Advertising Their Cuties on the Internet

The other night I was procrastinating from doing my homework, which is a frequent pasttime of mine. And when doing this, one can usually find me lying on the floor of my bedroom, my eyes glued to a video on YouTube. Am I watching educational videos that are helping me with my schoolwork? Wish I could say that was true, but unfortunately no. On my "Frequently Watched" video lists on the website, you will find my page is loaded withcountless videos of different young children, showing their cuteness to the World of the Internet. Should parents be videotaping their children and putting these cute and adorable videos online? And what is their purpose for doing this? This is what I set out to discover.

Take the following video for example. This is a little girl, posing in her little diapers and a tanktop, standing in front of a mock stage setup. She has a disproportionate acoustic guitar in her hands and a mini microphone stand in front of her. She sings "Hey Jude," the reknowned classic by the Beatles.



It's adorable. But what were those parents thinking? This poor child is what they are using to get Internet fame. There are countless stories of people achieving fame through their accounts and numerous videos on YouTube. For example, violinist Alex DePue found his YouTube fame.

Maybe I am making faulty assumptions, but I can't help to think that the parents of all the cute little kids on TV are making these kids rehearse so th eInternet world will comment on how indescribably adorable their cuties are!

I just feel some sympathy for these kids, because who knows what they will say to their parents when they grow up and find themselves half-naked singing out-of-tune Beatles hits on the Inter net.