But worried19, the concern many people have about these programs/movies isn't just with the impact they might have on viewers. Our concern and alarm is about the way children in these cases have been exploited and abused in order to make this material in the first place.

Many of us who are up in arms over Cuties also object to Dance Moms, kiddie beauty pageant shows, I Am Jazz, and all the rest of the mass media that long have been using kids images and talents in order to make $$ and reputations.

Many of us have been speaking up against using child actors except in rare, absolutely necessary circumstances since we first learned of the sex abuse and economic exploitation of famous child stars like Shirley Temple and Judy Garland in Hollywood's heyday - and saw what happened to Tatum O'Neill during & after "Paper Moon" in 1973 and how Brooke Shields was pimped out in "Pretty Baby" in 1978 as well as in the Calvin Klein ads of that era and her other circa 1980 sexploitation flick.

Shirley Temple had the resilience and support system that enabled her to get past what a studio honcho did to her when she was 12, and she went on to have a successful career in politics and diplomacy. Similarly, Brooke Shields has has been somewhat successful as an adult actor, and seems to be a well-balanced happy individual.

But so many child actors and entertainers who were economically and sexually exploited in their early years ended up having lives that haven't turned out so well. Our primary concern is with the children who appear in this sort of material, not the audience.