Little Angels!

I am back after a longggggg time....
I started this blog with muchhhhhh of enthusiasm & thought of writing regularly...but..............
But I hope henceforth I will be regular with "Life is Beautiful."

Right now it's 3:57 a.m. in India & I am listening some very beautiful songs sung by very cute & talented li'l singers of the age of 8-9 years. They have performed in a reality show on a regional channel & they are soooooooo talented that you simply can't believe that they are of the age of 8-9 years.
Now a days in India & may be in most of the countries we see many such reality shows, talent hunt shows on different television channels where young kids of the age group of 5-10 perform. Even for that matter children are being used in different advertisements also. It may be good for TRP of the channels or for the products which these children endorse but are we not ruining their childhood by all these activities?
Well this question is quite debatable & many people can have different views on this. But the child who is performing in these shows or in the advt. is going through a drastic change at a very young age. This is the age when kids might just have started to see the external world beyond their family. Such an age should be more care free so that they can enjoy the childhood & not just take pressure to perform or handle the pressure which comes after the fame. Today we see so many young artists who have lost the happiness in their life(viz. Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, Michael Jackson etc.) These are the names who started their career from their childhood & that sudden fame or the pressure to perform continuously destroyed the happiness from their life. Of course there can be other reasons also but if the child doesn't get his/her childhood as a normal child then it might affect their entire life for sure. Recently released Hindi movie "Tare Zameen par" addressed the same issue of pressurised childhood. (This movie is nominated as an official entry for Academy Awards for 2008 by India.)
I am not against the child's learning new things' but we must respect their childhood & should not sacrifice the childhood at the cost of quick fame or monetary benefits. Let our kids live life happily & enjoy their childhood first....& let their foundation be strong enough to conquer the world!!!