It’s quite a parallel to get our first well-anticipated glimpse of Halle Berry’s baby girl Nahla when the uproar regarding Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s pregnant teenage daughter has people questioning a child’s place in the spotlight.
Most agree that the families and children of those in the public eye should be off limits. If that’s the case, why drag them into the spotlight at all?
Granted, paparrazi cameras can’t always be helped. And it’s for a parent to decide whether or not their child is mature enough to make the decision for themselves whether or not they want to follow mom or dad into the spotlight.
Sadly, kids look good in politics. The assumption is that America feels more comfortable with the idea of a family man or woman at the helm rather than a childless couple or an unmarried candidate. But by bringing their children onstage, does it unknowingly become a free-for-all rather than a quaint photo op?
Lindsey Lohan has weighed in with her opinion on the matter in her myspace blog. While what she says is nothing new and written with the grammar and vocabulary of a twelve year old, it’s ironic to get such an opinion from someone who wouldn’t be where she is today had her parents NOT thrown her into the public arena.
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