https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/An-11-year-old-child-should-not-be-exposed-to-public/m-p/233587#M103357 And so that "child" should not have been offered, by her "parents", to sing the National Anthem while attempting to imitate singers who are well into their twenties, and that Is exactly what happened. The only saving grace to the whole disaster is that in three or four years she'll most likely have vocal nodes the size of walnuts and will need surgery or a year of vocal inactivity or both. Hopefully, she will then find a compassionate vocal specialist who will help her find her own voice. This performance was at least as cruel as Toddlers In Tiaras, and she's old enough to know what a mess it was. When will we start treating children as children? Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:47:53 GMT violann 2012-07-31T12:47:53Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/An-11-year-old-child-should-not-be-exposed-to-public/m-p/233587#M103357 And so that "child" should not have been offered, by her "parents", to sing the National Anthem while attempting to imitate singers who are well into their twenties, and that Is exactly what happened. The only saving grace to the whole disaster is that in three or four years she'll most likely have vocal nodes the size of walnuts and will need surgery or a year of vocal inactivity or both. Hopefully, she will then find a compassionate vocal specialist who will help her find her own voice. This performance was at least as cruel as Toddlers In Tiaras, and she's old enough to know what a mess it was. When will we start treating children as children? Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:47:53 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/An-11-year-old-child-should-not-be-exposed-to-public/m-p/233587#M103357 violann 2012-07-31T12:47:53Z