while I don't think it was the wisest decision on her part (if these are real, its far from the worst thing I have seen or will be seen on myspace or other social networks. Personally this should be a call for myspace to make sure its safe protections for child predators are in place to the best of their power, because many parents won't find anything wrong with them (but creeps will find them). Either way I have more important things to concern, like how the hell to amuse myself when twitter dies
Barbara Ling
· 1 year ago
I think one of the problems kids have today is thinking, gosh, it will never happen to me. They know intellectually the dangers, but when it comes to actually bewaring of them....knowledge goes out the window.
It's extremely easy for ANYONE to pretend to be someone else and get invited into their kids' networks unknowningly. Yet kids will generally choose never to believe that until presented with the undeniable facts (often by law enforcement).
Age helps instill wisdom...but still, during the teenage years parents MUST monitor their children's accounts.
Datat points,
Barbara
Traveldoc
· 1 year ago
Best way to deal with it is to keep tabs on what your kids are doing. No amount of control or censorship is going to stop them, if they wanna go wild. Just makes it worse if you don't even know about it. Have to say, though, that the problem on Myspace is worse than most anywhere else on the net. So maybe, Rupert Murdoch could do a bit more.
ricardo
· 1 year ago
it very fun
beley
· 1 year ago
Miley is 15 years old... I don't think these photos are appropriate for a 15 year old. 18-year-old college student? Whatever.
I have a daughter and cannot imagine her posting photos like these to a PUBLIC website. Regardless of whether you are "famous" or not, this type of thing can have a profound impact on your life.
Anyone remember the city mayor that posted racy pictures to her myspace thinking they were private, and they got out?
Parents need to teach their children about how the real world works... even your "friends" can do things to hurt you.
Pandora
· 1 year ago
I think most young girls are going to do it whether you can imagine it or not. They all want to explore their sexuality. My space gives them a way to do it and get opinions from their peers. I teach my daughter the real world that is for sure but she is still curious. No matter what we say if other kids get away with it not getting hurt they will think you are overreacting someday.
Jordan T. Maxwell
· 1 year ago
First the Vanity Fair picture, now this. Oh please!
I find it disconcerting at the amount of time and energy that is wasted trying to denigrate, demean and outright slander a young woman who is doing things with her life that the rest of us can only dream about!
Miley Cyrus is 15. She, like a whole lot of other 15 year olds has a MySpace account and has posted some pictures that she probably shouldn't have. Did I mention that she's 15? Yeah, I think I did.
Kids, and she is a kid, make some poor choices. Adults make poor choices too. It's called learning.
Leave this talented young woman alone. She is just trying to grow up. Unfortunately she has the added burden of being under the microscope because she is a celebrity.
This is true. but evwen if it is 'Growing up' its hurting her Career in a big way. she needs to just sit her young ass down somewhere and take Singing lessons or something.
sadie
· 1 year ago
i completely agree with you! it's only right that she, just like any other teenager, be allowed to explore her own body, self and image. it just so happens that she is famous and has to use trial and error in front of the whole world. All kids, at all different ages, will makes mistakes and do things that we (as adults) wouldn't care for. But the world is changing everyday and let's face it... kids are growing up faster and faster. And in my opinion i was doing things alot worse that the things she is doing when i was 15! and another thing, this is what our messed up society thrives on; the choas in celebrity lives. we wait for someone that is famous to make a mistake and it takes front page, does anyone realize there is a war going on...?
jill
· 1 year ago
4 little words...no, you are too young...that's all it takes. be a parent. they don't get the exposure. maybe they remain children a little longer. 'growing up'too soon can be PAINFUL. I know. disney did not make miley. ALL of us who buy her massive amounts of product make miley. it is our call. mine are just too young for all of this 'wholesome fun'. i am holding out for a little more substance. our children are growing up too fast ,yes, and we parents are condoning it, sometimes, even encouraging it.
Pandora
· 1 year ago
I Totally Agree with you
Pandora
· 1 year ago
GeeZ, Poor girl, at 15 if I had had camera's as accessable as they are now and easy to use and on my phone I would have taken worse. At that age you are exploring your sexuality, wanting to fit yourself into a woman spot in the world. You want to look like the models and you want to be sexy or at least you inspire to be someday. Then if you could post it somewhere and get opinions, I probably would have too.
udin
· 1 year ago
Well, it's must be her community to do that.
Poor girl
bobbi
· 1 year ago
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So underneath that polished, corporate Disney exterior, Miley Cyrus is a normal, 15 year-old girl with all the same problems as any anxious teen: Questions about her sexuality, trying to fit in among her peers, and making plenty of bad decisions along her way to becoming an adult. Only difference is, her being a celebrity gives people the right to...crucify her?
This is an issue that should be dealt with by her parents, just like any other teen. And shame on Disney for conducting ANY public press about this issue. For the record, Disney, the next time this happens (and it will due to the way you subversively exploit attractive young girls), you answer is, "This is a private issue to be dealt with by the child and her parents. We have not other comment."
Teach by Example
· 1 year ago
Thank you for this article. As an educator, who is also a user of social network services such as MySpace and Facebook. I often check on my students via school network pages and report any suspect pictures or comments to guidance counselors. I also tell students I check on profiles every so often so be careful what you post.
It is scary the type of information many young people post online. Like the author, I keep constant tabs on my nephew and cousins to make sure nothing is inappropriate. It is up to parents to be aware of what children are doing. If not pictures like Miley's will continue to be the norm.
Don Nelson
· 1 year ago
"I have sons, so thankfully I don’t have the concern that many parents do"
Hello, don't you think boys do the same thing? Look how many webcam shows you can find with teenage buys doing the same or much worse and you might think again.
Malcolm Tyson
· 1 year ago
What a slut. she should be ashamed of herself, as should her parents.
Beth
· 1 year ago
Way back when, I was 15. Unbelievable as it may seem, we had camera's back in the day (1978), and me and my friends knew how to use it! But... fun times for us did not include taking photo's of each other in poses that you would find in Playboy (sans the clothes of course), pouting lips, trying to look sexy.
Seems to me that Miley needs to find a more constructive way to spend her time. I can't imagine that her parent's haven't spoken with her about her image, her reputation, and considering how her fame and fortune (not to mention their own) could be destroyed in a millisecond by doing stupid things such as this.
Maybe Miley just doesn't care about her future earnings at this point. Who knows. But if my 15 yo daughter did this, there would be a serious conversation had, and no more social networking until it sunk in that ANYONE can view the pics that you post. Maybe if she knew how many boys and men were masterbating to those pics, she might rethink doing such things.
Once you are 18, have at it. Hopefully you'll know better by then, but at least you are an adult and can be held responsible for one's actions.
I wonder how much longer Hannah Montana will be produced by Disney. My guess... not much longer.
Guset McGuesty
· 1 year ago
She's just an ugly little slut, who is always making a stupid face, and can't sing to save her life.
Lou
· 1 year ago
Just a note to the author... I liked your article a lot. I have both daughters and sons. And this issue is VERY important to every parent. There is just one problem...as a parent of sons you should not feel that you are off the hook. As a father of sons, aren't you responsible to teach your sons about how to treat women with respect. And what it means when they are looking at these pictures that are posted... If boys/men aren't looking at, responding to and encouraging this type of photos, would "a majority of the girls" be posting them. NO. They do it for the reaction and attention. Therefore, it is just as important to educate our sons as well as our daughters. Society hasn't changed because of a one-sided decline in morals...
snyggast
· 1 year ago
Big deal. You should see Disney's underwear ads in China. They used models who look younger than Miley.
Remember the girl from Highschool Musical who took photos of herself naked? You'd expect Disney to fire her, but they didn't.
Emily
· 1 year ago
A lot of the questionable things kids do these days wouldn't happen if parents would remember that they are supposed to be PARENTS, not FRIENDS, to their children. Honestly, I don't think Miley's MySpace pictures are that big a deal. It's nothing every other teenager with a MySpace or Facebook account hasn't done. Like many other people have said, she's become the internet-scandal-du-jour simply because she's famous. Does it make her a bad person? Not really, she's just a normal teenager exploring her sexuality. Her mistake was doing so in a public forum. So okay...maybe she's not such a great choice for a "role-model" for American kids. I've been teaching in the public schools for seven years, and over the course of time have had three high school students wind up pregnant and goodness knows how many others that COULD have ended up pregnant. Given that on a daily basis I see fifteen-year-olds who have been sexually active for four or five years (!!!), Miley Cyrus jokingly pulling up her shirt is pretty tame. I think the point here is that parents need to be more responsible for what their kids do. The media bombards kids with sexual images from an early age, which may account for a lot of the problems kids have. Parents can counter this somewhat disturbing trend by simply telling their kids "Yes, Miley posted some lewd pictures on the internet...but that doesn't mean it's okay for you to do it too. Look at the mess she got herself into just because of those pictures. You certainly don't want to have that happen to you." Kids aren't stupid or deaf--they will listen. I wonder about the wisdom of making role-models out of teen stars. Britney Spears started off squeaky clean--look at her now. Christina Aguilera went from clean to "dirrrrrty" and then back to mostly-respectable "glam." Vanessa Hudgens came off as a bit of a goody-goody until nude pictures of her surfaced. Jamie Lynn Spears was Britney's "good" sister--until she got knocked up at 16. Miley Cyrus started off squeaky clean like Britney, and now she's posting R-rated pictures on MySpace. Need I say more?
Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
· 1 year ago
A lot is being made of the quip "I have sons..", and in retrospect, I think I made a poor language choice in phrasing that.
Like it or not, I believe that young women are more subject to sexual objectification in our society than young boys. It's very important to educate our sons, but the lessons to teach are a bit different. The same methods very likely apply, but in terms of sending the wrong message through sexually suggestive photographs, boys are not as vulnerable from that angle.
Again, not that they aren't vulnerable at all - there is a whole bevy of issues that are gender specific to young men, but they are generally different issues than the lessons to be learned from Miley's situation, in my opinion.
JP
· 1 year ago
Well, this article gives her the publicity she wants. You could have written it without giving names. But it wouldn´t have called the attention, right?
Ken
· 1 year ago
I wouldn't go so far as to say that kids are "forced" to grow up faster. No one is really forcing them, however, it could be said that the media in general and Hollywood are blasting us with so much filth these days that the only ones that are becoming blind to it are the parents and the kids are soaking it all up.
If parents would get more involved and speak out when their child acted out in the way Miley and so many others have done, then I'm pretty confident that we'd see few mishaps like this, not because they would be better at being hidden, but rather because they don't happen.
Kelly
· 1 year ago
Gosh, I realize that I've become absolutely jaded because I don't think any of this is in the least bit accidental or coincidental. And I need not look further than my iTunes. My kids love Hannah Montana's music (never seen the show). When I went to iTunes to download the latest, I noticed that instead of "Hannah Montana" the songs are listed as Miley Cyrus. She's NOT Hannah Montana and she wants us to know... much like Jessica Biel's Maxim photos to escape her 7th Heaven image. Sadly, Miley - like Britney before her - is an industry creation. I think there is very little that is not orchestrated, controlled or pre-determined. And yes, Miley just released an album... What a perfect time to have your name in the news!
daniel smith
· 1 year ago
whats up sexy when r u gona give me to tickets to ur concirt
Tanya Santiago
· 1 year ago
Leave miley ray cyrus alone. she just a noemal teenager get off her back if it was you you would get mad. I dont think you sould just judge miley with some stupid pics. Meet her shes different LEAVE MILEY RAY CYRUS ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
maddie
· 1 year ago
i am your biggest fan!!!
sassy
· 1 year ago
miley u where my idol but not now how could u act like a skank its not cute once u get on track i will be your fan again but till then im not a fan how could u do this to Billy Ray and your brothers and sisters i am so sad u would do this to your self u need to find other ways to get attion then being nude
bianca
· 1 year ago
ey you can do beter superstar
lil mama
· 8 months ago
i think she iz very old enough to mak a choice lik that then i think she should choose wat she want n thiz people lik scandals n poparotziiz should leeve her alon n let her live her life lik we do also i think she is young but she will learn as she go n juzt let her mak her decisionz so she ka n learn off of them
adrianna
· 6 months ago
hey
chanelle
· 4 months ago
do you think pink lips is cool?
chanelle
· 4 months ago
you are are really cool well ummmmmmmmmmmmmm.......................................................
mileycyrusluv3r
· 3 months ago
wow i am her friend on facebook and i thought she wasnt the real miley real!but now i can clearly see that she was the real miley cyrus because she had the same picfor a while!!!!
All Comments
It's extremely easy for ANYONE to pretend to be someone else and get invited into their kids' networks unknowningly. Yet kids will generally choose never to believe that until presented with the undeniable facts (often by law enforcement).
Age helps instill wisdom...but still, during the teenage years parents MUST monitor their children's accounts.
Datat points,
Barbara
I have a daughter and cannot imagine her posting photos like these to a PUBLIC website. Regardless of whether you are "famous" or not, this type of thing can have a profound impact on your life.
Anyone remember the city mayor that posted racy pictures to her myspace thinking they were private, and they got out?
Parents need to teach their children about how the real world works... even your "friends" can do things to hurt you.
I find it disconcerting at the amount of time and energy that is wasted trying to denigrate, demean and outright slander a young woman who is doing things with her life that the rest of us can only dream about!
Miley Cyrus is 15. She, like a whole lot of other 15 year olds has a MySpace account and has posted some pictures that she probably shouldn't have. Did I mention that she's 15? Yeah, I think I did.
Kids, and she is a kid, make some poor choices. Adults make poor choices too. It's called learning.
Leave this talented young woman alone. She is just trying to grow up. Unfortunately she has the added burden of being under the microscope because she is a celebrity.
Jordan T. Maxwell
www.dandyflowers.com
but evwen if it is 'Growing up'
its hurting her Career in a big way.
she needs to just sit her young ass down somewhere
and take Singing lessons or something.
it is our call. mine are just too young for all of this 'wholesome fun'. i am holding out for a little more substance. our children are growing up too fast ,yes, and we parents are condoning it, sometimes, even encouraging it.
Poor girl
This is an issue that should be dealt with by her parents, just like any other teen. And shame on Disney for conducting ANY public press about this issue. For the record, Disney, the next time this happens (and it will due to the way you subversively exploit attractive young girls), you answer is, "This is a private issue to be dealt with by the child and her parents. We have not other comment."
It is scary the type of information many young people post online. Like the author, I keep constant tabs on my nephew and cousins to make sure nothing is inappropriate. It is up to parents to be aware of what children are doing. If not pictures like Miley's will continue to be the norm.
Hello, don't you think boys do the same thing? Look how many webcam shows you can find with teenage buys doing the same or much worse and you might think again.
Seems to me that Miley needs to find a more constructive way to spend her time. I can't imagine that her parent's haven't spoken with her about her image, her reputation, and considering how her fame and fortune (not to mention their own) could be destroyed in a millisecond by doing stupid things such as this.
Maybe Miley just doesn't care about her future earnings at this point. Who knows. But if my 15 yo daughter did this, there would be a serious conversation had, and no more social networking until it sunk in that ANYONE can view the pics that you post. Maybe if she knew how many boys and men were masterbating to those pics, she might rethink doing such things.
Once you are 18, have at it. Hopefully you'll know better by then, but at least you are an adult and can be held responsible for one's actions.
I wonder how much longer Hannah Montana will be produced by Disney. My guess... not much longer.
I liked your article a lot. I have both daughters and sons. And this issue is VERY important to every parent. There is just one problem...as a parent of sons you should not feel that you are off the hook. As a father of sons, aren't you responsible to teach your sons about how to treat women with respect. And what it means when they are looking at these pictures that are posted... If boys/men aren't looking at, responding to and encouraging this type of photos, would "a majority of the girls" be posting them. NO. They do it for the reaction and attention. Therefore, it is just as important to educate our sons as well as our daughters. Society hasn't changed because of a one-sided decline in morals...
Remember the girl from Highschool Musical who took photos of herself naked? You'd expect Disney to fire her, but they didn't.
Honestly, I don't think Miley's MySpace pictures are that big a deal. It's nothing every other teenager with a MySpace or Facebook account hasn't done. Like many other people have said, she's become the internet-scandal-du-jour simply because she's famous. Does it make her a bad person? Not really, she's just a normal teenager exploring her sexuality. Her mistake was doing so in a public forum. So okay...maybe she's not such a great choice for a "role-model" for American kids.
I've been teaching in the public schools for seven years, and over the course of time have had three high school students wind up pregnant and goodness knows how many others that COULD have ended up pregnant. Given that on a daily basis I see fifteen-year-olds who have been sexually active for four or five years (!!!), Miley Cyrus jokingly pulling up her shirt is pretty tame.
I think the point here is that parents need to be more responsible for what their kids do. The media bombards kids with sexual images from an early age, which may account for a lot of the problems kids have. Parents can counter this somewhat disturbing trend by simply telling their kids "Yes, Miley posted some lewd pictures on the internet...but that doesn't mean it's okay for you to do it too. Look at the mess she got herself into just because of those pictures. You certainly don't want to have that happen to you." Kids aren't stupid or deaf--they will listen.
I wonder about the wisdom of making role-models out of teen stars. Britney Spears started off squeaky clean--look at her now. Christina Aguilera went from clean to "dirrrrrty" and then back to mostly-respectable "glam." Vanessa Hudgens came off as a bit of a goody-goody until nude pictures of her surfaced. Jamie Lynn Spears was Britney's "good" sister--until she got knocked up at 16. Miley Cyrus started off squeaky clean like Britney, and now she's posting R-rated pictures on MySpace. Need I say more?
Like it or not, I believe that young women are more subject to sexual objectification in our society than young boys. It's very important to educate our sons, but the lessons to teach are a bit different. The same methods very likely apply, but in terms of sending the wrong message through sexually suggestive photographs, boys are not as vulnerable from that angle.
Again, not that they aren't vulnerable at all - there is a whole bevy of issues that are gender specific to young men, but they are generally different issues than the lessons to be learned from Miley's situation, in my opinion.
If parents would get more involved and speak out when their child acted out in the way Miley and so many others have done, then I'm pretty confident that we'd see few mishaps like this, not because they would be better at being hidden, but rather because they don't happen.
My kids love Hannah Montana's music (never seen the show). When I went to iTunes to download the latest, I noticed that instead of "Hannah Montana" the songs are listed as Miley Cyrus. She's NOT Hannah Montana and she wants us to know... much like Jessica Biel's Maxim photos to escape her 7th Heaven image.
Sadly, Miley - like Britney before her - is an industry creation. I think there is very little that is not orchestrated, controlled or pre-determined.
And yes, Miley just released an album... What a perfect time to have your name in the news!
she just a noemal teenager
get off her back if it was you
you would get mad.
I dont think you sould just
judge miley with some stupid pics.
Meet her shes different
LEAVE MILEY RAY CYRUS ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!