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People are reacting the way they're reacting not because this is successful marketing, but because it's outrageously unethical and arguably borderline criminal behavior that is likely to follow these kids forever. There's a reason you can't legally consent to this when you're 11.
The fact that their parents *did* consent on their behalf doesn't make it acceptable; it makes them bad parents. I'm extremely comfortable with that judgment.
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