What is child abuse for you?

I haven't read the article about the child that dirty danced at Willie's show but I watch his show yesterday and saw the child and his parents. Willie was defensive that it was the boy's talent to dance like macho dancers do and the boy even requested for Careless Whisper as his background music while dancing though a different tune was played. The boy's father works in a parlor and looks like a gay and I remember that the father said that the boy loves to dance that way and he even supports it. Willie, the boy's father and his audience find it entertaining and Willie was even proud that the youtube video have hit more than 400 thousand views. As a parent, we take pride if our children were being recognized for their talents but we must be aware of what kind of talent the child is good at. In this case, we all know that dirty dancing is only being danced by call boys and macho dancers and can only be seen on gay bars and places where no children or minors are allowed. It is the parents' responsibility to guide and inform the child if what he is doing is right for his age or not, and whether the child likes it or not, dirty dancing is not appropriate for a child. The father even commented that people who have seen the child dancing in Willie's show praised the child and he was so happy about it and he is giving his full support for his son. As for Willie, supposing that he doesn't know before hand what was the talent of the child, only that the boy said he will dance, he should have stop the boy from dirty dancing the moment he saw it thinking that it is not good for the child's age. Willie even let the child danced to the delight of the audience till the music stops. I pitied the child because he was crying while dancing and as if he doesn't want what he is doing. I guess, MTRCB should step on this.

I thought it was a case of child abuse until I saw the video. I am no fan of Willie R., in fact, I find the guy a show-off, a brute and a brat more so now that he has lots and lots of money. But not to millions of our masses, people in the grassroots of Philippine society who are the target audience of the TV network's program. They idolize Willie because the guy just have the right charisma to interact with the poor. His charisma and the money he generously gives to his audience is such an effective formula to make him so popular and raise the network's ratings. Willie's popularity created a lot of enemies. And the latest issue of child abuse is a case blown out of proportion by his detractors. Jan-jan was just one of those countless minors who auditioned and tried his luck for talent exposure and for the MONEY! And it just also happened that the 6 year old boy's talent was dirty dancing. So what! I've seen a lot of even younger boys doing their thing in dirty dancing taught by adults or seen and copied from TV shows. The host and the audience as well found the boy's act as pleasingly extraordinary as it is not common among boys his age to perform a macho dance. For his act he got rewarded with P10K - not bad for a 6 year old boy from a poor family. I believe also that what happened was not scripted - it was an impromptu act which made it even more entertaining to the audience. If you find the kid's dance tasteless it may not be the fault of the parents - he could have learned that from watching too much TV these days.

For me child abuse comes in different ways both physically and emotionally. I find it an abuse too if you deprive a child of his/her rights to enjoy his childhood. Stripping him/her of the chance to savor the beauty of life and force him/her to doing something against his/her will. As for the recent situation regarding the evening show Willing-Willie, the first person that should be given responsibility are the parents of the child who was asked to dance in front of many people and televised around the world. It was their idea to have the child dance. Dancing is not really bad, but it depends on how they chose the type of music and dance that the child performed. Clearly he was not happy with what he was doing. Parents should be the first person to protect their children from such abuse. But as we can see, it was them who urged the child to dance publicly. If it was their idea in the first place, they should have considered backing out when they saw the child crying. As for TV5 and Willie, it was their call not to make fun of the child seeing that he was not happy with what he was doing. This is what people will do for money especially now in our economic state. I hope those who are older make a good example to children not the one to use them for earn money.

I think it is awful and could end up affecting a child whole outcome in life.

Child abuse does not have to be just physical scarring that we can see with the naked eye. There is is also emotional scarring that can be just as tramatic to suffer through. No child should be left to be abused or have to suffer with alone. It is tragic that so many families go through the issues of child abuse without ever getting the help they need.

I am aghast when i read the news about it. That was really degrading ! Imagine a child having to dance that way , in front of many people and being watched on national television? Being coaxed to dance that way more, for the sake of everybody watching and laughing is child abuse in the the real sense of the word. I hope this will be dealt with accordingly at the soonest.

Can't say more. I guess the management of TV5 should make their move about children and stuff like this. Even if the show's production is separate from the network management, they can do something as Willie is just using the network's facilities.

i dont understand the whole concept. for one thing i cant understand a thing they are saying. why dont they have subtitles or something

Whereas i think this topic is not that much into child abuse. May be its related to some sort of plans for channel raising as i read about the show and the man too. Well every reality shows or other now days are fully fake and false they are not something to be believe on. Child abuse is another topic, where a child is forced to do things which satisfies the victim in any way.

THere is no doubt that the CHILD is not a fault here The parents should be blame here in the first place. second, the network, they should have seen the talent before the show starts so that the management can make up whether such talent is applicable for the people to watch. This isn't the fault of the child and they should at least counsel the parents or arrest them for this kind of teaching to the child, he's clearly innocent in this.

Let's not all put the blame to willie, I've seen the video too on youtube and it's not only willie whose having a hard time but the entire audience too, including the mother. If there's someone jailed for child abuse, it's not willie, it should be that boys parents. Like you, I can't think of any good reason why his parents taught him that dirty dance, and he danced it like a pro, maybe he learned that from a pro too.

I watched the video and its disgusting. On the other hand Willie seems to be happy seeing the kid crying while dirty dancing.

willie is really an annoying person. Well, while many Pinoys are so game to have fun, willie also abuses it without responsibility.

Parents of this child should be the first to be blamed. They should not use their children to earn money for them, its child labor and definitely a child abuse. As with Willie and the TV5, they should not allowed very young and innocent contestants. They should study more about the law.