I didn’t get a chance to watch the VMA award shows on T.V. a few nights ago but I have seen clips of Miley Cyrus’s big performance. As a mom, I am outraged and feel as if this type of content shouldn’t be on prime time television. After all, many families spend time together in the evenings relaxing and enjoying television shows together. As a parent, you have the right to turn the television off or change the channels but we shouldn’t have to because of one celebrity decided to take her performance to a new extreme. Her performance for the VMA’s isn’t something that families should be exposed to on prime time television. The performance was similar to the garbage that you would expect to see at a strip bar. In fact, my husband wrote a post a few months ago about the power and influence that media has on your mind, just think of what this type of media exposure do to your own children.
Disclosure: The opinions reflected in this post are my own and your opinions may differ from my opinions.
Miley Cyrus isn’t a Role Model That I Want My Children to Look Up Too
As a mom, Miley Cyrus isn’t some one that I want my kids to look up to or model her obnoxious behavior. I don’t want them to think that her behavior is acceptable because IT IS NOT. Her performance was trashy and totally unacceptable behavior for prime time television. Just think of all of the followers and fans that she has from her role on Disney. I am sure there were some kids who were excited for her performance on the VMA’s but her performance wasn’t suited for any aged child.
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5 responses to “Miley Cyrus VMA Performance is Inappropriate For Prime Time Television When Children Are Likely Watching TV”
Ohg watched clips on Youtube after reading your article-definitely not suitable prime time viewing material!!
Christy, I value the time you take to add informative, helpful, and thoughtful information to your work and articles. I am disappointed when I see anyone commenting on blogs attempting to make an “I am right you are wrong” attempt and/or not sharing information or “also..” notes in a kind way. If there is something someone disagrees with or finds possibly not accurate there are thoughtful and kind ways to share such insights.
As you and I know know from our years of work on interactive media platforms the fact SO many parents are overwhelmed and confused by and with Social Media AND integrated media highlights the fact in today’s world it does not matter if ANY programming is “prime time” due to children and adults not needing access to “television” in order to see the type of inappropriate behavior many celebrities (and others including athletes)exhibit on a daily basis. Social Media platforms are being utilized as “second screens” for many and PRIMARY SOLE screens for others, including children not having access to “prime time” programming. The VMA performance was viewed by many on Social Media platforms making it another example how important it is for parents to be involved and engaged with what their children are watching or have access to from their phones, not only television.
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I watched the VMA’s with my 14 year old. When this started happening, she rolled her eyes and stated, “well, ain’t her daddy proud.”
It is important to remember that although this aired during Prime Time Hours, this is NOT Prime Time Television. Prime Time Television is Television that is broadcasted into your home if your tv is plugged in. Prime Time Television is monitored by the FCC; MTV is NOT. MTV is a cable television channel that people PAY to bring into their homes. If they do not agree with what is aired on cable television, they have the right to not PAY to bring it into their homes.
(I only bring this up because some people do not understand the difference between what is covered by the FCC and what is not – and pretty much, any channel you pay to bring into your home is NOT covered by FCC regulations or complaint procedures)
Back to my daughter – we talked about Mileys performance a bit – and her opinion is that she (miley) is trying too hard to separate herself from Hannah Montana. Although it isn’t something that I promote to my children, I would rather they see it and I be there to discuss it with them, rather than they seeing it around school and thinking it is perfectly normal.
I agree that it was on MTV which most children shouldn’t watch but it is in most families cable television packages. It was shown on our local television and other shows that are on primetime television. While the orginal performance wasn’t on prime time, it was seen by all the kids that happened to see glance of the news.
I am glad that you were able to talk it over with your daughter. I had this same conversation with my 16 year old and she just shook her head and said “Yuck”.
I was worried that children, especially, teens and tweens would see this at school with their friends, on social media, ect. The underlying point of my post was to inform parents that it is important to monitor what your children are doing. This goes for monitoring their friends, social media, and the things that they participate in.
Thank you for sharing your insight. I hope that you enjoy the information on my blog.
I don’t approve of her behavior at all. I don’t know why people are so shocked though. We are a culture that glorifies sex and exploits sex for gain. The success of shows like Teen Mom and the Kartrashians illustrates this to a tee. This trick MC is looking for attention and it twerking her flat butt all the way to the bank, sadly enough.
I agree that we as parents need to take more responsibility for how our kids are raised. It all begins at home.