Regardless of media surrounding youth 24/7 it seems the ADULTS and PARENTS who supervise these children are not helping the problem. Up to a certain age parents and guardians control what gets spent, how much money is given, and WHAT exactly the money gets spent ON. So although the goal of change seems, oh so far away the direction of change can start small and on a base to base cases. THE ROOT of the problem as this video shows is that adults should probably be more aware of how much impact the media can truly have on their children and how exactly they themselves are being enablers.
More and more (even in a recession) parents not only help their kids compete with their friends and peers but they compete too! Adults feel the more they spend on their kids they more they love them and the more “extra” wealth they have to spoil their offspring. If parents could get off their own high horses and focus on what is really best for the next generation, they will realize that “showing off” can only say so much. And while in piles of debt YOU AND YOUR KIDS ARE JUST NOT THAT COOL. 
Take for example Princess Sharon. Sounds like a Disney charachter right?WRONG.
Princess Sharon is a grown woman who got her college degree, but spends her time playing pretend with little girls and charging their mothers up the wazoo for pink colored cupcakes, and face painted fairy tales.
PRINCESS SHARON.COM
Will show you just how much goes into an “MTV’S My Super Sweet 16″ for an eight year old.
So here and now I will decalre that although we look down upon the people who go to rediculous lengths to please their children, the only way to fix it is yourself. If you are one of those parents, STOP. If you think you’ll never be one of those parents make a conscious effort to recognize the problem. The market may be big but they don’t own our youth, we do. So stop buying stupid shit. (excuse my french)*
<3 Lea Grandone
