"My Super Sweet 16 takes you on a wild ride behind the scenes for all the drama, surprises and over-the-top fun as teens prepare for their most important coming-of-age celebrations. Meet the kids who are determined to go all out to mark this major turning point in their lives, the parents who lavish every wish, and find out first hand what it's really like to turn 16 these days," (www.mtv.com).
Good joke, these teenagers are far from average. This is not "what its really like to turn 16 these days." They have super rich parents who spend enormous amounts of money on an event which will last up to 5 hours, if that. It is pathetic.
In particular, one of the "average" birthday girl's, Nicole, made the statement that “My party cost over $200,000 and it was definitely worth it.” Now, this is supposed to be an average American girl who is simply enjoying her 16th birthday. I dont think so.
This show presents over the top parties to be an aspirational norm to impressionable young people. My younger cousins are already talking about their Super Sweet Sixteen birthday party, how its going to be the best one of the year! In real life, the average American is lucky if their parents hand them a set of keys, let alone let a brand new pink Range Rover.
Through broadcasting this TV show, MTV is giving American adolescents an unreal understanding of money. The viewers of this TV program are likely to try and follow their examples which will result in becoming superficial and spoiled. The impact that these adolescents are making on the young people is horrible. It conveys the wrong message and should not be taken seriously by any of it's viewers.
I completely agree that this show presents an unrealistic view of "sweet sixteens." Some of these girls spend more on one birthday than other people make in an entire year, and it honestly is wasteful. There's something wrong with the mentalities of these girls if they believe they absolutely can't have a great birthday without spending ludicrous amounts of money.
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