Goldie Hawn is sounding the alarm on a celebrity culture that rewards young people with attention before achievement.During a conversation with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt at the cultural and community center 92NY, the 80-year-old actress was asked to share her thoughts on children and teenagers finding early fame as social media influencers."It's a nightmare," Hawn said."All I can say is it's a nightmare."Goldie Hawn called child influencer culture 'a nightmare,' warning that kids lack the tools to handle fame (Gilbert Flores/Variety)"The First Wives Club" star argued that children and teenagers are ill-equipped to process fame and public scrutiny because they are still developing emotionally and cognitively.JACK NICHOLSON'S DAUGHTER CALLS OUT HOLLYWOOD'S STATUS-CHASING ELITE IN SCATHING NEW ESSAY ABOUT MODERN L.A."They don't have the ability to have the vision," she said.
"They're not taught that.They don't have the witness.""And I can tell you they have no tools," Hawn added.Hawn contrasted today's young aspiring stars with her longtime partner Kurt Russell, 75, arguing that the years that he spent working to become both an actor and a professional baseball player helped give him the discipline and perspective needed to withstand fame.KURT RUSSELL SAYS 'THE MADISON' LOVE STORY 'HIT ME REALLY HARD' BECAUSE OF HIS ROMANCE WITH GOLDIE HAWN"Kurt Russell is an exception," she said.
"He's been acting since he was nine-years-old.He's also a baseball player.
He doesn't believe in all this stuff.He's very strict on all of it, on the way he looks at life."Hawn compared Kurt Russell's discipline with today's young influencers.
(Stewart Cook/Variety/Penske Media)"But most kids today — not then — are really susceptible," Hawn continued."And they're susceptible because of the very things we're talking about.
They have been given zero tools to understand how to handle it.Not just that, but to know the beauty and the fragility of — as we learn as an adolescent...