No, the kids are NOT all right

This morning, I told my brother how many views I have on my Club Penguin blog, and he said, "Why don't you put a donate button on it?" I explained that I'm not going out of my way to blog, and I like writing. Therefore, it would really be like paying me to do nothing. Sure, some people do get payed to do nothing, but that's not our problem.

My point is, everything seems to be directed at a mercenary purpose these days. TV shows used to teach Spanish, or get kids off the couch, or show them how to make a craft or something of the sort. Now, I watch Treehouse with my cousin, and all those shows are there for is to make money! It's the same story with so much that's directed at the under-18 crowd. Nobody really thinks about what's good for kids and teens. They only care about selling their product. Think about it. How many stars popular with teens don't have their own perfumes and clothing lines and products under their names? Very few.

I think that there's a real problem here. What's going to happen to our values, everything that parents teach us, when it's undermined by what we see every day? A lot of young girls walk around in shorts that hardly cover their legs, and tank tops that show off curves they probably don't even notice. Their parents are dressing them as "sexy" girls, even though those girls hardly understand what that means. Teenage girls wear tops that show their bras as plainly as if they weren't wearing a shirt. The boys wear their pants low enough to show their underwear. Everything is turned towards creating an image that is more adult than child.

That reminds me of the times when kids were dressed as miniature adults. Have we not learned that little people need to be protected, not thrust into the den of wolves that is the world as soon as they are old enough to look ready? I, for one, am of the opinion that if I had to find my way in the world alone, at my current age, I'd fail pretty miserably. So why do you think an eight year old can be sexy? Or, more accurately put, should they be?  My answer is no.