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Children are children, they are not adults and should not be made to act like adults.
I think these beauty or whatever pagents for children is absolutely disturbing.
The thought of a little girl prancing around like American next top model, at 6 years old......
or a boy for that matter- ugh !!! I just hate it...
I am so happy my boys like dirt and mud- somehow that makes doing laundry so much more fun----------------------------
Beauty pageants are big money. The money spent on costumes, accessories, makeup, hair, shoes, training, lessons, music and ENTRY FEES are off the wall. As long as there is money to be made, people will participate.
I knew a woman once who had her daughter in pageants. She hounded me to death to put my son in on. she went on and on till I finally had to tell her what I thought of pageants in general.
Years later I ran into her and she admitted she would get an entry fee discount for each kid she recruited and a premium for boys. She also admitted it was more for her and not her daughter and her daughter became a big brat after awhile and she blamed it on the attention and less than realistic perception she had of herself.
pageants for boys or girls are exploitation clear and simple. I could not watch one Toddlers and Tiaras before my stomach turned.
i have watched the tv show that shows kids in pageants. why are the moms always overweight and unkempt? it's as if they gave up on themselves and put every ounce of energy they have into their children. the kids in turn, try so hard to please their unhappy moms. truly sad.
Children's beauty pageants are just plain creepy! I'm sorry but i can't but think that the dad's who're into it must be hiding some sort of twisted pedo fantasy. It's like they're trying to objectify children to gratify their needs.
I once knew a lady that bred and raised pedigreed show dogs. The lady herself was hugely obese and sloppy, but she seemed to devote all her time and energy on her AKC champion show dogs.
Is it just me, or do these Moms seem to projecting some kind of wish fulfillment on their sons ... perhaps due to internalized low self esteem issues?
i have watched the tv show that shows kids in pageants. why are the moms always overweight and unkempt? it's as if they gave up on themselves and put every ounce of energy they have into their children. the kids in turn, try so hard to please their unhappy moms. truly sad.
Or it could be that it's just because 2/3 of Americans are overweight. From the couple of Toddler and Tiara episodes I've seen on line, I've inferred that most contestants are from the South where the obesity rate is even higher. There are plenty of slim moms that are involved in the pageant circuit as well.
That said, I find the whole child pageant industry exploitative whether boys or girls are involved. With the amount of money these families spend on entrance fees, travel, dresses, makeup, hair, flippers, etc, if they put it aside, they'd have a healthy college fund for their kids. I remember one episode of Toddlers and Tiaras where the little girl was drinking Red Bull all day long and her mother thought it was cute. She let her drink it because it helped her perform better in the pageants. My eight year old was watching that clip with me on line and he was flabbergasted that a parent would let her daughter have something so bad for her. HE IS ONLY EIGHT and it was obvious to him something was very wrong with all of this.
He also noted that a lot of the contestants lived in very run down homes (they show the outside of their houses on the show) and commented that if they weren't spending all their money on going to the "spa" they might be able to fix their houses up. That made me chuckle.
yes I agree that an inordinate percentage of these parents live in less than middle class homes. They are trying to use their children to get out of those circumstances, thinking the kid will be discovered to become a model, entertainer, whatever. The ultimate stage mothers.
I doubt any of them do it for the "fun" they say the kids are having. They want it to lead to a way for the kid to support them in the future. It is truly sick.
yes I agree that an inordinate percentage of these parents live in less than middle class homes. They are trying to use their children to get out of those circumstances, thinking the kid will be discovered to become a model, entertainer, whatever. The ultimate stage mothers.
I doubt any of them do it for the "fun" they say the kids are having. They want it to lead to a way for the kid to support them in the future. It is truly sick.
What's funny is that modeling agencies absolutely HATE glitz pageants and everything associated with them! My 6 year old does modeling work once or twice a month and every single person we've ever met who's involved in the child modeling world says glitz pageants are a complete turn off. If you think about it, it makes sense- they want shots of the kid as natural as can be (maybe a little make-up, but the child still looks like themselves) and not some robot zombie, which IMO, (from watching these creepy pageant shows) that's exactly what a lot of these girls are.
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