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MySuperSweet16
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What's this teaching teens? Sadly, to be spoiled!
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this online community is based on MTV's My Super Sweet 16, the TV show that follows spoiled teenagers as they plan lavish parties for their sweet 16s, quinceañeras, and other milestone birthdays. While there are some down-to-earth teens on the site, most of the content detailing these girls' special parties is shallow and materialistic, and fuels the need for them to be the center of attention. A few profiles feature words like "bitches" and "s--t". And, although the site says that users need to be 14 or older, there are some party pages belonging to girls younger than that.
What's it about?
MTV's My Super Sweet 16 has spawned. There's a straight-to-DVD-movie, and because not everyone's party can be on TV, there's the online community of www.MYSUPERSWEET16.com. Teens create their own party pages with details about invitations, outfits, and gifts; post photos and video; and blog about their special day. Other users can cast votes for one of the parties to be featured on the site's homepage, or the TV show itself.
Is it any good?
MySuperSweet16.com has its share of pampered princesses, and you don't have to dig too deep into the site to find diamond-encrusted iPod invitations, luxury cars as gifts, cakes with price tags equivalent to a mortgage payment, and absurdly grand entrances. Some party pages talk about events taking place a few years into the future (2010?), which makes you wonder whether the proposed parties are real, or a tween fantasy that stands little chance of coming to fruition. And according to the site, a girl turning 16 in 2010 isn't even supposed to be on the site. Nor is the 13 year old who had her birthday at a nightclub.
Because of the site's community nature, you might actually get a glimpse of a more humble and grateful (gasp!) side of the milestone teenage birthday. One girl talks about keeping her party simple because her family isn't loaded; another one can't wait to try out the new tennis racket she received as a gift. Is this enough to cancel out the obnoxious, vapid utterings of most of the teens on the site? Ultimately no. Your kids are better off having no part of this.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about whether expensive parties are necessary. Even if your parents have lots of money, is this a good way to spend it? Could some teens be exaggerating or stretching the truth about their parties just to get on TV?
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All I Can Say Is, What the?
God only knows what kind of sick pervert looks at this just want ing to prey on these kids, what I want to know is where are their parents, my guess sitting right there cheering them on saying you go dear. You want to know what I think well hear it is :( it's so sad.
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DUMB SPENDING THAT COST EVERONE IN THE U.S.
Come on! Giving 16 year old spoiled brats expensive cars and outrageous parties. What is all this for they are not ever going to amount to anything if mom&dad give them whatever they want. The only thing they are teaching these kids are that they don't have to worry about working or an education just how to hold their hands out for hand outs. No respect to themselves or others in the world. If you want to waste money on stupid stuff like expensive cars and outrageous parties for 16 year olds try this out. USE THIS MONEY YOU ARE WASTING TO GET OUR GREAT COUNTRY OUT OF DEBT OR TO HELP THOSE IN REAL NEED i.e.(DISABLED VETERANS PEOPLE THAT SACRAFICED THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES) SO YOU COULD HAVE YOUR FREEDOM TO MAKE THE MONEY YOU ARE WASTING FOR DISRESPECT ORFROM YOUR KIDS IN THE FUTURE. GIVE TO ST. JUDES,OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE THE COUNTRY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR ALL. Start up companies to employ people whom don't have jobs and need them to survive in this economy that you all bring about with your high priced junk that doesn't amount to a hill of beans and don't matter to any one but you and your ego.DO SOMETHING WORTH WILE WITH YOUR MONEY!!!!!!
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Unbelievable how entertainment has evolved into this. Wake up!
Ok. I have a serious problem with reality programming as it is due to its ungodly depictions and editing of camera hungry lost souls, but this "Super sweet 16" show features some of the most vapid, unlikable, self absorbed young people to walk the earth. I was breezing through channels, and stopped at this aberration for some unknown reason. I watched about 3-4 minutes (which I will never get back) of some 16 year old megalomaniac fly into her party in a helicopter, and had a small tantrum when no one was there to see her arrive in such a glorious, superior fashion. MTV is a despicable network for showing these superficial, empty-shelled caricatures of humans to other kids, or adults for that matter. The not-so-funny-thing-is is that the parents are even worse than the children (the kids just haven't had as much time to develop their nauseating views and behaviors yet). I'm glad that today's society places so much importance on what teens think and do since they have lived so long, gathered so much experience, and through this, can give the world so much wisdom about things like cell phones, cool, heavily-produced music, daddy's credit card, and how it's lame to be old. Other societies must look at ours and just shake their heads; we've allowed ourselves to be distracted by the most useless of "entertainment" that make for some of the most shamelessly unaware individuals that exist. I think that it's largely because the media has hijacked a huge section of the populace's mindset. I had to write this because we live in a world filled with striking dichotomies that need to be addressed, and not avoided only because the truth would make everyone living too comfortably a little too contrite; we should not be looking for cheap, tv/circus side shows, but, instead, seeking a personal way to improve the rapidly worsening condition of the world we share.
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i love this show.......... i want my sweet 16 to be just like these ones
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stacybonds I understand how you feel. But rich people do what they wana do it their money. They just have so much that they spoil their kids and waste money. I agree that rich kids are disgustingly spoiled brats but let the parents decide how the want their kids to behave. And they will continue doing what they want to do ITS THEIR MONEY NOT YOURS
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this is the site go to it
this is about a girlwho is spoild but it is not teaching people to be spoild.it is a good site for kids
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aundrea sex supersweet16
i think it fun for a supersweet16 because i wat bowwow and jaysean at my party think you for all this text back this aundrea
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I want smart people
This show and website are the most stupid thing in the world. What is this what the human race inspire to be spoiled brats and parents that read this who have kids who watch this show or go on this website are learning to be spoiled and get what they want all the time the parties maybe over the top but it is only becuase the kids who have these paries have rich carefree parents and no kid should be that spoiled
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OK
OK most of us know Super Sweet 16 but it is not all bad it just shows some of us are more lucky to have a great pary then others.
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