Should we ban child artist?

Children who are engaged in working will not have sufficient time to complete their formal education, irrespective the kind of work they are engaged in. It deprives them from something which is really important and we must make formal education compulsory for all the children. The tutors present on the set or the sports academy can provide minimum legal requirements. Although it can be hard to keep a balance between performances and education when there are so many immediate rewards both in terms of fame and money.

Under such circumstances the children are not able to make decisions for themselves and are not able to represent their interest. Thus, it makes them vulnerable to being exploited at work place. Parents should take care of their child interest but there is always a risk that the parent’s interest does not match with their child. Differences in interest arise when the earning power of the child surpasses his parents or due to the activity which fulfills the desire of the parents more than that of the child.

Even for the most experienced adult it may be difficult to handle the pressure of performance and stage fright. Hence, it would be irresponsible to put pressure on children at the lowest amateur level. Once the children come to know that financial competitive success depends on individual performance, their expectations also increase.

Bodies of young children are not protected from the excessive physical training. Children’s bones are softer than adults and therefore are more prone to fracture and disfiguration. In order to remain slim and light for the acrobatic moves, it can lead to eating disorders. The effect of this malnutrition is severely found among the teenage girls who reduces their calcium intake and henceforth leads to brittle bone conditions known as osteoporosis. Not only these risks are acute among young children but they are also not in a position to correctly assess them. Even they are not able to discuss with their coach or parents when they fall sick or are overburdened with work and they try to hide them in order to continue their training.

Making children to perform publicly matures them faster. They are exposed to responsibilities, sexualities and temptations (alcohol, drugs etc.) even if they are not able to cope with the responsibilities and at the same time many of these children go off the tack. On the other hand these children would not be able to lead normal social life and may find difficult to cope up once they retire from their brief career. Many young sportsperson, theater artist , musician stars have burnt out by the time they reach their twenties and left with left little education and money which they have wasted by giving to agents, parents etc and are left with very few prospects.

There are no severe consequences to such bans. Adult actors portray children on stage, films and television. As they are not my roles for children in the classic or dramatic where the intense focus is on children and where the media has become the modern phenomenon. Sports on the other hand should not suffer much as the minimum age has been raised so that they can compete professionally, without any negative impact on their success and sports popularity.

Points against
Education for children has been designed in such a way so that they can prepare their careers and life as an actor or as a trained footballer may be helpful for few children rather learning in school. Why should they not start their career early? When they have completed their minimum level of education required. Many parents opt for homes school for their children even if they are not qualified. Many of these children go to university to achieve high grades as some of them have well qualified tutors.

By banning child artist it will cause the problem of exploitation. Presently child artist are officially employed where they are paid hourly and their conditions are monitored by the government department (i.e Revenue, education ministry etc. ) and must fulfill their specified standards.

There is a pressure on children at an early stage to succeed whether it is an examination, solo concert or footballmatch. The stress is more on a professional child depending on their talent and aptitude which increases their ability to deal with such pressures.

The casting of children requires long, light bodies depending upon their eating habits to perform. However, the exploitation of body is never encouraged by anyone. The young children should not use these qualities in order to get selected. Similarly if a body gets well regulated training then it can be helpful in developing a lifelong condition for rigorous use. By training the young it can help to improve the strength and protect them from injury in long run. Therefore by providing a whole new range of support from physiotherapist to nutritionist we provide children with accessibility to professionalizing and regulating training and prevent them from worst abuses.

The recent cultural development of a child modern attitude; children had been going out for centuries to work and have been treated as adults as much earlier than their age today. We should not burden the child by imposing cultural bias upon the children with extra talents and supportive families as the law also prevents them from being exploited and should also make the loving parents to know the best of their own children. Some of the failures in one’s life should not be brought forward in the happily and successful careers of many upcoming young people.

The consequences on the ban of a child’s performance may produce severe results for example, many sports like tennis, gymnasticsetc may come to an end if proper training is not given. In the same way television, film and dramas would not be able to portray the society in the real sense if there were no child artist. In the same way film and television production houses go abroad to find a more sympathetic jurisdiction by investing more in the international economy and increasing the risk factor by exposing the children completely in non-regulated environment.