There have been many problems with people saying that the kids these days try to imitate or they picked up bad habits from television. This whole idea that parents are getting is wrong. I believe almost every child knows between what is right and what is wrong. They are going to do whatever they want and nine times out of ten they will understand the consequence. Irresponsible parents use celebrities as an excuse for their lack of proper parenting. Also, it's a scapegoat for their children who aren't smart enough to make the right decisions. .
I strongly agree that the parents should be at fault. Parents who know their children's thoughts and feelings towards things are usually the best parents. If parents know what their children are like, you should know more about their personality. If a parent doesn't like what their children watch or listen to, why can't they block it off? What if a celebrity doesn't want to be a role model because he knows he is a bad person for children to look up to? Some celebrities, like Marilyn Manson and Eminem are not trying to be role models. I guess that is why the parents of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, the murderers of the Columbine massacre, tried to find an excuse. They probably walked into their children's bedroom, looked around a little, and made up some stupid excuse, saying movies and singers provoked their children. In my opinion, I listen to all sorts of music especially rap, but I never act upon the lyrics. Before I turned twenty-one I drank alcohol. In a lot of the rap songs they always talk about drinking and that sort of stuff. But I drank because I wanted to, I liked it and we were kids that loved to party. Our group never was caught but if we were to, would we blame it on a rap video we saw? No way, it's unbelieveable how irresponsible some people are. If a kid does act upon a movie or music video then they have some real problems.
