It's a Bad Week For Disney Teenyboppers, and Their Parents.

Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus Are Making the News Too Much For Teens .... And For All the Wrong Reasons







    As long as there has been TV or movies, there have been Child Stars... And shortly afterwards, there came the Stressed-Out Child Star.  Every kid wants to be famous, but media machines like the Disney Channel are making it the ugliest art form out there...



   This week is a good example: Demi Lovato, who is the star of 'Sunny With a Chance' on Disney, who just starred in 'Camp Rock II' from Disney, and is now touring on a Disney-sponsored tour with The Jonas Brothers in South America, just checked herself into a clinic to treat 'physical and mental issues' that she's been dealing with.  Rumor is, she's been 'cutting' herself...She's all of 18. Is it just me, or does this sound like a shitload of stuff to put on a kid's plate?  No wonder the kid's exhausted.


    Lovato's been on the Disney rollercoaster since she was 13, which makes her a veteran, I guess - kinda like a Vietnam Vet on his 5th tour of duty... Nice.  I feel bad for this kid. First, because just last week, I put a comment on my Facebook page that said she will make a great porn star when she grows up. But also, and I'll admit this - the kid is actually talented.  She's funny, and she can sing her ass off.  Disney LOVES to take actor kids (see Selena Gomez), and try to make singers out of them.  That's what they do: make them act, make them sing, make them dance, mass market them and tour them until the peel comes off the banana .... and then find another kid.  Much like Mooby in 'Dogma', Disney has the Soul of Satan, with a cute mouse as it's Idol for kids to pray to - and commercials every five minutes for their parents to buy...


    Lovato's not the only one having a bad week. Miley Cyrus found out her parents are getting divorced. Why? Because her mom was having an affair with none other than Bret Michaels of Poison!  Yeah, lots of kids deal with their parents divorcing, but only in Hollywood do you end up with Momma doing the Unskinny Bop with Bret Michaels!  When you wish upon a Star......


    Last night, Sarah, who is seven, came up to me to sing a song she wrote. No, it wasn't that good, but hey, she is only seven.  As someone who lost all his focus during his teens because he wanted to be a rock star, I tried to dissuade her, without making her cry as much as possible. If I did have a kid, I'd tell my kid the odds of just getting there - then I'd show them these two right now.  Be a kid. Have fun. It's not all it's cracked up to be.....

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