Child Stars/Entertainers: Too Much ( Take Two, Logos Argument)

Over the years, many Presidents have been focusing on fighting terrorism. With many people these days concerned about the “War in terrorism”, they have forgotten about the war going on in America; the war on fighting for the innocence of American youth.

            In the category of child performers/entertainers, there are over 250,000 children. That enormous number is just from children competing in beauty pageants and doesn’t include child actors, dancers, etc. Unfortunately, although they are living out their dreams, the things these children do while performing are age inappropriate. There are multiple polls and hard evidence to support this claim. For example, in a poll taken by The Student Room, a large social change blog, it was found that an astronomical 77.50% of people thought that child beauty pageants should be banned. Also, on the blog for popular media source page 6, it was discovered that 92.45% of people who answered the poll felt that child beauty pageants were “Not cool” when asked if the pageants were okay. After seeing facts like this, it could be said that these are just numbers and that they might not echo the real opinions of the people. There are also a multitude of quotes from the average American and top reporters. One quote came from the renowned magazine Psychology Today, where  author Martina M. Cartwright Ph.D, RD. wrote “Armed with spray bronzer, the moms dutifully "carved" abs into their daughter's bare midriffs just before the young girls performed a provocative dance that caused audible gasps from the audience.” This exemplifies how inappropriate the things these young children perform are. It’s painful to think about how a group of talented young girls poured their hearts out on stage while their talent was undermined by the clothing and dance moves they didn’t know they should object to. We can stop the degradation of young children in our society by following some simple advice from an everyday mom, Amy from Idaho who says “I think the prevalence of media in our society means that we need to be extremely vigilant and never miss a teachable moment. The best way to counteract the things we don't agree with is to talk to our children about them as they see them so our values get across.”  The youth of today need see our values and need us to win this war for innocence. That’s a fact