Miley Cyrus in hooker boots? What the Elle?
Miley Cyrus.
Hooker boots.
The new ish of Elle magazine.
Ladies and gentlemen, here (and here) is your weekend gossip.
Am I outraged? Not really. She's a 16-year-old girl looking to cut the Disney apron strings. I have a feeling it's gonna get racier, too. Miley likes tizzying up the moral mouthpieces of America.
So did Britney.
In related news, I won't let Kid Lulu get earrings until she's 12.
Discuss.
It is inappropriate for her age. Very little shocks me. Sex & drugs was happening in late middle school when I was that age so I don't think it was that different. It's no excuse though. I don't let my kids watch those shows either for exactly the "chasing the opposite sex" reason. Like Bassnote's kids, mine have no interest in those shows anyway. My daughter actually thinks it's gross how HM revolves so much around boys etc...
My personal take is that Miley knows her 15 minutes is about up. I hope she has banked her sizable fortune. The tween market is fickle and she is already on her way out w/ that crowd imo. Now she has to move on to trying to shock us w/ "sex appeal" Yeah,so original and never been done before lol!
Posted by: Janet | July 12, 2009 at 05:10 PM
Ole Billy Ray seems to be raising an achy breaky tart.
Posted by: JB | July 12, 2009 at 08:32 AM
Pierced ears are no big deal. The kids of friends of mine had them done in the hospital the day after they were born (they were born in Puerto Rico). It teaches them responsibility in keeping them clean. As for the clothes - hold firm on that.
Posted by: Kara | July 12, 2009 at 12:18 AM
I had my ears pierced when I was only a few months old. Very typical in Latin and Italian cultures. Anyways, I turned out just fine.
However, I wasn't ever allowed to wear hooker boots and not sure at 34 I would ever wear them now. A little too risque but then again growing up in the late 70's and 80's has changed drastically for kids and teens. The clothes for kids back then were extremely youthful, not sex kitten for 13 year olds. Pretty scary if you ask me. I wonder why grown men go after young teens. They all start to look like 20 year olds and the lines are very blurred. I don't have kids but if I did, I would probably dress them in burkas and chastity belts. OK maybe that was extreme.
Anyways... not really sure why the piercing is a big deal. It never affected me and it was just a simple girly thing which all of my friends had growing up.
Posted by: Lisa | July 11, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Miley is growing up fast. It is just part of being who she is. Her life is so different from other girls her age. Anything she does or says is taken apart and spinned by the media. Be yourself Miley, and live life to the fullest, God has given you a talent that very few have. ENJOY IT!!
Posted by: JD | July 11, 2009 at 09:18 PM
I had my ears pierced at 9.
Had the boots at 11.
Worked for me.
Posted by: Steve Persall | July 11, 2009 at 05:42 PM
Sean, I got my ears pierced when I was 12. It was a battle with my parents, who put me off for a while by insisting I had to go to a doctor to have it done and had to pay for it myself. When I had amassed enough babysitting pay, I got them pierced -- and fainted. Telling that story gave my mother joy for the rest of her life. So it was worth the wait all the way around. For your own peace of mind, I won't tell you what I waited to do until I was 15.
Posted by: Colette | July 11, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Last word on this from me.
After reflecting last night I thought of some things. First of all, all parents have different views. However, I was raised in a very strict Catholic household. After I went to college I went buck wild. My sister did not go buck wild but did some things other things too. Maybe if some of the smaller things were a give than the bigger things would not have seemed so restrictive. However, everyone parents with their own courage, convictions and conscience.
My daughter also never was allowed to watch those Disney shows either. Phineas and Ferb are HILARIOUS!
I had a pre-teen party last night and after listening in to some of the girls I can say that we have no idea how grown up they really are. Frightening. Plus - the group of little girls I had are not considered to be in the racy crowd.
Posted by: GAGirl | July 11, 2009 at 10:12 AM
My daughters are 8 and 9. I won't let them watch any of the Disney shows (Hannah Montana, Suite Life On Deck, Wizards Of Waverly Place, Sonny With A Chance, etc...) anymore because all the plots revolve around dating and chasing after the opposite sex. They are cool with this because they thought all the chasing around was pretty stupid anyway. Just for the record, they couldn't stand Miley before I banned her show. The only Disney show I allow is "Phineas and Ferb" which I find hysterical myself.
Posted by: Bassnote | July 10, 2009 at 11:52 PM
As the father of an 11-year-old girl, I am distressed (and slightly terrified) by the ever-blurring line between youth marketing and sex.
Coming soon to a drugstore near you: the "My Little Pony Diaphragm".
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | July 10, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Everyone has their own personal preference and plans. My daughter is a good and very modest girl. She never begged or said anything. I decided I wanted to give in on my terms on what, in my mind, was a smaller thing. (Lots of girls had gotten their ears pierced when they were babies - which blew my mind!) I guess earrings are a bigger give in some cases. I hold tight and tough on the really large things - say hooker boots. lol
Posted by: GAGirl | July 10, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Earrings at 12 sounds like a good plan.
How old does Kid Lulu have to be before she gets hooker boots?
Posted by: Anne | July 10, 2009 at 10:44 PM
My parents were very strict about things like make-up, ear piercing, dating, etc... They didn't cave in regardless of what everybody else was letting their kids do. Now, as a parent, I applaud them for sticking to their guns and not giving in to our whims.
Stay firm in your convictions, SD. I look around and fear little girls are growing up way too fast.
As for Miley's photo shoot ... Billy Ray knows how to make a buck.
Posted by: Marissa | July 10, 2009 at 10:06 PM
I thought my daughter should wait until 13 like I did. Until last year - when she was 9 and in fourth grade. I looked around and she was almost the only girl almost without pierced ears. We had them pierced right before school started after she turned 10 and going into fifth grade. Don't let her go to middle school without pierced ears. Just have limits on what kinds of earrings she can wear: not to dangling, cute like fairies or stars, etc. Also, the rule should be she has to take care of them or she has to take them out and let them close.
Hey Sean - what age were you when you got your ears pierced? Just Kidding!
Posted by: GAGirl | July 10, 2009 at 09:55 PM
You know, I drifted away from Disney recently. Turned out pretty good for me!
Posted by: Brad | July 10, 2009 at 09:00 PM
I'm glad she's drifting away from disney.
Posted by: Blake Britton | July 10, 2009 at 07:01 PM
Da sex sells
Posted by: raymond | July 10, 2009 at 05:08 PM