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# Don’t blame celebs for youngsters’ bad manners
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/dont-blame-celebs-for-youngsters-bad-manners/
- Published: 2007-02-20T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:05:44.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Locally, children are not always raised by their parents, but often by nannies or baby-sitters. Many working parents have jobs that don’t allow them to spend a lot of time with their children. There are different types of jobs here, and I think it’s harder when other people are in charge of your kids,” said Selesnick regarding living in Santa Monica.

Selesnick believes that parents also have to “teach their children to respect the people who they are working with.”

“I think kids are certainly impressionable. Music videos, TV shows, all types of entertainment — kids are watching it and it may affect their ideals and what they want to do,” Dr. Perry-Hunter said. “But I still ultimately think that the act of learning manners is with their parents,”said Perry-Hunter.

“Young celebrities with outrageous amounts of money often get caught up in lifestyles that are so unreal and shocking to everybody,” said Selesnick.

Children are likely to copy what they see, which could be a source of concern for any parent trying to raise kids.

“I think that children are going to copy the behavior of anyone they like, adore or want to be like. They go through a whole lot of stages that parents might not identify with.” added Selesnick. “I think that’s the real problem. Parents have to be selective into what they allow their children to be exposed to, like ill-mannered pop stars.”

Perry-Hunter suggests that parents experience pop media with their children and discuss what they see.

“Parents are the real role models and should give their children an adequate amount of input,” said Perry-Hunter. “Pop culture apparently influences children but while is exposes something new to them, it’s still up to the parents to set the tone.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 20, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/022007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)