I certainly hope I am not the only one out there who feels this way, but I was totally irked by something I heard while listening to the radio today.   Let me explain.

Britney Spears is in concert tonight in Kansas City and one of our local radio stations was giving away front row tickets for the show.  They did that whole thing where they talk about the finalists then say, "let's call the winner now!" as if they hadn't already dialed and pre-recorded the whole thing.  But, whatever.

So, they dial the number and a man picks up. They then ask for his wife, the person they were trying to reach to notify that she'd won.  The guy politely tells them that she's in class at the moment so the radio DJs proceed to explain to him that his wife was a finalist for the concert tickets and that she is indeed the winner.  The guy seems pretty excited about it, stating that his wife absolutely loves Britney and that she will undoubtedly be excited about it when she finds out.

Then the female DJ proceeds to ask him if they have a daughter and he says they do.  She then asks him how old she is.  He replies that she's five years old.  Then, the DJ says to him, "oh, wow!  She must LOVE Britney, right??"!  And he then replies that of course she does, just like the mom.

That's where my eyes started rolling. 

C'mon, five??  Really?  Now, maybe I have no place being irritated, after all I have no daughters (and I make NO apologies or complaints about that, mind you!), but I know and am friends with MANY moms who do and I can't EVER see ANY of them being okay with their five year-old listening to, watching, and especially LOVING Britney!  I mean, I have a five year-old son and I like the occasional hip-hop tunes myself, but in NO way could I see myself over-exposing my kids to artists that I think are out of their demographic!  Am I the only one who sees it this way?  Isn't five years-old much too young to be interested in an artist like Britney?  Shouldn't that five year-old be listening to a Kindermusik CD or something from Funky Mama or Mr. Stinky Feet or The LaLa's?

I was totally shocked at how the radio DJs were playing it up too, saying things like, "oh, your daughter will be so happy when she's sixteen and someone tells her that she got to sit in the front row of a Britney concert!"  Really?  I'd be a little embarrassed – and worried - that my mom even took me to a Britney concert at five!

Maybe I'm too strict of a mom.  Maybe there's a reason I don't have daughters and that's all good with me for now.  ♥