Is the singer or music group you like a bad influence? 2026

María is nine years old and has the manners of an artist. She loves to do her hair and even put on makeup like her favorite singer, she knows her choreographies by heart and has learned to record her voice with the computer and then play it back with karaoke. On Saturdays she gets together with her friends to dance and sing for hours. When asked what they want to be when they grow up, they are clear: singer, model and actress, all together, of course!

María's parents don't think her passion for music is bad, but they are concerned about her insistence on being like her favorite artist. She even seems in love with her! The admiration is such that going to buy clothes for him is an odyssey; She only wants tight, eye-catching clothes like those worn by her idol and other fashionable singers: low-rise pants that leave the navel exposed, crop-tops...

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They copy adults

In reality, no matter how modern today's girls may seem, what they do is nothing more than an updated version of playing moms and dads. Children learn by playing to imitate their elders. In their games they usually reproduce the roles that adults value most, and today it does not seem that being a mother, queen or princess is what is most popular. Instead they play music superstars, models or television actresses. The playful nature of these activities is what marks normality, but if it becomes more than a game, more care will have to be taken.

The problem, so to speak, is that we are also witnessing a preview of adolescence. Market researchers know that adolescents are excellent consumers, and the sooner they start consuming music, clothing, etc., the greater the sales will be. Thus it is understood that consumer products intended for children between seven and ten years old are increasingly similar to those of their older siblings.

But there is an important difference: healthy and normal behaviors in adolescents, such as wanting to go to concerts or dressing in a more suggestive way, can be worrying in children under ten years old. Falling in love with musical idols is a classic phenomenon of puberty, especially in girls. Younger girls, on the other hand, tend to prefer the "big sister" models that represent their favorite singers.

There is a positive side

If we understand that it is a game, we can take advantage of their passion for music as a way to enhance their creativity. So they can learn music, write songs, design their own clothes, or even make a magazine about their idols. If their idol sings in English, even better; They will be able to improve pronunciation and expand vocabulary. And if they also do these tasks in groups, they will be learning to work as a team.

Their self-esteem can also be encouraged by encouraging them to invent their own style different from that of others. We must teach them to be critical of the images they consume: to see the difference between doctored photos and natural people, to be able to criticize the model of hyperthin women and excessive consumerism, etc.

Because, what do you do if a nine or ten year old girl insists on going to school in an outfit that is not appropriate for her age? It is important that we let them be fashionable but that they understand that the most provocative clothing is typical of adult women and that, while being able to enjoy the modern things that the world of fashion offers us, there are certain outfits that are not for her. However, there are many clothes today that allow girls to feel identified with the singer or model they admire and that do not pose a problem when dressing: artificial fur vests, leather jackets, skinny jeans, scarves and scarves...

The passion for artists is fine as a game and what we must precisely avoid is for it to stop being such.