THIS is news? Now I’M the one who’s desperate!
Posted
September 30, 2006 at
10:41 am by
Amy
I struggle and strive to disseminate accurate and helpful, but not too corny or advanced, relationship information to my teen and preteen.?‚? Clouded in many a conversation about other things are comments about “no meaning no,” and good self-image not being linked always to the approval of the opposite sex.?‚? My sixth grader already has friends with boyfriends and dates to dances.?‚?
It doesn’t help my plight when I feel like I’m swimming upstream, or more accurately, having my head held under water.?‚? While driving my daughter to her babysitting class at the local community center, we heard?‚? a news story about?‚? a man in Illinois who died after being given the wrong medication by a narcotic-swiping pharmacist (now dispensing meds on a probationary license) followed by the earth-shattering, mind-boggling, press-stopping news that Eva Longhoria and her football player boyfriend have broken up, “only fourteen months after being announced as a couple,” the NEWS reader said.
THIS is news??‚? Sounds more like the high school cafeteria to me.
This was not a Hollywood divorce, baby named Orange, or a wardrobe malfunction.?‚? This was a break-up of two adults who were dating.?‚? Dating, folks.?‚?
How do I get across to my kids that while the dating that they’re not allowed to do until their 30 anyway, while not to be taken lightly, is something that people do.?‚? They date.?‚? You like someone, you get to know them, perhaps you date them.?‚? It’s a time of exploration (which they can find out about, oh well, 33) and discovery. And if you ever plan to date more than one person, it will involve a break-up of some kind at some point. GASP!
I was strangely embarrassed for my favorite AM station that this?‚? information was not limited to Hollywood-esque witty repartee between radio personalities and their penchant for the obviously now even more desperate brunette.?‚? It was sandwiched in between a dead guy and the traffic.?‚?
Now that?‚? might say something, but saying nothing would have said much more.
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1. Jessica Carlson said:
October 1, 2006 @ 9:13 am | Quote
What’s even more amazing, is that these supposed reputable “news” sources are offering the public what they want by way of ratings? Why are people so obsessed with celebrities lives and why are celebrities so obsessed with their own lives? Why do they and the public think they’re so important??
I think it’s an escape from the crazy world and a fantasy that people buy into because they want to be those people.
Onto the dating thing. I just have to say in a mini-rant, that what is really annoying, are the moms that get more involved in their teens dating than their kids do. It becomes the same kind of neurotic escape that the celebrity gossip is to them. I find that really creepy and furthermore, the whole Kindergarten dating and moms encouraging that sort of behavior is even more creepy. Moms think it’s cute, but why are we encouraging that of mere babes? They have enough time for that grown-up stuff and I find it in very poor taste when I find mothers trying to play matchmaker for their 5 year-olds. I see it all the time.
What is wrong with people?
2. Gina said:
October 1, 2006 @ 11:18 am | Quote
I could understand if it was part of the “entertainment” segment, but part of the regular news? There’s no way the news could have been that slow, even in Mayberry!
3. wordgirl said:
October 3, 2006 @ 11:12 am | Quote
Yeah…we’re obsessed. That’s why I tend to respect more the famous folks who try to keep to themselves. That is SO not Eva Longoria.