Little Girl Wants to be like Hannah Montana??

Question

My little cousin (5 years old) is not only obsessed with Hannah Montana and wearing a few slightly disturbing items from her clothing line (not suitable for 5 year olds) but thinks that by putting on a blonde wig and yelling out lyrics, she is "just like Hannah" . I asked her why not sing the songs she made up and dance her cute little steps and wear her own clothes and to my surprise she responded that she wouldn't be as good as when she's "just like Hannah" and that it's cooler this way. She's thinking of dyeing her hair instead of the wig and learning to put on makeup just like her and begged to go to the concerts. Even though she wanted proper singing lessons before thinks that it's good enough to sing "just like Hannah" (which most of the time is just yelling)...I don't think it's right that she doesn't think shes as good being herself and I'm just wondering if this is a big problem. Everytime I visit she's acting like Hannah.

Answer 1

all kids go through stuff like this and they all outgrow it once they feel like they have had enough. my boys are huge cars fans and everything we get them has to have cars on it-but i know that they will outgrow it and humor them-if you fight it it will take longer to go away

Answer 2

Don't worry.  It really is just a phase.  As she gets older, she'll wonder why she liked her so much.  At least she isn't acting like Britney.

Answer 3

Ya know, I'm almost certin that you are not the only one going thru this. Believe me. I have a 7yr.old and she LOVES Hananah Montana. Its ridiculious. You could try to tell her that going to her singing lessons would make her sing better than Hananah. Make a big deal out of her singing. Even record her singing and have the whole family listen to her. I'm hoping this is just a faze b/c like  said my daughter loves hananah and I can't stand it anymore. That girl is on everything.