Take a look at kids clothing at Target sometime. They have miniturized club wear for 6 year olds. And to think everyone was dogging the Ramses for putting their daughter in those creepy little miss pageants.
Kids nowadays are where the money is at.
Parents don't have the time for them, so they throw money at them. We are in the age of childsploitation. Besides, MTV can just run a PSA after the show and call themselves responsible. This all wouldn't matter if parents would monitor what their kids are watching - though that is too much to ask nowadays. Ask the mom of that kid who tried the human bbq routine.