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Of course teenagers want to be pop idols like Liam Payne. Given the perils, should we let them? | Martha Gill
The singer is the latest casualty of an industry that thrusts fame on children too young to cope
Sex, drinking, smoking, gambling, joining the army, being put to work – we now take it as obvious that there should be strict laws protecting young people from certain parts of the adult world.
Of course there should. Young brains are soft, excitable and easily addled. There are many things they should be sheltered from, and some choices that should not be theirs to make.
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