http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32183581/ns/today-parenting_and_family/Claiming that a litter of puppies would get more legal protection, a child-actor advocate said that Nadya Suleman’s octuplets are being exposed to potential dangers by her decision to allow a reality show to chronicle the next three years of their lives.
“It’s dangerous. This is not safe,” Paul Petersen, a former child actor himself, told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira Tuesday from California. “We’ve got to stop this.”
Petersen, who founded the advocacy group A Minor Consideration, had filed a legal petition to have an advocate appointed to look after the financial interests of Suleman’s octuplets and six other children. On Monday, a judge in Orange County, Calif., granted the request and appointed an advocate, who is to file a report by Aug. 31.
The legal action was prompted by Suleman’s decision to sign a deal with the European reality-show production company Eyeworks. Among the shows produced by the company are “The Biggest Loser” and “Breaking Bonaduce.”