Comments on: Disney Channel’s pres.: ‘The network is not responsible for raising children’

By: Me

Me — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:46:37 +0000

Disney ISN’T responsible wholly from the child’s well being. The parents should be, as well as the child. But the truth is that we don’t know what it’s like to be a Disney star. We don’t really know how it feels for the pressure, or where we were at that point in our lives. And, children, while they are still children, can actually think for themselves. IF they have wise enough parents, then maybe they’ll do all right. It really just depends.

Disney isn’t squeaky clean, but you know, at least there’s some sort of attempt at it, “hidden images,” or not. IMHO, it’s better than throwing Sex and the City at your child.

Regardless, there has to be a combination of these things. I mean, some of these kids will be adults, if they aren’t all ready, in a few years. If you went to a normal job, your boss isn’t going to go and cuddle you into everything. And, most of these stars make more in one episode than most of the poor class does in one year.

With all the pressures, sure, there has to be some prons/cos, and maybe these kids would be wiser if (or have) gone through some hard knocks, to appreciate the money, and the chance given to them. Most of us are just trying to live paycheck to paycheck, and even at that, many of us can barely do that.

In the end, Disney is a business, for good, or for bad, that’s how it really roles.

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By: Bobby the K

Bobby the K — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:37:42 +0000

Children understand a lot more than we often think. They just cant express it. It’s about imprinting, and ‘getting it’ later.

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By: normades

normades — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:23:06 +0000

Lots of thoughtful and intelligent comments on this thread, but this one pretty much sums it up!

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By: julie

julie — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:27:52 +0000

Gary Marsh should be fired. If they are going to use underage talent then they do have a responsibility to them. I’ve read so many articles about how these young actors/actresses are preyed upon by managers and tutors. Nope, I disagree with him entirely. When you hire young performers you do have some kind of responsibility to look after them.

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By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:10:57 +0000

We are not responsible for raising kids….just exploiting them. Yeah I get it.

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By: jwoolman

jwoolman — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:27:43 +0000

It’s not actually fair to lump Demi/Britney (who did tv shows) with Lindsay/Vanessa (who did movies). Vanessa doesn’t really belong there at all – she wasn’t a “child actor” but played a high schooler. A regular series seems to be a different kind of pressure. They do have to think more carefully about all the associated touring and publicity and such for the younger ones, though. And stop calling kid actors “stars” and deluding them into thinking they can sing when they can’t without so much digital enhancenent it would make my noisy cat sound terrific. But the real problem has more to do with the parents (Dina Lohan, for example) than the network. There are plenty of kid actors whose parents manage to keep them well grounded. The parents have to “just say no” when it all is getting beyond reasonable, but they get dollar signs in their eyes.

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By: RuddyZooKeeper

RuddyZooKeeper — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:50:49 +0000

Shia Laboeff. I know I spelled that wrong.

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By: RocketMerry

RocketMerry — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:12:14 +0000

There are ways to form sentences and discourses around that. I’m sorry, but denying any responsibility here was just dumb.
In fact, just reading random comments on the net, one can see it already created a bad perception of the Disney Channel. The people who prepped Marsh are in trouble, my guess.

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By: Chris: now with 10% less negativity

Chris: now with 10% less negativity — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:28:05 +0000

No corporations are to blame? Are you kidding? Why do you think corporations spend so much money on advertising? Why you think big business likes to control the media? Because they know they can influence people right down to how they view themselves and the world. Corporations have a huge impact on society and they need to carry their burden of responsibility. Personally I’d like to see all television advertising banned here in Australia and free to air networks replaced by ad free subscription TV.

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By: Sweettart

Sweettart — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:39:06 +0000

all shows that contain superficial, bratty protagonists

Thank you. Most of the shows are horrible! Showcasing completely sassy and disrespectful brats!

I banned “people” shows for my kids a long time ago, but honestly some of the cartoons are just as bad.

Other than Spongebob and Dora, it’s hard to find anything that is halfway decent for them to watch . . . so they just don’t watch all that much.

The Brady Bunch these shows are not.

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