Madonna's dating ban for daughter

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Madonna has banned her daughter from dating until she is 18.

The singer got worried when ten-year-old Lourdes attracted a lot of attention at the premiere of new animated film 'Arthur and the Invisibles' - in which Madonna voices a character - and has warned her to stay away from men until she is an adult.

A source told the National Enquirer magazine: "It must come from her strict Catholic upbringing.

"Everyone told Lourdes how gorgeous she is at the 'Arthur and the Invisibles' premiere, which sent a red alert to Madonna!

"It made her nervous to think that in just a few years guys would be hitting on her only girl."

Madonna has previously admitted to being a strict parent.

The 48-year-old singer has banned Lourdes and her younger brother Rocco from watching TV and eating junk food, makes them earn their treats, and if they leave clothes on the floor they end up in the trash.

Madonna - who is married to British film director Guy Ritchie - said: "My kids don't watch TV. We have televisions but they're not hooked up to anything but movies. TV is trash. I was raised without it. We don't have magazines or newspapers in the house either.

"My daughter has a problem picking things up in her room. So if you leave your clothes on the floor, we put them in a trash bag. She has to earn them back by being tidy. I'm a disciplinarian. Guy's the spoiler."

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/0222madonna.html

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

This is the first normal action I've seen this woman take.

[Mags 112]

No dating until she is 18? Yeah, good luck with that...

[ariel_2005 0]

oh we all wish our kids will stay little and innocent .....

[Robor007 0]

"A source told the National Enquirer magazine: "It must come from her strict Catholic upbringing. "

Yes, it is her strong catholic upbringing where she gets her parental morals. Riiiiight. I wonder where she got her morals when she published the book 'Sex' or made the video 'Justify my Love'?

She is a hypocrite. Period. Chances are her kids will rebel against it just like she did.

[Jenn! 918]

She is a hypocrite. Period. Chances are her kids will rebel against it just like she did.

I don't think that wanting things for your children different from how you did them yourself necessarily makes one a hypocrite though. I bet she has quite a few regrets...

[Robor007 0]

She is a hypocrite. Period. Chances are her kids will rebel against it just like she did.

I don't think that wanting things for your children different from how you did them yourself necessarily makes one a hypocrite though. I bet she has quite a few regrets...

Given that it's Madonna we're talking about I find her, 'Do as I say, not as I do/did', thinking very hypocritical. This isn't a smoking parent telling their kids not to smoke. That might technically be hypocritical but it's also common sense for the good of the child. This is Madonna telling her child no dating until 18 - as in a senior in high school. Being protective is one thing but being paranoid about your 10 year old being called 'beautiful' is over the top. As I said, I'm sure that will work out perfectly and her daughter will not rebel against it at all.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

She is a hypocrite. Period. Chances are her kids will rebel against it just like she did.

I don't think that wanting things for your children different from how you did them yourself necessarily makes one a hypocrite though. I bet she has quite a few regrets...

Given that it's Madonna we're talking about I find her, 'Do as I say, not as I do/did', thinking very hypocritical. This isn't a smoking parent telling their kids not to smoke. That might technically be hypocritical but it's also common sense for the good of the child. This is Madonna telling her child no dating until 18 - as in a senior in high school. Being protective is one thing but being paranoid about your 10 year old being called 'beautiful' is over the top. As I said, I'm sure that will work out perfectly and her daughter will not rebel against it at all.

She sounds a bit too controlling. Parents can't completely shield their kids from the perils of real life. Sometimes the best lessons a child learns come from life experiences.

[Fandango 1,439]

I was a sophmore in college at 18, lol that would have been crazy.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

...She is a hypocrite. Period. Chances are her kids will rebel against it just like she did.

Basically a had-been's call for media attention after the Malawi Orphan issue had died down!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

...She is a hypocrite. Period. Chances are her kids will rebel against it just like she did.

Basically a had-been's call for media attention after the Malawi Orphan issue had died down!

Good point. Kabala is so yesterday.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Good point. Kabala is so yesterday.

More like Madonna's popularity was so yesteryear.

(as even this whole "kabala" stuff was basically the same--an attempt by a had-been to get the media attention she had earlier)

[Mags 112]

She is a hypocrite. Period. Chances are her kids will rebel against it just like she did.

I don't think that wanting things for your children different from how you did them yourself necessarily makes one a hypocrite though. I bet she has quite a few regrets...

Given that it's Madonna we're talking about I find her, 'Do as I say, not as I do/did', thinking very hypocritical. This isn't a smoking parent telling their kids not to smoke. That might technically be hypocritical but it's also common sense for the good of the child. This is Madonna telling her child no dating until 18 - as in a senior in high school. Being protective is one thing but being paranoid about your 10 year old being called 'beautiful' is over the top. As I said, I'm sure that will work out perfectly and her daughter will not rebel against it at all.

Actually, it has been well documented in the British media, in interviews with M herself, that she is a control freak when it comes to her children. They aren't allowed any TV, not allowed any sweets at all and other stuff I can't be bothered to remember.

He kids are going to rebel when they get a bit older and she will be the reason for it. Mind you, aren't parents always the reason for rebellion at a younger age?

[Fandango 1,439]

typical wild child grown up to a soccer mom

Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na

You know I used to be a bad girl

I got busy in the bathroom at my high school prom

Yeah I used to be a dancer at the local strip club

But now I know my right wing from my wrong

Yeah, yeah

I really used to be a bad girl

I had a threesome with my sister and her boyfriend tom

I know I used to be a real wild child

But now I am a volvo-driving soccer mom

Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na

I really used to be a bad girl

I got busted for possession of my wizard-shaped bong

I used to love to do the things they tell me not to do

But now Im different--now I sing a new song

I really used to be a bad girl

I got gang-banged in the bathroom at my high school prom

Yes, I used to be a real wild child

But now I am a volvo-driving soccer mom

Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na

Where do all the porn stars go

When the lights go down?

I wonder where all the porn stars go

cause when you need one, they are never around

I think they moved out to the suburbs

And now theyre blonde, bland, middle-class republican wives

They all have blonde, bland, middle-class republican children

Blonde, bland, middle-class republican lives

Where do all the porn stars go

When the lights go down?

I think I know where all the porn stars go

They all become volvo-driving soccer moms

Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na

[Saddle Bronc 124]

typical wild child grown up to a soccer mom

Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na

You know I used to be a bad girl

I got busy in the bathroom at my high school prom

Yeah I used to be a dancer at the local strip club

But now I know my right wing from my wrong

Yeah, yeah

I really used to be a bad girl

I had a threesome with my sister and her boyfriend tom

I know I used to be a real wild child

But now I am a volvo-driving soccer mom

Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na

I really used to be a bad girl

I got busted for possession of my wizard-shaped bong

I used to love to do the things they tell me not to do

But now Im different--now I sing a new song

I really used to be a bad girl

I got gang-banged in the bathroom at my high school prom

Yes, I used to be a real wild child

But now I am a volvo-driving soccer mom

Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na

Where do all the porn stars go

When the lights go down?

I wonder where all the porn stars go

cause when you need one, they are never around

I think they moved out to the suburbs

And now theyre blonde, bland, middle-class republican wives

They all have blonde, bland, middle-class republican children

Blonde, bland, middle-class republican lives

Where do all the porn stars go

When the lights go down?

I think I know where all the porn stars go

They all become volvo-driving soccer moms

Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na

Actually more of a pretend-soccer-mum.

(as she was a media-attention-seeking CF in 1980, and still is--so no change there)