I was sent this little gem of a youtube video.
This is a video where parents dressed their kids up as "characters" from the reality show Jersey Shore. I thought it was really funny the first time I watched it but then I started thinking. Why would parents let their kids act like people three times their age? Granted they made it kid friendly but do the kids know who they're acting like? The show is basically men and women in their 20s that drink, go to clubs, the women are scantily clad (god, I sound like my mother) and men that just try to get the scantily clad women in bed. Is that something you would let a 7 or 8 year old watch? I was beginning to think the video was okay as long as the kids weren't actually watching the show, but then I was on perezhilton.com last night and saw that the same group of kids were in another spoof about Keeping up with the Kardashians. I would like to know what's going through these parents minds!
Here's another video to keep you thinking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8L8IJ_6J2U
I totally get what you are saying, and don't necessarily disagree with your point. However, when I watch it, I am struck by how people's idea of "fun" can change over the course of their life. I wonder if that was the point they were trying to make?
ReplyDeleteI have seen numerous videos of children dressing up like jersey shore and even real housewives of new jersey. I really would like to hope they do not watch the shows and the parents are just feeding them lines but we may never know. The shows are on late at night so unless they watch re-runs I am doubtful they see the regular timing of these shows.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, the first video is hilarious. I saw it maybe a year ago and loved it. I think you might be over analyzing this. It is obviously just a spoof and the kids are most likely actors. You can tell in the video these kids are clueless to what they're doing and having someone feeding them their lines. As for the second video, who hasn't wanted to be older when they were three? I know I did. And the father even tells her she can't be on the Real World. It's not like he's raising her to some day be on the Real World. The only problem I have with this video is that he tells her she is older just to get her to stop crying.
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