RE: Why are children allowed to act in TV shows/movies?
May 27, 2018 at 5:20 pm
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2018 at 5:21 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(May 27, 2018 at 4:26 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: This may seem like a naive question but doesn't children acting in a TV show, movie or commercial constitute child labor? Those children have to take time off from their education and their whole life may be negatively impacted by the part they play on the big screen.
Does a child have the capacity to consent to be on TV? If they do, what about babies on TV shows and commercials?
It may indeed constitute child labour. So what? Getting paid scads of money for being pampered on the set of a TV programme or a film is hardly the same as a six year old forced to mine coal. If it violated child labour laws, there would be any children in film at all.
I don't think the education of children in entertainment suffers all that much. As just one example, I recently heard an interview with Mayim Bialik in which she referenced the on-set tutors she had while filming 'Blossom', one of whom inspired her to become a scientist.
Kids' entire lives can be impacted by - literally - any experience they have. I don't see that working in film is any more or less likely to have a negative effect than is anything else.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
