Comments on Outlandish Musings: Child Labour and the Empty Nest Syndrome

@NN-- I like that you brought up those examples. W...

2009-11-12T13:02:16.287+05:30

@NN-- I like that you brought up those examples. Would the world have changed had they started off later in life? I think for their sake the world would have been spared the trauma of growing up coupled with fame.
@TangledUpinBlue-- Yes you can comment all you like! :)

Micheal Jackson, Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears ...

2009-11-10T22:12:30.965+05:30

Micheal Jackson, Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears are all results of child labor as child artists.

And yay! i can comment on ur blog now! :)

2009-11-10T20:59:29.254+05:30

And yay! i can comment on ur blog now! :)

Its really unfair that some children are forced to...

2009-11-10T20:59:08.343+05:30

Its really unfair that some children are forced to grow up too soon even in what we claim to be our enlightened, we-treat-kids-like-delicate-flowers society..

On the other hand, we have the spoilt rich brats who dont seem to have an ounce of maturity at the ripe old age of 42 and insist on showing off their brattiness by randomly mowing down unsuspecting pavement dwellers in their Range Rovers when they're drunk on expensive booze..

I cant see which is the bigger tragedy really..

@ketan-- I agree with the thought about the remova...

2009-11-10T19:33:38.472+05:30

@ketan-- I agree with the thought about the removal of popularity. Plus its a domain that we cannot talk about. Since the most logical counter argument is ' they arent your kids, how would you know?' But yes, years spent playing and learning new things, shouldnt be spent making money!
@siddharth-- they are nauseating. All the awards and the recognition make them believe that they are great actors. I felt Kunal Khemu was a better child actor than what he is now!

Mostly agree with your views. A child actor here a...

2009-11-10T16:43:10.861+05:30

Mostly agree with your views. A child actor here and there is fine. But these days it seems that these kids are full-time into TV. That is problem. Without the social environment of school...the parents are killing the child's rightful ecosystem

Hello! Apart from the issues you've pointed o...

2009-11-10T14:54:34.973+05:30

Hello!

Apart from the issues you've pointed out, I feel one another problem is that these kids right from their formative years start believing that their worth equals their popularity. And that if they go off the public recognition radar, their lives would become wretched.

Plus, the unfortunate part is, especially, reality TV shows send this signal that success could be achieved at any cost, including manipulating people's emotions through emotional blackmail, and that the quality of original skill they had stood for (say, singing or dancing) does not matter. All this might become the way of life for them ahead. Needless to say, not a good start to 'character-building'.

It was very good of you to cover this relatively neglected issue, and especially from a different angle.

The following is a link from another blog-post (now largely defunct, and not mine) related to a similar issue.

The Trust that bought
the Monk's Ferrari..... (click)

TC.