<p>Anyone watched this show on TLC? Anyone here been involved in beauty pageants? How do you feel about children in pageants? </p>
<p>This is all really alien to me, which is why I was captivated by the episode I watched.</p>
<p>I watched parts of 2 shows. I think they had a whole series of shows. I watched most of the show about the 5 yr olds, but only the beginning of the show about the 8 yr olds. I thought the show was supposed to make the audience react negatively and it worked for me. Some of the seductive moves and poses put on by the 5 yr olds grossed me out, but aside from that, if the kids are having fun, go for it. Teaches them poise, charm, performance, work ethic, and backstabbing. </p>
<p>My personal opinion is they are kind of sick, but I wouldn’t ban them or prevent parents from participating with their daughters, nor do I blame child beauty pageants for sex crimes.</p>
<p>We were at Tamarack in WVa (major stop with fast food, gas, local crafts, and a convention center attached) and saw little kids getting ready for a beauty pageant of some sort. </p>
<p>We thought it was a little crazy…the hair, makeup and clothes on some of those poor children!</p>
<p>There was a documantary on HBO a few years back about this topic. I think it is a bit shocking…all that makeup and hair teasing for babies. The expense for the costumes and traveling is pretty steep too.
It seems like a lot of mothers are forcing it on their daughters to fill a void in themselves. Let’s face it, every mother thinks their child is the most beautiful , but only a few seem to need others to confirm this.
When my older girls were toddlers, I happened to be in our local mall one day and there was some type of contest for the most beautiful child…the line stretched at least half the length of the mall, with little girls ( and boys ) dressed like they were going to be square dancing…over the top ruffles and bows.
I couldn’t imagine standing in that line with whining , itchy impatient kids all so you could brag and walk out with a snapshot and a trophy.</p>
<p>I just remembered–when my son was a baby, the mall had some sort of baby Olympics or something. One of the categories was fastest crawler…I thought he would win, and he did! </p>
<p>That’s the kind of contest I don’t mind seeing. Dang, he was fast. When he learned to walk and run I had to physically keep him out of the street until he developed some sense.</p>
<p>Mommusic…
I remember when I was 9 months pregnant with #2, and #1 was 20 months old. I kept him CLOSE, because if he had started to run off, there was NO WAY I could have caught up with him.</p>
<p>mom2three–When I was 9 mos. pregnant with #2, #1 was 22 mos. old, but she was a good girl and stayed next to her mother. She was a “sucker baby”–made you think parenting was easy!</p>
<p>I always said if #2 had been first, he would have been the only one. :D</p>
<p>I loved the show, but they keep on repeating.</p>