Friday, May 11, 2007

It sure has been a while since I've blogged. I'd like to get back into this so, here it goes. My daughter is no longer a small child. She's in third grade and quite an artist.

Before we go on, I'd love to point out that today's young celebrities -- Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan -- are such poor examples for our young girls to live up to. Underage drinking is just the beginning of it. As we've seen them grow older, their behavior continues to amaze most of us in good ways and bad ways. Some of us wish we could have gotten away with this type of behavior. Others just gaze on in amazement at the sheer audacity these girls have to get away with practically everything.

It's not just them. Hollywood and the establishment sit idly by while these young people are given great sums of money by clubs and other advertisers to party like its 1999 while holding their product or dance in their club. Pay me $50K and I might party like that too ... though no one's going to want to watch.

I'm not immune to reading People Magazine. I've subscribed to it for years and love it. So, all of us -- from the readers of US, People, OK to the viewers of Access Hollywood and ET are not above some of the blame. But, isn't it sad that we're sponsoring these girls and their poor behavior? What do you think?

For me? I'd like to see them party responsibly. Let's not give them the keys to the kingdom and let them self destruct. And when they are about to, where are their parents, employeers and other loved ones? Step it up people! These girls need help.