The Difference Parenting Can Make...

Because I work with grade school and middle school girls, I can tell you that Hannah Montana is quite popular with this age group! Her concerts are selling out rapidly and the tickets are going for unbelievable amounts of money. Parents will do almost anything to get ahold of tickets...as told in this story...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/29/fake.essay.ap/

The company decided to take away the girl's tickets. While I'm sure that was hard for the little girl (she was following her mom's bad example), she learned a valuable lesson. I'm glad that they made that decision.

Contrast that story with this one:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2008/01/10/anderson.sbt.montana.miracle.cnn

What amazed me the most about this story was that the two girls didn't know each other before the 5 year-old gave away her tickets. From hearing the mom speak as well, it's not a surprise where this sweet girl learned about compassion. And I LOVE hearing the little girl say that she wants to give everyone Hannah Montana tickets...very cute.

But overall, just a vivid contrast of the difference parenting makes in the lives of our kids.