So obviously people have nothing better to do with their time than to criticize innocent teenagers and their choice of dress. I mean seriously? Why are we focused on what they are wearing? Why aren't we reporting on what the meeting between the President and the Prime Minister was about? Since when is it okay to criticize and pass judgement on teenagers? This was one of the first public events that those girls went to and the public was not supportive. Instead they ripped those babies to shreds all over wearing black. Shame on you (the people who wrote, judged, and published those articles)! Every teenager goes through phases, heck every child goes through phases (little boys thinking they're superman or batman and flying around with a cape, teen girls who dot their I's with hearts or fancy themselves in love with whatever rock star is popular, teens who went through the stage of thinking big hair was cute, the list is endless). IF the young ladies are goths...who cares?! They're entitled to be individuals who think for themselves. We should not pass judgement on their ways of expressing themselves. They aren't hurting anyone by dressing as they do, so what's the big deal?
I feel badly for the children of famous parents. They don't get the chance to be a normal child. They're constantly being photographed and judged. They can't go where they want to go, they can't dress as they want to dress, they can't say what they want to say, and they are constantly hounded by paparazzi and reporters who are only out to make a buck and don't care that the slop that they write about these children can tear down their self-esteem. Parents who work hard to keep their children out of the spotlight are criticized and ridiculed. Remember the Tom Cruise Katie Holmes fiasco, with people saying their adorable little girl, Suri, was not real. I mean come on! Just because they didn't want to expose her to the world and wanted to guard her from others doesn't mean she's a figment of their imagination. I don't blame them for not letting the paparazzi see her. Kudos to them! It's not anyone's business what someone else's child looks like. It's not anyone business what someone else's child wears or does.
The media makes it hard for these innocent children, who never asked to be famous, to lead normal lives. If they're hidden, when they eventually surface the media is all over them like a hemorrhoid. If they are already constantly in the media, they can't even eat a burger without the media reporting that they're fat. Seriously, let these kids have a breather...better yet leave them alone! How would the paparazzi like it, if the shoes were on the other foot and they were the one who was being constantly photographed or their children were being constantly photographed? They wouldn't like it, that's what would happen. They would have hissy fits and complain. Don't get me wrong I think these kids are adorable, from Suri's cute clothes and Zuma's mohawk all the way to President Obama's cute little girls (oh my gosh, I LOVE Sasha's little dimples and mischievous smile! and Malia's hairstyles and clothes!), but I don't think that the media should spend their time taking pictures of these kids. What they should be concentrating on is: health care, international relations, equality, world hunger, poverty, disease, and the list goes on and on...
If I were famous and I had kids, I think I would have to give up my fame and live in obscurity so that my kids could have a normal life!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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