Parental influence and celebrity influe
Parental influence and celebrity influence
Yousef Khalid
58418
Writing 101.24
Essay
In partial completion of WRI 101
American University of Sharjah
16-11-2014
Parents and celebrities are both looked upon nowadays as idols, while teenagers decide who they want to take as role models, the fact remains that both celebrities and parents are similar in some aims and different in others. Some argue that parents are in favor of influence on kids others argue that they aren’t and that celebrities are the ones who affect teenagers the most. This young age is very critical for kids; it’s when they are affected the most by the people they look up to and the footsteps they follow. Teenagers are exposed to so many different kinds of culture and lifestyle every day that it makes it hard for them to decide who they want to set as an idol.
Teenagers usually look up to celebrities for style and fashion. They try to copy the look of a specific celebrity to gain popularity amongst their friends which in most cases is all what matters to some teenagers. Nevertheless it is almost impossible to copy a celebrity in everything besides their “look”. These celebrities strongly influence those young men to the point where teenagers start looking up to the celebrities’ lifestyle and career. They plan their future accordingly and think about how they can achieve what a specific celebrity achieved. Not keeping in mind that it may not be what their parents had in mind for them.
Parents on the other hand also have a major role in their kids’ life. They aim to make their children grow up the right way however way they see fit. Some teenagers only look up to their parents because they believe that whatever their parents do has to be the right thing and no one else can do it better than them. Thought parents’ ways can be very different from society and other kids around them, it may still be what’s best for their kids. Similarly other parents think that celebrities are a negative
Yousef Khalid
58418
Writing 101.24
Essay
In partial completion of WRI 101
American University of Sharjah
16-11-2014
Parents and celebrities are both looked upon nowadays as idols, while teenagers decide who they want to take as role models, the fact remains that both celebrities and parents are similar in some aims and different in others. Some argue that parents are in favor of influence on kids others argue that they aren’t and that celebrities are the ones who affect teenagers the most. This young age is very critical for kids; it’s when they are affected the most by the people they look up to and the footsteps they follow. Teenagers are exposed to so many different kinds of culture and lifestyle every day that it makes it hard for them to decide who they want to set as an idol.
Teenagers usually look up to celebrities for style and fashion. They try to copy the look of a specific celebrity to gain popularity amongst their friends which in most cases is all what matters to some teenagers. Nevertheless it is almost impossible to copy a celebrity in everything besides their “look”. These celebrities strongly influence those young men to the point where teenagers start looking up to the celebrities’ lifestyle and career. They plan their future accordingly and think about how they can achieve what a specific celebrity achieved. Not keeping in mind that it may not be what their parents had in mind for them.
Parents on the other hand also have a major role in their kids’ life. They aim to make their children grow up the right way however way they see fit. Some teenagers only look up to their parents because they believe that whatever their parents do has to be the right thing and no one else can do it better than them. Thought parents’ ways can be very different from society and other kids around them, it may still be what’s best for their kids. Similarly other parents think that celebrities are a negative