Public outcry used to be on a much lower volume in the past than it has become today. Sure, a lot of it has to do with how open conversation has become with the onslaught of technology and social media. I've often been guilty of using my phone to document the street crimes in fashion (leggings so see through you can point out the pattern on the underwear!) or just ludicrous (man using resistance bands at the crosswalk to exercise topless?) and sending them straight to Twitter or Facebook to get a jury's verdict.

When something on television or in a magazine used to rub a person the wrong way, they would take to writing a letter, or trying to go to the news. Now? All they need to do is send an e-mail or post a tweet. Depending on how many people sympathize, a "shake my head" moment can snowball into public outrage in half a day.

The day Katy Perry dared to don a camisole on Sesame Street to do her Sesame version of Hot N Cold parents threw up their hands in protest, unhappy with that much skin being available for their toddlers to see. Maybe it's because my parenting days are still ahead of me, but I saw nothing of the x rated fashion on the clip, and thought the parentals were going overboard.

The parents weren't happy again, when the cast members of  Glee did a shoot for GQ magazine, protesting that adults who played teenagers on a show shouldn't do provocative photo shoots, and neared it to pedophelia. One of the "guilty" parties, Dianna Agron took to her blog to offer an apology of sorts. She apologized if parents were offended by the shoot but asked why an eight year old would be holding a copy of the magazine. She also mentioned that the shoot didn't depict the "real" her, and that her dream shoot would involve dragons. I'm not always fond of the shoots men's magazines do with the members of the Hollywood interest of the moment, but I agree. Were the parents mad when Marge Simpson hit the covers of Playboy?

Nothing makes me happier than when children are taught proper values from the start, rather than having them grow up all mixed up in the brain, only to come to a conclusion here and there about what they should've known a long time ago.

The media isn't the best at portraying the correct image, nor always the right mentors for children to look up to and emulate. I always argue that parenting has a lot to do with how a child grows up, but let's be real. Kids can't be under lock and key for their whole childhood for the benefit of the parent. Society needs to step up and be better people with every day to offer appropriate inspiration - and when we mess up? To be humble and responsible when taking actions to make things right.

Sesame Street gets out of MOJ court scot-free with this video about loving your own hair in any design or texture.

Are you loving it as much as I did?

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