The simple answer is: too much of one thing is good for nothing.
Too much fame and riches at a young age can disrupt your sensibilities and the true reality of life. When you are as privileged as Miley, you never have to worry about asking your parents for things, you just get whatever you want.
It is a very peculiar thing, the grass always seems greener on the other side. For a long time, Miley Cyrus had warmed the hearts of young girls globally. She was a wholesome, happy, super rich teenager. Then almost overnight, at age 20, the sweet little Miley Cyrus we had come to know and love was transformed into an exaggerated version of Lady Gaga! Where did it all go wrong?
What we can learn from Miley's negative media attention is that being a celebrity and having everything you want all of the time is actually quite harmful to your life. What would make her come back to reality is to probably visit and donate some of her time and money to the people affected in the Philippines by the typhoon. I have always found that the way to regain a good dose of humanity is to help others who are less fortunate than yourself. By giving of yourself and time to others you will realise that the world does not revolve around what you feel should be your next attention grabbing stunt. Life is more precious than parading around in your underwear and smoking cannabis.
I suppose one might think that Miley's behaviour showed a lack of respect for the fans who supported her career throughout the years. Normally, one works to grow and become a better person, not to step backwards. But remember, if you are not allowed to grow and to experience life on your own terms, sometimes, as in this case, good girls just wanna have fun! But, once the Pandora's box is open, then it is too hard to reign it in, and unfortunately, this is the case with Miley.
As parents you need to teach your children the rules but, be prepared that in their need to experiment they will break some of them. What is more important, is that they are aware of the consequences of their choices and that they are happy to live with the fallout. For Miley, she will become unhappy with the negative publicity as she has never, in her career, been at this end of the stick. While it is hard to reel things in, I think that you will see her trying to tone things down a bit, as was observed on the X-factor last night, when she performed her song on a sand dune without any antics. It was definitely a more honest performance, and you really could appreciate how talented she really is. Remember, you can learn a lot from the mistakes of others so that you don't have to experience unnecessary pain and heartache.
While many people love Lady Gaga and would accept her antics, fans were less appreciative of Miley Cyrus' emergent shockingly provocative behaviour. Miley was obviously impressed by Lady Gaga's style and success and thought that following her path would probably allow her to break free of the good girl image. However, the difference between Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga, is that the former was a good girl turned bad, while Lady Gaga was always just as she claimed to be. Miley built her success on her good image and moving away from this path is looking like an uphill climb.
One of the main reasons for the rejection and uproar over Miley's image was the fact that many young girls admired and envied her. While many young girls would give anything to be a celebrity and have the success that Miley had at an early age in her career, Miley appeared bored of her fairy-tale life. Fairytale it was, since she was engaged to be married to the rich and gorgeous Liam Hemsworth. Again, Miley rejected this fairytale wedding, in favour of some raunchy, over exposed and questionable performances as seen at the 2013 VMA awards - was that the same girl?
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What you can learn from Miley Cyrus' struggle with herself, is that having it all is actually not as great as you think. A good strong dose of reality, a broken heart, a struggle to get something you really want, actually helps you to appreciate life and develops a deep sense of gratitude for yourself and those around you.
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