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The Media and Role Models for Children

July 23, 2010 at 6:15 am · Filed under Bad Ideas, Philanthrophy

I took a hiatus from actively reading / watching / seeking the news, for several months. That experiment ended earlier this year. I’ll blog about it someday.

I will say that I didn’t miss much. A big deal in American media this week seems to be how much jail time a young actress should get for drink-driving. That story is par for the course, with inane stories about manufactured celebrities’ wardrobe malfunctions, consumption choices and sex lives filling news cycles.

I’d like to see more stories about kids that are making a positive difference.
Like the nine year old who was inspired by a speech in which she heard “The worst thing you can do is nothing.” She decided to do something. Four years later, she has raised more than $300,000, to be spent on educating girls in Afghanistan.

Or the 12 year old that started an organization that in seven years built 316 primary schools around the world, allowing 20,000 children to attend school.

I’m proud of these kids. And I wish more were like them. And I wish we’d hear more about kids like these instead about morons like Lindsey Lohan, whoever that is.

2 Comments »

  daisie wrote @ July 23rd, 2010 at 2:12 pm

thats highly commendable :)
community service is something which needs to be taught from an early age like when i was a kid i used to go to church and be bored but now i volunteer to help little kids instead of going and i think god would appreciate that more than people going to munch on communion wafers
celebrities become unwilling role models and sometimes they have a childhood surrounded by money power and fame and too young an age and this ends up in addiction
they are not raised the same way and although they have privilege they sometimes lack the fundamentals of what it takes to be a productive member of society
a lot of famous people use their celebrity to do good things as well but its sad when young people succumb to addiction and their lives spiral out of control because the people in their lives arent bringing them back when they lose their way and need help

  daisie wrote @ July 23rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm

that is highly commendable :)
community service is something which needs to be taught from an early age like when i was a kid i used to go to church and be bored but now i volunteer to help little kids instead of going and i think god would appreciate that more than people going to munch on communion wafers
celebrities become unwilling role models and sometimes they have a childhood surrounded by money power and fame and too young an age and this ends up in addiction
they are not raised the same way and although they have privilege they sometimes lack the fundamentals of what it takes to be a productive member of society
a lot of famous people use their celebrity to do good things as well but its sad when young people succumb to addiction and their lives spiral out of control because the people in their lives arent bringing them back when they lose their way and need help

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