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Beauty pageant for kids

Posted: Jul 18, 2010

What's your opinion? I don't like to see toddlers dressed up with all the makeup, looking like little women, many times doing the sexy gestures, etc. If we want to teach girls that they are valuable and not just sex objects this is the wrong way to go about it. I especially hate when they show the little kids crying and the parents forcing them to perform. Just me?

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Disgusting. Parents doing that are sick and selfish. - nm

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Don't tell me, let me guess - Toddlers and Tiaras?

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That show horrifies me. All the male judges just seem to smarmy and the parents so desperate to relive their apparently unfulfilled childhood dreams. Kids seemed to be 'sexed' up at younger and younger ages. Did you see that video that made the rounds where the 6-7 year old dance troupe danced to Beyonce Put a Ring on This, complete with the bumps, grinds, and shimmies? It seems more and more parents these days are turning their children into tiny trollops, and proudly posting it on the web for every pedophile's viewing (ahem) pleasure.

There is another side - to kid BPs

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I have a friend whose child has been doing BPs for years. The child is now 8. This child adores what she is doing and is getting contracts for fashion and hair events, even commercials. That, plus maintaining perfect scores at school.

My friend draws the lines on some things, for instance, false teeth, fake eyelashes and too revealing clothing. The child is learning how to suceed at something she wants and is learning to understand it takes work to get what you want in life. They started with an idea that this would probably be the only way the child could have a college fund, and it is providing a nest egg towards that goal.

This is a wonderful child and mom. There are some of these personalities in the pageants. The link shows a glimpse into their world.

I don't think that it is all bad... - Kendra

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They are a wonderful way for young girls to gain confidence in their appearances and personalities. Sometimes, I think that if the kids could do it and keep the mothers out of it, they would be wonderful. I think that the problems lie more with the mothers than the pageants. They often look at more than just appearance and include a talent while focusing more on personality than anything else, which is not a terrible life lesson. Of course there are extremes, which is what you are mostly going to see on TV because it is shocking and interesting, but there are benefits to pageants, as well. Plus, what is more fun than a big day of playing dress up?

The extremes do happen in - "real life" sm

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My ex-sister-in-law was into pageants when her girls were younger. She asked my daughter to accompany them to a pageant so my daughter could video it for them. When my daughter returned home, she said to me that she never, ever wanted to go back because the moms were scary and crazy! I considered for a nanosecond letting my daughter do pageants because we already had an "in," but thankfully my DH set me straight real quick!

Of course they do, but there are people who are... - Kendra

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not crazy, as well. Like I said, it is not ALL bad.

Those things CREEP ME OUT, as do the parents. - Makeup on 5-year-olds? Yuck.

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