I think it teaches a lesson that everyone needs to learn eventually.
That you're going to have to jump through the ridiculous hoops of trying to earn someone's approval and to accept that they ain't shit unless they are willing to do those things if they want to get anywhere in life.
But they teach these girls this in a very harsh manner that accustoms them to what is essentially constant anxiety and emotional turbulence and there is no way in hell that these kids can be developing properly with that kind of weight on their shoulders.
That being said, it is great for children that have a real interest in this kind of thing that isn't conditioned into them by their Mothers, but I still believe that these pageants HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO be given regulations for the child's health and safety. I think the pageant, for children, until they are old enough to truly make their own cosmetic and competitive decisions, should be treated as a workplace for children and should be given the same health and safety rules that any workplace would be given.
First off, botox being an illegal form of getting the edge, as well as a limit of an 8 hour "workday" and limits as to the amount of tanning the children can do etc. trying to limit decisions that should only be made by adults for themselves. Let the over-competitive pageant Mommies enforce the rules for us. Eventually they will all have to at least pretend to play fair, because bad sportsmanship would be against the rules too, and other various methods that could constitute as child abuse.
I think a rule enforced should be "Don't dress up toddlers as prostitutes".
Cause you know, one mother dressed her daughter up as the Julia Roberts character from "Pretty Woman" in one episode of "T&T". I personally think that should have gotten her disqualified right then and there.
Disagree....there's PLENTY of time to learn this when the mind is bright enough to comprehend it. Ad not only THAT, but to decide how much it matters to them personally.
If you're taught at such a impressionable age that everything's a competition and you have to be hot, then what the hell kind of people will we have living in this world? True, everyone (well, not everyone, by far) does it to some extent but not to THIS extent.
What do you think of child beauty pageants?
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I think it teaches a lesson that everyone needs to learn eventually.
That you're going to have to jump through the ridiculous hoops of trying to earn someone's approval and to accept that they ain't shit unless they are willing to do those things if they want to get anywhere in life.
But they teach these girls this in a very harsh manner that accustoms them to what is essentially constant anxiety and emotional turbulence and there is no way in hell that these kids can be developing properly with that kind of weight on their shoulders.
That being said, it is great for children that have a real interest in this kind of thing that isn't conditioned into them by their Mothers, but I still believe that these pageants HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO be given regulations for the child's health and safety. I think the pageant, for children, until they are old enough to truly make their own cosmetic and competitive decisions, should be treated as a workplace for children and should be given the same health and safety rules that any workplace would be given.
First off, botox being an illegal form of getting the edge, as well as a limit of an 8 hour "workday" and limits as to the amount of tanning the children can do etc. trying to limit decisions that should only be made by adults for themselves. Let the over-competitive pageant Mommies enforce the rules for us. Eventually they will all have to at least pretend to play fair, because bad sportsmanship would be against the rules too, and other various methods that could constitute as child abuse.
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I think a rule enforced should be "Don't dress up toddlers as prostitutes".
Cause you know, one mother dressed her daughter up as the Julia Roberts character from "Pretty Woman" in one episode of "T&T". I personally think that should have gotten her disqualified right then and there.
Disagree....there's PLENTY of time to learn this when the mind is bright enough to comprehend it. Ad not only THAT, but to decide how much it matters to them personally.
If you're taught at such a impressionable age that everything's a competition and you have to be hot, then what the hell kind of people will we have living in this world? True, everyone (well, not everyone, by far) does it to some extent but not to THIS extent.