Up on my soap box I go

I’ve made it no secret on here that youngest has a major crush on Miley Cyrus. He hearts the girl to death. He got two different magazines that were dedicated soley to her for Christmas. He’s THAT into her.

Honestly, I don’t mind at all. She seems to be one teen queen who has her head on straight. In light of all the Spears sisters, Lohan sisters and various other teeny bopper fav’s are doing these days, it’s kind of refreshing to have a teen star who isn’t showing us her drawers, or lack there of, and isn’t flaunting her cleavage in our faces.

Which brings me to my point. Who are the idiots who are making such a big deal of the pics floating around of her and her friend at a slumber party? Is she naked? No. Is she drunk? no. Is she high? no. Is she in a compromising position? no. She’s a 14 yr old girl goofing off with her friends. Have we become so jaded that we see these innocent pictures and assume the worst?

The Hudgen’s chick has naked pics all over the web. Jamie-Lynne is preggers. They both are still on their respective shows, still being shoved down our kids throats as role models, and yet, all this fuss over a few slumber party pics, and a pic of Miley carrying a Victoria’s Secret bag. Give me a break people.

Stop the madness. Stop making a big deal out of this stuff, leave these kids alone, and let them grow up in peace. Hudgens is of legal age, so I guess that makes her fair game, same for the elder lohan, spears, and the simpson sisters. But the younger sisters, and Miley, leave them alone.

I will say one thing, Ms. Cyrus seems to have an advantage in the fact she has two parents that are trying their best to make sure she doesn’t make the wrong choices. Giving her restrictions, and keeping her reeled in, and her head deflated. Where the sister groups mentioned above all seem to have stage parents who push and push their kid into things they just aren’t ready for. Britney was a sex symbol at 16. Lindsey’s younger sister Ali, has been in photo shoots that make her look older than Lindsey, and she’s only 13. You can’t put these kids in provacative clothes, poses and pictures and expect them to go back to lollipops and gumballs after. Shove them into the limelight and acting older than they really are, and you are just asking for trouble. Not to mention the fact the parents that “party” with their kids. I’m sorry, but being your kids friend isn’t what the kid needs. Kids need boundaries, but freedom to be themselves. Freedom doens’t include getting them into clubs underage, posing them in magazines in sexy poses, or letting them have overnight guests of the opposite sex. Freedom is giving them a safe place to express themselves, to be able to come to you with any question without fear of retribution or scorn. I mean, come on, do you really think I want to have the “I don’t want you to drink underage, an fully expect you not to, but if you do, don’t drive and don’t get in the car with someone who has been drinking, call me to come and get you” conversation? No, I don’t. BUT, I would much rather have that conversation, than have my 17 yr old sneaking behind my back, drinking, and then trying to drive himself home, endangering his life and those of others. I don’t want to have a police officer knock on my door and inform me my son has been in a horrible accident because he was too scared to call home for a ride. Am I going to take him to a bar and get him drunk. Never. But I am realistic enough to know he is a teenager, he will be tempted, and he will at times give in to that temptation. The freedom part comes in with him knowing I am allowing him to make these decisions on his own. He has a brain, he knows how to use it, and I have done my dead level best to make sure it is filled with the information he needs to make the right decision in these cirsumstances.

Take last night for example. He was out shooting pool with his buddies from work. He called and let me know that he was going to be late getting home, he was giving a friend a ride home. No biggie. He was still docked time off curfew for the next week, having to come in 20 minutes early all week this next week because he was 20 minutes late last night. But, he did a good thing last night. First, he called and let me know he would be late. Second, he was giving the friend a ride because the friends original ride was too drunk. If he hadn’t called, and come home late…. he would have lost the use of his truck for a week. I don’t handle waiting up past curfew for a kid very well. lol.

I feel for the fallen teen queens. I’m rather ashamed of Jessica and all her trampiness, I feel hopeful for Lindsey after her rehab stint, and feel sorry for Britney. Somebody needs to help her get her head straightened out, it just ain’t working right. If that is what money and fame does to a person, I’m really glad I’m poor as a church mouse.

I’ll step off my soap box now.

Thanks for listening/reading. Now I can go to bed since I got that off my chest.