "inappropriate" and I agree that it is a big change from when she was on Hannah Montana singing about ice cream, but she's a lot older now. She started that show when she was 13 and it's been around four or five years since then. There's also a video of her smoking from a bong and everyone seems to be freaking out about that too. I mean it's not a great thing for her to be doing but come on, she's 18 and isn't even on Disney anymore! It's completely normal for people her age to party and experiment. I don't even think she was doing any hard core drugs.

In this article, it talks about how some parents need to understand that Miley Cyrus is growing up and isn't going to be a kids' TV star her whole life. It also mentions how stars like Brittney Spears and Christina Aguilara.

America has to get over the fact that Miley Cyrus won't be a teenager her whole life as the Disney star blossoms into young adulthood...

Cyrus is not alone in dealing with the double standard, as Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears also ran into the impossible "don't grow up" demand as their careers matured

There are some people who are her age and were on kids shows who aren't doing that stuff, but not everyone can be a perfect goody too shoes. What comes into my mind when I think this is Selena Gomez. It doesn't seen like she's made any mistakes and shes staying true to her squeaky clean Disney Girl image, which isn't a bad thing, it's just that not everyone can be this way and some people want to grow up.

What I'm saying is that young actors should be good role models for their viewers when they are at a certain age. They should act their age and shouldn't be going out partying and smoking when they're 14, but when they hit their late teen years they shouldn't be criticized so much for growing up and doing what many other kids their age are doing.