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First of all, you're cracking me up with your Dale JR. jokes - my son is a major Jimmy Johnson fan. For what reason I have no clue. But again, he likes him to win, likes his car, and brings his name up every time we pass by Lowe's. Now pardon me if this sounds crazy, because I haven't thought this through at all - these ideas were flowing in my head as I was reading your original post. BUT - What if your kids don't know about the bad stuff the celebrity/idol is doing? If our children are still young and naive enough to only see Dale Jr. as a cool NASCAR driver and a great philanthropist, then what harm is it doing? I think the problem would begin when the child is admiring someone who he/she knows is doing "bad things" and starts to see that as acceptable, especially if it's someone they really want to be like. I'm guessing once they are old enough to understand the negative actions, we need to speak out against that so the kid knows that it's NOT...

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