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Clebrities Have Too Much Influence Over Teenagers
I think that celebrities have way too much influence over today's teenagers, and teens should be encouraged to be themselves
 nickwhan  29 Apr 2008 10:43
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Definitely! It needs to stop!
 
 lavatis  05 May 2008 21:59
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They do something, and everyone else follows.
 
 im_trumpet  29 Apr 2008 13:17
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I agree. Celebrities do have far too much influence over teenagers. This is sad, because these celebrities who take drugs and behave inappropriately aren't a good influence at all. Teenagers should definitely be themselves, but at that age it is difficult, as they tend to search for people to look up to, and celebrities just aren't the right kind of people.
 
 louise23  29 Apr 2008 13:15
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 who would you suggest be the right people to look up to?

This topic will bring about a lot of people talking about bad influences, there are also good influences that are over-looked, such as celebrities giving to charity, helping those less fortunate and donating money, are these celebrities too much of an influence? are they influential at all?
by  nickwhan
 30 Apr 2008 13:19
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It depends on which celebrity you are taking about. Some celebrities are good role models for young people and others are terrible. For example, Brittany Spears is the worst role model ever for young people. She does make young people think that you can be a fluzzy mother and get by with it. On the other hand, people like Tom Cruise who adopts a child and is a hard worker and family man is a great model. He never gets into trouble or does stupid things. So, some celebrities are okay, while others are trash. People do need to learn to distinguish between who is a good role model and who is a bad role model. Celebrities will always influence young people rather bad or good and it is the parent's and teacher's responsibility to see that the young kids are being influenced more by the good celebrities.
 
 BullDog  29 Apr 2008 16:32
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 The debate is that celebrities have too much influence over teenagers, not that celebrities have a bad influence over teenagers, so whilst your arguments are valid (and i do agree with you), they are not actually relevant.
by  nickwhan
 30 Apr 2008 13:10
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I understand that youngsters need to
learn some originality. The stink of it all
is this: Celebrities teach youngster that you can get paid for having fun and doing something they enjoy at the same time. What would we have them do, dead end job, die in war or get a degree
that their parents always wanted for themselves.
 
 Bacchus  29 Apr 2008 14:22
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