On the Sexualization of Young Girls

[SemperEadem]

15. part of the problem

is parking one's child, pre-pubescent tweener in front of disney channel for hours on end, watching all of these shows in which Disney packages their young stars one way and when that star grows up and wants to throw off the shackles of their Disney packaging (Christina Aguilera and Brittany Spears for instance) and act like the 21 yr olds they became (meaning : they're of the age of majority now, not a tweener anymore), it's a problem for the parent who allowed Disney channel to be the babysitter and allowed their kid to glom onto fandom and thrall of that child star.

Yes, parenting is a hard job; it's also a duty and an obligation that one signs up for when they have the child to bring that child up with a balanced outlook on life; to talk to them; to make them turn off the television instead of turning to stone in front of the big screen for hours at a stretch.

I was a single parent and I managed to do it. And even with all of the loving and acceptance I showered on my child, she still went through what I call her "black period" where she felt she was ugly, awkward and worthless. It was hard work reaching down into the mandibles of that and pulling her out, but I did. She came out on the other side with the most amazing confidence and self appreciation and self worth. Had I just parked her in front of the Disney channel and left her to her own devices, there is no telling what I would have been dealing with later on.