As they (children) grow older, with their horizons widen, they also find themselves having a big learning environment. They no longer have only their mother and father to learn from, as the social environment grows bigger, including neighbours and other people they interact with. Some of the influence they get may be good whilst in some cases it might be destructive. A lot of young artists and young celebrities in general fall prey to bad influence and end up drifting in the lane of moral decadence. They would heavily drink alcohol, have illicit sexual relationships like the now popular 'one night stands' and take illegal drugs. There are a lot of examples in South Africa where gospel sensation Lundi Tymara was reported in the media to have changed from a God-fearing youngster to an alcoholic and as the story continues to unfold, a social deviant who crossed over the sexual divide to become a homosexual. His other countryman and soccer star Jabu Pule's drug and alcohol abuse behaviour was also well-documented by the media. Back home, Vusi Mtokafa, who incidentally looks up to Tymara as a role model, is another example of a young artist who slipped over to engage in deviant behaviour like taking drugs and alcohol whilst a youngster.
What exactly is the cause of this strong pull towards deviant behaviour by young people in the limelight?
