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Britney has chosen the job of "popular inspiration to teeny-bopper girls." Maybe she was really too young to make that choice when her career started, but she is old enough now to realize she has that influence.

That said, it's hard to be a role model for a distinctly younger age group. I mean, is she really supposed to act like she's 12? We expect her to act more mature and responsible than a 12-year-old, but not to smoke, or have sex, or wear revealing clothes, or do things that (many) adults do. And girls at that age want older role models, not girls their own age.

She talks about how she is trying to capture an older audience, but it hasn't happened yet.

But she couldn't have been so popular if she didn't have a receptive audience. Lots of pop stars are marketed at us, but they don't all "take." If it hadn't been Britney, someone else would have brought sex to the younger generation.

Do I really like 10 year olds dressing in clothes they don't even have the body for yet? No. But can it all be one pop star's fault? I doubt it.