16 going on 20
Yesterday, I was surfing, reading news articles and came across a piece on Yahoo regarding Miley Cyrus’ Glamour interview, and her being “open” about dating a 20-year-old man. I’m labeling this one under wth!
You know, I understand that Miley Cyrus cannot be perfect, and that she will make mistakes (i.e. photos of her cleavage popping up (pun intended) on the internet, or weird and freaky Vanity Fair cover, etc), but this one takes the cake. Let me explain.
Plain English: Miley is 16. Boyfriend is 20. The two of them dating = wrong – borderline illegal.
Why is it my problem? It’s not. It bothers me because I have a 10 year old daughter that loves Miley’s music. Although I’m not worried about my daughter emulating Miley’s behavior – I truly believe I am giving my daughter a good foundation of values and faith for her to make good choices in life, I am worried about the millions of girls out there getting the message that it is okay for them to be underage and dating GROWN MEN. Not all of these girls have bodyguards, or millions of dollars to protect themselves from a guy should something go wrong.
Miley states in the interview that her Dad introduced this guy to her. What the heck???? This is normal? I’m going to introduce a full-grown man to my teenage daughter and be okay with them dating? Really? Maybe in Nashville it’s ok (sorry to TN residents) - but not in the world of common sense.
Someone needs to tell this girl that she is an idol to many girls, like it or not her actions are out there for girls to see and act on. This latest move is putting girls in danger. It is widely known that dating abuse is a problem, that keeping young girls safe is a problem – why add to these problems?
In the end, I blame the parents. I know Miley is “growing up fast” because of the business she is in, but that doesn’t excuse her parents from knowing better.
Miley is getting paid a lot (A LOT) of money to entertain, and with that comes responsibility to your fans (girls 7 to 17 probably being the majority of those fans). How about doing the right thing, and not just what “feels” right.
Ugh.
