Settle down hedghog. Steve Irwin was a celebrity same as John Howard is in the lime light for what he does.These people are recognised for their respective jobs.
We are all interested in their opinions ,for better or worse, Bindi happens to be Steves daughter.She is a celebrity whether she likes it or not( I am sure she does like it).
So having explained that to you , she is not your average little girl next door.
Every one wants to know how she is doing ,especially the media,if we see her name mentioned, we are interested ,it's just natural.
Leave her be and find someone else to bag.

This is a much needed article. I know many people who cringe every time they see her because they cringed at her father, and seem to be transferring their ambivelence onto her. I feel quite sorry for Bindi, and I am worried that in a few years time she will crash. I hope the public will be able to see her as an individual, independently of her father, and that the media does not hasten or bring about such a crash.

All the best to her and her family.

Both Steve Erwin and Peter Brock doing what they love. Why can't our politicians? ;)

As a father, it all makes my flesh crawl. Get a life.

I don't think its necessarily wrong taking Bindi through the adventure im sure she is experiencing now, it may well be constructive in overcoming the grief of her fathers death, but it would come down to how well Terri is able to raise Bindi and to set her on the right path as her mind and perception of things around her develop..
Id hate to see her grow up into disturbed teens such as Lindsay Lohan, or the Olsen Twins who have grown up in the spotlight.. then again no one should speculate, everyones different

i live in caloundra, queensland, just down the road from australia zoo and the home of the irwins. I have sat at my local swimming pool where Bindi has had swimming lessons - no-one looked twice at her - she was just another little girl doing her thing. We Australians never did the "celebrity zoo" thing on the Irwins. Steve was just a local boy made good and we all loved him.
It is amazing to many of us the fuss that is being made of Bindi - she is just a normal little girl. I feel sad she is becoming a victim of the American press machine - we dont have that here, that horrible child celebrity culture, and Im afraid that it will swallow her up. Leave her alone, let her be an 8 year old little girl. Her dad has just died, for Gods sake let her come to terms with that. The media machine is out of control. I dont blame Terri for being sucked in - she is grieving too and very vulnerable. John Stainton should leave her alone and come back in a year or two when she is more emotionally able to make sensible decisions for both herself, Bob and Bindi. God Bless you Irwin family, you deserve better.