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Topic: OMG Disney, where is your brain, how hypocritical can you be

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But her parents weren't on the set when that photo was taken. They had 'a previous commitment' & had left the grandmother & nanny 'in charge'. eom

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Posted by: Sideout
Date posted: Sun May 4 15:57:47 2008
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So it's only ok for Disney to profit from pimping these kids out any other type of pimping is not allowed. MC is a kid and she took a photo that the photographer thought was cutting edge- but that is the kind of photographer AL is - no MC should not have been left there without her parents - although grandma was said to be around - I am sure she could have been distracted etc-but MC parents should have had the final say on what got published and if they have given up that right then that is the shame here-if her parents approved the photo then it's on them in the end - either way when these kids become famous you can only hope that they have parents who are totally in the game. Her family seem pretty grounded so I think it's ok to allow for a mistake here or there or a misunderstanding-hell she took a photo that was too suggestive-ok got it - now just let her move on. It is not like our kids are not bombarded day and night with sex, drugs- alcohol- school shootings- war etc. I know that tweens around here do not read VF mag- they caught onto all the hype and saw the photo but they never would have if it were not for the hype. Sometimes you just can't win, you can't break even and you can't get out of the game- lose/lose.

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The red flags for me went up long ago. That MC's mother is also her manager is a BIG red flag. So is 'giving' the kid a wing of the house, to come & go from, at 15. I don't care how much she makes or how in demand she is--she is 15! Then leaving a grandparent & nanny on the set, so that Mom & Dad could run off to some 'previous commitment' just strikes me as foolish! Like I said earlier, it is nice to think that her parents being on site would have changed things, but I'm not so sure it would have. Everyone seemed pretty (overly) impressed w/AL. Like MC said, 'You don't say no to Annie'. THAT is a big part of the problem. When the Queen said no to AL during a photo shoot, a HUGE deal was made about it. Maybe more 'stars' need to draw lines in the sand for her, since common sense doesn't seem to apply. eom

Yeah, I agree, too much freedom for 15. The way I see it, the balance of power is totally upset in the cases of many of these celebrity children. When you have a situation where a child is is in demand by the public, making some SERIOUS $ and probaly supporting her family in a lavish lifestyle, well, this is an unnatural state between parent/child. The parent's natural authority may be questioned by themselves or percieved as being 'unnecessary'. Simply put, it gets all 'wacked out'. I'm not saying that it SHOULD be this way but many times it gets this way. Add to that, parents who may NOT be the wisest or most grounded, you've got a recipe for disaster! Then there are all the distractions that come with that kind of a lifestyle....money, THINGS, parties, vacations the grueling work schedule. The ordinary'mundane' job of parenting can get lost in all that. The 'culture shock' and the liberal values of the 'Hollywood' existance are too much for the child to handle and without a 'grounded' parent who isn't caught up in it themselves, and all hell breaks loose!

San Jose: ICAM! It is always a red flag when parents are also their child's manager. The line between parent/child gets blurred, in most cases--not all, but most. While MC is making a lot of $$, her parents weren't improverished when she started out. MC has said that she can always choose to return to their home outside Nashville, which might be a great idea about now. She is young enough to be able to take a break & come back in 5-10 yrs., when she is an adult. eom

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Posted by: RAS
Date posted: Fri May 2 10:50:51 2008
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Why was she posing for Vanity Fair (a women's magazine) and not CosmoGirl, Teen Vogue, or YM?

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Posted by: San Jose
Date posted: Fri May 2 9:19:26 2008
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All this hoopla over the 'Hannah Montana' kid?  Big deal....let her sit it out for six months.  She's already made more money than she'll ever spend.  So, it's one less bike for her *vintage bike collection* or 1 less botox treatment for mom this year, LOLOLOLOL!  It's a good lesson for these show-biz parents that wanna pimp their kids before they're even old enough to drive or vote!  Hey, mom/dad, check out Britney Spears and her lil sis....maybe you'll thank Disney someday....or Lindsay Lohan.  That's what happens when CHILDREN, which is what these celebs are/were are bombarded with unhealthy media attention and thrown into the adult world with no restrictions!  The chickens always come home to roost.....ALWAYS.

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Posted by: Poley
Date posted: Fri May 2 9:19:22 2008
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Maybe, Disney was a big harsh, but Miley's audience is a family audience.  Why would her parent allow her to do this.  The photographer explained what she would be doing, they saw the digital photos immediately after they were taken (according to Vanity Fair).  They should have known better. 

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Posted by: Luke's Fan
Date posted: Fri May 2 7:18:38 2008
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Boy, Disney sure isn't what it used to be, lol.  That being said though, there IS a difference between adult and children's/family programing.  I'm glad that Disney is taking SOME kind of stand here.  How many children and young teens watch these shows?  When you're one of the star celebrities of these kinds of programs, you DO have a responsibility to behave accordingly.  Why in the world was she doing an article for Vanity Fair anyway?  It is an adult publication not a teen magazine.  Bottom line with me is, Miley's parents are the ones who should be policing this kind of media attention!  That's THEIR JOB!!  She's still a child, celebrity or not and she should be protected from this kind of exposure.  I have to question their judgement.

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ICAM! They really dropped the ball w/this one, putting their own 'previous commitment' over supervising their daughter's complete photo shoot. Grandparents & nannies simply aren't parents & managers. Miley's mother IS her manager & that should have been her priority, not tagging along w/her grown husband. Then again, maybe her parents wouldn't have objected to those poses! eom

Sadly enough, your last line could very well be the case.

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Posted by: Rosebud1
Date posted: Thu May 1 21:45:34 2008
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There is a big difference between daytime & ABC Family type programming!  Soaps are meant for adults, not tweenies.  But then, as I've said before (along w/others), tweens aren't reading Vanity Fair either, so I don't 'get' why they did the layout/article in the first place! 

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PS: I also think it is a bit unfair to penalize the 15 yr old for something that Disney's reps (who just about everyone who has done that type of photo shoot has said was there & consented to the photos being taken) are at fault for allowing to happen in the first place! eom

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