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<\/a>goes, \u201cAny press is good press\u201d. This is shown by\u00a0Miley Cyrus twerking, promoting drugs, and sticking her tongue out for attention. Others believe they are \u201cabove the law\u201d because they are celebrities. For example, Justin Bieber, according to Huffington Post, has gotten away with assault after he smacked a limo driver multiple times and was caught drag racing but he is not facing any jail time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It seems as if I\u2019m not the only one who thinks that they aren\u2019t the best of examples.\u00a0I asked research psychologist Joanna Broder Sumerson what she thought about some of the celebrities we have today. She said \u201cNot all celebrities are created equal. The talented ones are great examples of how hard work and perseverance can make their dreams come true. The others are examples of how luck is temporary. Regardless of how they got there, there is a lack of emotional and social intelligence in that they do not understand how their impulsive behavior impacts the public.\u201d I asked Bernard Luskin, another psychologist, the same question and he said \u201cSome are good. Some are not mature and show signs of arrested development. For example Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber are very musically talented. However, there is a difference in maturity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amira Said<\/p>\n Middle School Journalist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Who do you consider to be your role model? Role models are defined as \u201cA person whose behavior, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially by younger people.\u201d Chances are your role model is someone in your family like a brother or sister. It can even be your parents or a …<\/p>\n<\/a>On the other hand, it seems like children disagree. When I asked Reem \u201cRudolph\u201d Abdulrazek how she feels about kids her age having celebrity role models she said, \u201cThey can\u2019t because I\u2019m like still 12, they\u2019re still kids but I\u2019m a mature 12 year old.\u201d Zeinab Hamka also disagrees with me and thinks they can have a positive effect on children. When I asked her \u201cDo you think your role model is a good role model in the way he\/she acts?\u201d She said, about Jacob Sagittarius, \u201cI think so yeah. His first vine video was about bullying and it had millions of revines.\u201d Adam Said also disagrees with me and thinks it\u2019s the children\u2019s responsibility to find the right role models. \u201cThey need to stop focusing on the negative influences and start paying attention to the positive\u2019s.\u201d
\nThrough America\u2019s history we have had hundreds of celebrities. Today, we have both examples of good role models and bad <\/a>role models. Everyday we hear new things like celebrities like Chris Brown getting in trouble for drugs, Olympic players getting into trouble at the 2016 games, and many more. But we also have good examples like Katy Perry, Jennifer Lawrence, and others. I think it\u2019s up to both us and our celebrities to try and give our children good examples. Celebrities need to stop trying for shock value and do better when it comes to the law and we as the consumers need to promote the better examples and teach our children the difference between a good role model and a bad role model.<\/p>\n