Whether or not Miley Cyrus herself is always a perfect female role model or not (read about the latest controversy here) her show “Hannah Montana” does a pretty great job of showing both parents and kids how to deal with some tough situations.
The 4th season premiere was this past Sunday and in it Hannah/Miley has to choose between a boy she has a long complicated relationship named Jake (played by Cody Linley) and her guitar player named Jesse. Jake is a movie star who has broken Hannah’s heart many times and Jesse is a mysterious, attractive bad boy who “has a reputation as a player.” At the beginning of the episode, Hannah is secretly dating Jake and is finding it difficult to break the news to her father Robbie Ray, played by her real father, Billy Ray Cyrus.
Robbie Ray hates Jake for what he has done to his daughter in the past, which is the first positive example of strong parenting in this episode. He has his daughter’s back. Miley knows her father hates Jake but really wants his acceptance so she goes through a lavish set up to convince him that he’s changed. When he does find out they are dating, in an unpredictable goofy way that’s classic “Hannah,” Robbie is more mad that Miley kept a secret from him. Even though he disagrees, he respects his daughter’s decision and just wants her to be honest.
Soon, when daddy realizes his daughter is dealing with issues that a father can’t quiet handle (mainly, boys) he employs the help of her mother, played by Brooke Shields. On the show, she’s deceased, but created several videos for Miley to watch as she got older. The show obviously feels very strongly that parents are what shapes a young person’s decisions.
Because of all of this love and care, Miley herself exhibits some very mature tactics in choosing one boy over the other. In an age when most people, if they were ever in this far-fetched predicament, would probably use the phone or send an impersonal text message, Miley sits the boy down in person and says “I’m sorry.”
Sure, the humor of “Hannah Montana” is way over the top and Miley Cyrus hams it up for the camera whenever she can, but little kids eat that stuff up. Hopefully, they too can eat up some of the morals the show feeds them: honesty, strong parenting, making wise/thought out decisions and more.
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