Why is Palin exposing her kids to so much media?

It's nice that Sarah Palin is proud of her kids, but I'm getting to feel a little sorry for them because of the way they are spending so much time in the spotlight. The girls are obviously really comfortable and enjoying the huge amount of applause and attention that erupts every time they show up, but is this real life?

I found it so much more appealing when Obama tried to push the media away when he took his daughter trick-or-treating. Palin's kids don't need protection from the media, I guess, but there's something about odd about that to me.

I don't really admire Palin's dragging the kids into every picture. Tonight they are actually interviewing one of the kids on Greta. The littlest girl looks so tired. She has her head resting against her Sarah while she goes on and on about politics. The older daughter, the pregnant one, sits with Trig on her lap trying to amuse him.

I wonder how her children will feel about all this in ten years?