Miley Cyrus twerks, stuns VMAs crowd
The 20-year-old has every
right to chart a new course beyond her Disney days, moms and dads said
in comments on Facebook and exchanges via e-mail. It's just that the
path she is choosing seems so wrong and dangerous, many said.
Sonia Prince of Nashua,
New Hampshire, said her kids -- ages 9, 12 and 13 -- will no longer be
listening to Cyrus' music. "There is enough fantastic music out there
with people who have respectful behavior, especially women who don't
feel the need to be sexual in public in order to be successful," she
added.
Cyrus' choice to wear
next to nothing and strut around the VMA stage is yet another example,
frustrated parents say, of the sexualization of our young girls, an
issue we touched on at CNN.com just a few weeks ago in our piece on how too many tween fashions are too sexy, skimpy and short.
"Miley, what exactly were
you thinking?" pretty much sums up the sentiment I heard from outraged
moms and dads around the country who believe Cyrus, whose loyal fan base
includes a huge chunk not yet old enough to drive, should know better.
"It's the same thing as going to any street corner in America and selling herself for money," said Cardenas.
"I have to instantly
think that Miley does not either a) care what her younger fans think of
her or b) hasn't even bothered to think of what her actions (are) doing
to her image," said Larene Grady, a mom of two whose tween was
"absolutely infatuated" with Cyrus but isn't anymore.She thinks Miley does not
appeal to children (who) used to like her as 'Hannah Montana,' which
speaks volumes coming from a 10-year-old who had two 'Hannah Montana'
parties, everything from bed sheets, pajamas, bath soaps, toothbrushes
and book bags," Grady added, also in response to a tout on CNN's
Facebook page.
"Hannah Montana" seems about as relevant to the current day Cyrus as a typewriter is to millenials.
Cnn.
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