| Is it healthy for a child to grow up in the | | | | the day for a parent to figure out how to |
| spotlight? It seems that although the media has | | | | overexpose them to international media, but |
| answered this question with a definitive "no" about | | | | somehow she manages while still looking |
| a thousand times, parents around the planet keep | | | | glamorous in high definition. The question is not |
| putting their little darlings up for auction in front of | | | | whether the world will follow their every move- |
| not only Hollywood producers but the world and | | | | that was already somewhat guaranteed from |
| its consumer economy. People, it seems, will eat | | | | birth. The real puzzle is whether the media will lead |
| up anything that looks appealing, including the | | | | them into successful, normal, fulfilling lives, or, |
| childhoods of mini models, actresses, and reality | | | | whether we will be following their paths onto the |
| stars. Of course there are those that say child | | | | fronts of dirty magazines and down into the |
| stars like Justin Timberlake seem to do it just | | | | bottoms of whiskey bottles. Only time will tell, but |
| fine, but he's got Lindsey Lohan, Brittney Spears, | | | | one thing is for sure, so much media exposure |
| Michael Jackson, the Coreys and more watching | | | | and attention throughout the entire young life of a |
| and wondering how he did it from the other side | | | | person is not a positive influence. Are we all risking |
| of the divide. Even Drew Barrymore who's on top | | | | their wellbeing for the sake of good satellite TV? |
| of her game now had to hit rock bottom, in here | | | | Each individual viewer will have to decide for him |
| early teens, before bouncing back. The fact of | | | | or herself. |
| the matter is that not everyone is cut out for | | | | A satellite TV secret the reality producers don't |
| the pressures of fame, fortune and show | | | | want you to know is how successfully they can |
| business. It's impossible to know if a person will be | | | | doctor what one is seeing for entertainment |
| able to handle these factors before the age of | | | | purposes. They can even split up families, or |
| 18, and sometimes the age of 38, so one has to | | | | erase children. For example, many people aren't |
| ask: should parents be allowed to subject their | | | | aware that the Osbournes have an eldest |
| child to such public scrutiny? | | | | daughter because MTV cut her clean out of the |
| A prime example is that of reality star Kate | | | | program. Of course, this was at her request, |
| Gosselin, the reality mom from John and Kate | | | | because she was old enough to understand and |
| Plus Eight. With her multiple sets of multiple birth | | | | turn down the offer for international exposure. |
| children, she has eight young sons and daughters, | | | | Why put a family, or a child, through that kind of |
| and somehow finds time to raise them on | | | | strain unnecessarily? The responsibility will lie in the |
| television while competing in reality runaway | | | | hands of the HD owners and remote control |
| programs like Dancing with the Stars. It seems | | | | owners when it comes to the great child star |
| like eight small children would barely leave time in | | | | ethics debate. |