What A Downer, You Say?

Oh good heavens! We're all up in arms over Britney Spears driving around with her baby on her lap instead of a car seat! It's all anybody's talking about. It seems everybody is suddenly a child advocate for the littlest Federline-spawn and wants her to go to prison for her horrendous lack of judgement. As stupid as I think it is to drive around with an unsecured infant on your lap, here's a few things that all you johnny-come-lately child advocates have been ignoring since the dawn of time, solely because Britney Spears isn't involved with any of them:

1. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, 1.35 million U.S. children are homeless on any given night.

2. 18,000 children worldwide DIE EVERY DAY from hunger and malnutrition.

3. In the U.S. alone, there are an average of one million reported cases of child abuse/neglect every year. Bear in mind that most child abuse is NOT reported, so the actual number of children abused each year is significantly higher than the "reported number".

4. According to UNICEF, 8.4 million children worldwide work in the worst forms of child labor, including prostitution and debt bondage, where children are exploited in slave-like conditions to pay off a debt.

I'm merely scratching the surface here. No, I'm not defending Britney Spears. She's an idiot. But do the world a favor - whatever time you were going to spend on E! Online reading about how she should rot in hell for all eternity, spend it learning more about what you can do to help kids who don't have a fifty million dollar trust fund waiting for them when they turn 18.

Maggie