Thanks Kellogg's

I was very disappointed to see the news stories about Michael Phelp's drug use. Our family loves the Olympics and so we followed his every achievement during the summer. I remember being 8 and watching Mary Lou Retton at the Los Angeles Olympics and absolutely idolizing her. Michael Phelps was my kid's Mary Lou. Well, Kennedy has of course caught on that Phelps is in trouble and started asking questions. She is disappointed because he is supposed to be a winner and now seems like a big loser- very confusing. Kennedy said her teacher gave them a writing prompt a few weeks ago to write about someone who you look up to. One girl who is into swimming wrote all about how great Phelps is. So, thank you Kellogg's for dropping your endorsement deal with Phelps. Frosted Flakes is one of our favorite cereals and the other day I bypassed picking up a box because it had Phelp's picture on it. He does not represent the values I want my kids developing and he is not someone I want my children to idolize. It seems that in the past few years so many athletes and celebrities (with media aimed at kids) have set bad examples. Boy do I wish there were more Mary Lous.