Ok, this weekend my mother and I were flipping through tv channels looking for something to watch and we came across a show on TLC (I believe that was the channel) titled Toddlers and Tiara's. Since my daughter is 3 I thought this would be something cute to watch, little girls wearing fancy dresses and shoes, with cute little pig tails in their hair. Wow, was I in for a surprise, lets say fancy dresses and shoes was about all I had right.
I have to admit I did not watch the whole episode, I turned it off because I felt like it was just not right. Now, I do not have a problem with beauty contests, especially if a person is old enough to make the choice to participate or not. I also do not object to things such as cute baby contests. What I do object to is the glamorization of small children.
In the episode it was not just cute clothes and perfect hair, things went to the extreme. Parents were putting wigs, fake fingernails, makeup, teeth covers and of all things, fake eyelashes on children as young as 3 years old. These children competed in categories such as beauty, talent and even swimsuit. Yup, a swimsuit competition for 3year old. I cannot believe that parents actually put their small children through this stuff, and that someone actually thought to make a tv show about it.
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