Irish visual artist Ciara O’Connor on using embroidery to explore women’s lives
Irish visual artist Ciara O’Connor on using embroidery to explore women’s lives

Nathalie Marquez Courtney

How an interior stylist turned this period Cork apartment into a quietly luxurious home
How an interior stylist turned this period Cork apartment into a quietly luxurious home

IMAGE Interiors & Living

This picturesque, split-level home in Delgany is on the market for €995,000
This picturesque, split-level home in Delgany is on the market for €995,000

Sarah Finnan

March 28: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds
March 28: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Sarah Gill

Real Weddings: Keelin and Darren tie the knot overlooking Dingle Bay
Real Weddings: Keelin and Darren tie the knot overlooking Dingle Bay

Shayna Sappington

Let me tell you why a mother is the perfect employee
Let me tell you why a mother is the perfect employee

Dominique McMullan

I broke up with my boyfriend and now I have bangs
I broke up with my boyfriend and now I have bangs

Edaein OConnell

WIN a family pass to Emerald Park this Easter
WIN a family pass to Emerald Park this Easter

Shayna Sappington

This peaceful Victorian-era Galway home is on the market for €1.65 million
This peaceful Victorian-era Galway home is on the market for €1.65 million

Sarah Finnan

How to recreate 90s skinny brows without plucking out your eyebrows
How to recreate 90s skinny brows without plucking out your eyebrows

Holly O'Neill

Image / Editorial

The Top 5 Worst Celebrity Influences, According To Parents


By IMAGE
25th Aug 2015
The Top 5 Worst Celebrity Influences, According To Parents

If you had to think of one celebrity you wouldn’t want influencing your kids, who would it be?

Taylor Swift isn’t one of them but yes, Miley Cyrus is. Whether it’s her tongue that loves to make an appearance at every opportunity, her on-stage antics with giant foam fingers or any of the myriad ways in which she’s caused jaws to drop over the last few years, a staggering three quarters of British parents want to protect their kids from Miley’s madness. These figures come as part of a report by VoucherCloud.com.

Instead, they’d rather their kids aspire to the be more like Kate Middleton, which, being the future Queen of England, is quite the unattainable goal. For young men, it’s Ed Sheeran who best paves the way forward.

Along with Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Kim Kardashian, Rihanna and even Kristen Stewart top the list of bad influences on little girls while Kanye West tops the poll as far as boys are concerned.

Initially, all respondents were asked ?Do you monitor what your child comes in to contact with, with regards to celebrities and celeb-culture?? to which almost half of respondents, 47%, stated they ?try to, but it’s tricky to monitor 24/7?. The remaining respondents stated they either ‘don’t monitor? (42%) or ?yes, everything is monitored? (11%)

All respondents were then asked ?Are there any celebrities that you would hate for your children to idolise?? When provided with a list of possible celebrities and told to select all those that were relevant, the top five female celebrities that parents don’t want to be role models for their children were revealed as follows:

1. Miley Cyrus – 78%

2. Nicki Minaj – 54%

3. Kim Kardashian – 43%

4. Kristen Stewart – 36%

5. Rihanna – 34%

Male –

1. Kanye West – 56%

2. Justin Bieber – 55%

3. Zayn Malik – 41%

4. Shia LaBeouf – 38%

5. Joey Essex – 25%

Interestingly, British parents don’t want their kids associating with the likes of Kristen Stewart but they’re totally okay with them idolising Michelle Keegan. Similarly, Zayn Malik makes the naughty list while Harry Styles is a tattooed popstar that mums are a-okay with.

Is it the same case in Ireland?