"I'm amazed at how many kids don't realize how they're being exploited by t-shirts that snag, wraparound patchwork dresses made of "old" material that fall apart, and especially jewelry where the elastic stretches out in no time at all," exclaimed Michael Sklar, the man behind "Childstar," a jewelry business that is justifiably thriving. To walk into his busy Hell's Kitchen workship (he's moving soon to more spacious digs) is to walk into a veritable Baskin-Robbins, or an old fashioned penny candy store. Huge hot pink orchid plastic earrings with matching pins, giant tortoise shell disc earrings, half dollar size clear lucite earrings embedded with little gold stars, outrageously colored button necklaces and bracelets and much more line the walls and fill the cartons piled high on the floor. I went completely bananas when confronted with all of this gorgeous stuff.