Among the channels I’m subscribed to, I must say Disney Channel is one of my favorites. I love watching HSM, or teen sitcoms like Hannah Montana or That’s So Raven. Well, I even liked Zoey 101, but hey, that’s not on Disney Channel.
Anyways, for me they’re just entertaining — not the sort of films to be taken seriously. But now as a mom-to-be, I can’t help but wonder why do those kids always seem to choose the same old path?
Let’s see, how many (ex) Disney girls can you name? Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens —
By 15 they’d reach the peak of fame with their squeaky clean images. Then they would do one or more of these things: leaking naked pictures of themselves, getting a few DUI charges, going to rehab — you get the picture.
In their sophomore works, in an attempt to ditch their Disney star images, they’d exploit their sexuality. Calling their new look as their real selves, good girl gone bad, or ’sexual revelation’, like Xtina does. It always works, you know.
Miley Cyrus, following the infamous vow of Britney Spears, has stated to stay virgin until she weds. With her saucy pictures floating on the net, I don’t think the poor lass really understood what she has said.
Hilary Duff is so far the only one who could resist those temptations. But if I had daughter, I still wouldn’t let her to act as a ’slutty pop star’ like Duff did, even for a role. You do what you do, it doesn’t matter if it’s only a movie or not.
Maybe children should rather stick to Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and leave the teen sitcoms to their mommies.
