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Halle Berry Wants Laws Protecting Celebrity Children From Paparazzi

Actress and mom Halle Berry is on a mission to get laws in place banning paparazzi from taking pictures of children. Should celebrity kids be off limits to photographers or is it just part of growing up in Hollywood?

In an interview with Access Hollywood the actress explained that it's alright for the photgraphers to take her picture, but she doesn't want to see her four-year-old daughter Nahla, or any other celebrity kids, plastered across the tabloids. She argued, "Our children should be off limits. They are innocent little babies that should not be exploited all over these magazine. I'm fair game, I get that, but my kids [and] kids at my children's school should not be harassed like that. It's just wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong."

I can't imagine the anxiety it must cause to constantly be followed by paparazzi, but to have your children photographed and to have to explain to them why strangers are following them around sounds downright awful. Though it's always nice to get compliments on the cuteness of your kids, as an overprotective mom myself, I can't help but cringe when a stranger gets too close. I, however, am no celebrity, despite how often I practice my Oscar speech in bathroom mirror. Halle Berry, and other actors, athletes, and singers, on the other hand, have chosen a life in the public eye, which means their kids are automatically considered newsworthy.

Despite how fun it is to check out pictures of celebrity kids playing at — gasp!— ordinary playgrounds or wearing outfits that cost more than my rent, I can't imagine there's a single mom out there who wouldn't agree with Halle Berry that a child's safety and well-being is much more important than selling magazines.

Would you be upset if photographers took pictures of your kids?

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