Well said Wayne, I agree that she is a very stong little girl and Terri is a great role model for her. Yes it is very hard for her to comprehend exactly what is happening. It is a shame that Baby Bob won't even remember his Daddy.

There’s something sad in watching a young girl like Bindi speaking to a TV audiences in what is often tutored tv speak and even sadder that the TV audiences believe this to be who she really is. I hope she has time and freedom to be the little girl she wants to be - and is.

Despite the deepest desires of many here - she's not our own Lisa Maree Presley. I hope she grows up being anything but what many want to her to be - a clone of her dead father. Please give the poor child a break everyone. She’s got enough on her plate without dealing with the expectation of TV land - bandwagon mourners - goading her.

I'm with you on this one Rainier. I understand the feelings towards her, but I think we are thinking too much of our own emotional needs, and not enough of hers. It reminds me of one of those Hindu/Buddhist practices where a little girl is selected as the incarnation of a deity and worshipped and locked away in a nunnery. The best thing for Bindi would be to allow her some privacy.

I dont think anyone is expecting anything of Bindi. Nor are there many "bandwagon mourners". I think the very best thing for Bindi is whatever her mother thinks is best for her at the moment. You have to admit though that the little girl certainly has a passion for her family business. Anyway enough said I dont want this to become crap.

I agree with Ranier and GrahamY here. I don't know what is more disgusting, the media exploiting the situation for all its worth, or the public for falling for it.

Sure Steve was a nice guy, an "Aussie larrikin", a great bloke, but do we have to make him a God? And do we have to see an eight year old girl, who probably doesn't even realise the full extent of the situation (and no I'm not saying she doesn't understand that her father is dead, but she is only eight), used by the media to get ratings and sell their wares?

Thousands of people die all over the world every day. Thousands of children in Africa lose their parents to AIDS every day, and they don't have the Crocodile Empire to fall back on. Somehow they are "brave" enough to carry on too, yet we never hear about them.

Lets have a little perspective here.

Yes Deborah..I agree ..Bindis mum knows exactly what is best for her at present as she knows her own child best..
I watched the Terri Irwin interveiw with Ray Martin last night and she was crying and highly emotional all the way thru, as you would be in the same position..I felt so bad for her..
It is way too soon for any of the Irwin family to be doing any media stuff right now..Ranier is right..

The media sharks have had a feeding frenzy with all of this as they do unfortunately but to not to forget that we encourage this by tuning in and so perpetuating their supply.

It has only been a little over 2 weeks since Steve died but seems a lot longer because of all the media overkill..

His unique legacy will live on thru his family but it will come at a very high price..
Terri Irwin is still in shock and Bindi hasnt been allowed just to grieve like any other normal kid in her position.
the loss of that wonderful husband and father is bad enough but the world attention has compounded it 100 times..God help them.