fisherofmengirly
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Would you allow it?
We were just flipping through the channels on TV and "Toddlers and Tiaras" was on TLC, and just watching the show for 10 minutes totally freaked me out.
But on the other hand, if a child *wanted* to do the pageants, that would be one thing. I don''t understand forcing it when children don''t enjoy it.
And I don''t understand the "glitz" thing.... caked on make up on a toddler is so nutty to me.
Anyway, the part that crushed me was watching this mother tell her daughter that she had more flaws than a tan could cover up. Really? Is that what parents want to teach their children, that they''re not good enough, no matter what they do? And that the physical aspect of a person is the most important?..... Sad.
I know this is a show, and we have a friend who does pageants with her toddler and the baby does well and enjoys it.... but her mother would never force the child to do them, her daughter looks like a little girl and not a shrunken 21 year old, and her she would never tell her daughter she was overly-flawed.
So, would you let your kid do a pageant? Would you have limitations to how far they could go?
We were just flipping through the channels on TV and "Toddlers and Tiaras" was on TLC, and just watching the show for 10 minutes totally freaked me out.
But on the other hand, if a child *wanted* to do the pageants, that would be one thing. I don''t understand forcing it when children don''t enjoy it.
And I don''t understand the "glitz" thing.... caked on make up on a toddler is so nutty to me.
Anyway, the part that crushed me was watching this mother tell her daughter that she had more flaws than a tan could cover up. Really? Is that what parents want to teach their children, that they''re not good enough, no matter what they do? And that the physical aspect of a person is the most important?..... Sad.
I know this is a show, and we have a friend who does pageants with her toddler and the baby does well and enjoys it.... but her mother would never force the child to do them, her daughter looks like a little girl and not a shrunken 21 year old, and her she would never tell her daughter she was overly-flawed.
So, would you let your kid do a pageant? Would you have limitations to how far they could go?