At MTV Movie Awards Reese Witherspoon Set the Bar High

If you watched the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday you figured they were not meant for kids under, say, 13. In spite of seven-year-old  Alexis Nycole Sanchez there to accept an award for Best Movie Line, “I want to get chocolate wasted,” for the movie “Grown Ups”,  sitting in the audience — close to the [...]

Promise2Kids “Give From Your Heart” Holiday Gift Drive

Help Promises2Kids Brighten the Holidays for Abused and Neglected Children and Teens in San Diego.
**Locations for public drop-off now available**

Teens and the Hollywood Money-Making Machine

Most of you know my shtick buy now. My opinions are conservative regarding certain television shows, teen celebrities, and what I consider to be infractions to our values and social decorum by some Hollywood artists and their parents. For a little over two years, I've been writing here and at www.TheWrap.com about young Hollywood's outrageous [...]

Latest at www.TheWrap.com: “Incredible Trifecta of Tarts”

What an incredible Trifecta of Tarts hit the media outlets recently! In first place is the 7 year old “Single Ladies” video of a hip hop dance contest for tender tots which shows them popping and grinding with their best Beyonce impersonation, and clad in Victoria Secret-like underwear.   Coming in second is the HOrrific Miley [...]

How Do Hollywood's Naughty Girls Influence Teens?

In spite of how diligently we try to guard our kids' impressionable minds, somehow the entertainment industry’s pressures gets by our best protective filters: Movies, TV, ads or simply standing next to glossy magazine covers at the grocery checkout line exposes our youth to celebrity lifestyles and choices. Teenage girls searching for inspiration, self identification [...]