 Oct. 27th, 2008. Thank you for visiting the pages of A Minor Consideration. Here you will find Current News and topics of interest regarding the children we currently see in the media, as well as news of child stars of yesteryear. Your donations allow us to continue this effort to educate the nation, and we thank you for your continuing support.
The content of our website has opened many eyes. Last year it was “Kid Nation,” “I Know My Kid’s a Star,” and “Hound Dog.” Now it’s “Jon & Kate + 8.” Even the casual observer of the American Scene must have noticed that children are at risk everywhere we look, and it’s not just the media. I swear, sometimes it feels like we’re playing “Whack-A-Mole!”
If you doubt that the portrait you are seeing of children in the media is somehow disconnected from society at large, please link to this website so you can see a true snap shot of the culture into which young performers are born: childrightscampaign.org/documents/Facts.pdf.
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 "A Minor Consideration" is a non-profit, tax-deductible foundation formed to give guidance and support to young performers, Past, Present and Future. Child Stars must pick their parents with care. Family Education is the key ingredient to a productive future. The members of AMC are always "on call" to assist parents and their professional children on a 'No Cost basis.' By providing a strong emphasis on education and character development, plus helping to preserve the money these children generate, the members of AMC are always available to help with the tricky Transition issues that for many kid stars prove to be so troubling. We've "been there, done that." Our lessons were earned, not imagined.
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Current News
The Bill O’Reilly interview with Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen scheduled for November 7th has been moved to the first week in December ’08. We’ll let you know about the specific date as soon as we know.
Of greater interest is the wonderful announcement that our good friend, Tony Dow, has been awarded the singular honor of having one of his sculptures displayed in the world-famous Louvre’ Museum in Paris, France! Just imagine. We told you last May about Tony’s first gallery showing , and we offer him our most sincere Congratulations!
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Using Children as a Means to an End:
The Biking Vogels
by Jack Marshall
It is a classic ethical principle that human beings should not be used as a means to an end. Its logic is sound and difficult to contest. Exercising power over the fate of another human being for the purpose of accomplishing a personal objective, however worthy, is an offense to justice, fairness, respect, and autonomy.
How do we assess the conduct, then, of parents who use their young children as tools, props, or assets as the parents pursue their own personal desires and goals? Too often, we don’t assess the conduct at all. Children do not have legal autonomy, so we are conditioned to give the benefit of the doubt to their parents' decisions about their lives, even when those decisions approach exploitation…or abuse. A few brave and perceptive souls among us possess well-tuned perception when it comes to the mistreatment
and the endangerment of children. Prominent among them is Paul Petersen, the former TV child star turned advocate, crusader and agitator as he alerts the media and somnolent consciences in the entertainment industry to child labor abuses and
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