I know that they have lots of influence on the younger generation, but in my opinion I really don't think that society should really have any say in what these people do to themselves and their body. I mean, let's say you have a 13 year old daughter... She likes some anorexic model or actress... That model/actress has no more influence on your daughter than the teens she goes to school with every day. It's also determined by the parenting. I know kids will do what they do, but their morals and what's been taught to them will stick inside them no matter what they see other people doing. Unfortunately, they do some of what they see, but all kids do that and depending what they're taught early in life, determines whether it will be a phase or a life long thing.

It just bothers me how so much of the media talk so much about the negative things going on and the people in the entertainment industry that are as human as us. The paparazzi and such choose to put all this negativity about these people on the news and those people did not choose to get put there. I know by taking a career in acting/modeling/etc. they know they'll be a role model. But they're human just like us and it just sucks they have to be "perfect" for us... It's a hard thing to take on.

There's as many obese and other unhealthy related people on TV that can have the same effects, yet people only pay attention to the ones that are publicized. Take Oprah for example, she lost weight because she CHOSE to, not because the public forced her and said she was being a bad influence on women or children's weight...

Anyway, I just don't think people should really pay too much attention to the media and people on TV. I mean, there's more violence on the local news than there is on the entertainment media that we should be more worried about our kids watching. And there's plenty more role models in our kids lives that can influence them, not just actresses and models... Their teachers, us (their parents!), their school mates, neighbors... One anorexic actress won't ruin our children.