White Collar, California Prostitution

"Annie's 12 years old
In two more she'll be a whore
Nobody ever told her
It's the wrong way...

The only family that she's ever had
Is her seven horny brothers and a drunk-ass dad
He needed money so he put her on the street
Everything was goin' fine till the day she met me!"
"Wrong Way," by Sublime

This morning, I happened across the Bonnie Hunt Show which featured five-year-old singing sensation Kaitlyn Maher. Kaitlyn proudly stood in front of the audience, cameras, and bright lights in her cute little Christmas dress singing Avè Maria and having what I call eye sex with the American public. All the while her parents stood backstage counting their hard-earned money and feeling proud how well their little angel was batting her eyes just like they taught her! From what I understand, she was a contestant on "America's Got Talent" and her debut album is in stores now.

This young girl is five years old and her parents have her on national television selling albums. Something like that has to make the parents of 12-year-old prostitutes think, "Damn, that is some sick shit!" There is no better way to describe this sort of behavior than prostitution. I actually think the parents whose kids work the streets might be a little more respectable because they're at least honest enough to admit they are in fact awful parents. That might sound bizarre and maybe far-fetched, but I'm the type of guy that only gives money to the homeless people with the signs, "I'm not going to lie. It's for the beer." Now granted, forcing your daughter to have sex with strangers is a sin more awful than can ever be explained, but you have to remember that the betrayal is much more detrimental than the sex with the strangers. After that betrayal by somebody that is supposed to love and take care of you, those young girls are dead inside before they even set foot on the street or step in front of that camera.

As the Michael Jackson fiasco finally slows down, before a family member tries to sell the body, have we not learned anything? Then when you consider the list of child celebrities like Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, Danny Bonaduce, Dustin Diamond, Jean Bennett Ramsey, and most notably Robert Blake and Tiger Woods, it seems less like the “A-list” and more like a daily court room docket! I would also like the note the "Dishonorable Mentions" listed on Listserv.com.

Corey Haim (Valium addiction), Corey Feldman (arrested for cocaine and heroin possession), Drew Barrymore (entered alcohol and drug rehab at age 13), Jodie Sweetin (former “Full House” star; crystal meth addiction), Adam Rich (former “Eight Is Enough” star; arrested for stealing prescription drugs from a pharmacy), Eddie Furlong (cocaine addiction; arrested drunkenly trying to free lobsters from a tank), Gary Coleman (pleaded no contest to hitting an autograph seeker) and Macauley Culkin (arrested for possession of marijuana and prescription pills)

Meth, heroin, cocaine, Valium, highly publicized infidelity (not to mention screwing away hundreds of millions of dollars on skanks and porn stars), untimely death from "unclear circumstances," and felony/misdemeanor convictions for such crimes as drug possession, assault, and murder! No parent admittedly wants this future for their children, but with all of these terrible examples parents still doll up their children, teach them how to smile real big, put a microphone in their hands, and place them in front of the camera while they blow their pride and joy’s future rehab money on whatever material things they can get their hands on. It should be noted that the money is always gone before their beloved meal ticket cracks under the pressure and slips out of the altered-ego of an 8-year-old adult and back into the mind of a child. Except that these children, who are forced to grow up at age 5 get to experience adult consequences for childhood mistakes. If you have a second, I suggest following this link: http://listverse.com/2009/04/19/top-10-child-stars-gone-bad/ and get a few more details about how America's favorite children ended up.

Though little Kaitlyn Maher was quite adorable, her singing really wasn’t too remarkable. It was just a sad example of trash getting the 15 minutes they feel they’re entitled at the cost of their five-year-old daughter. I’m hopeful that the American public has grown tired enough of parents who use Hollywood to pimp out their children and little Kaitlyn’s album flops. At that point Kaitlyn’s parent might realize what fools they are and can take their daughter back home to resume her childhood. Every adult knows only so well that as soon as you start taking on adult responsibilities, you begin to long for those days as an innocent child. Why would anybody want to force their child out of that little slice of heaven?

"Anyone who hurts a child would be better off if he had a rock tied around his neck and cast into the sea" ...Jesus Christ