Most of us would answer no. But there are moms who dress up their little girls and put them in pageants. And of course the famous (or infamous) show Toddlers and Tiaras gives us a view of what these little girls go through preparing for these pageants.
I've seen this TV show too many times to get that what these moms do to their kids is insane.
In the most recent episode I saw, there was a woman with a three year old who was completely disrespectful to her mom and hitting and screaming at her. But the mom didn't do anything about it and just let it happen. And during pageant practice whenever the girl did well at something the mom would award her with sugar cubes. Is your kid a horse? Cause it sure looks like it. But I mean if I were this mom I wouldn't take the behavior that kid would give me. I see a lot of moms on this show who don't really have control of their children's behavior and that's not exactly good parenting if you can't set up boundaries for your kids and suck it up and say no to them when they misbehave.
There was also another woman who was just yelling at her kid and scolding her over stupid stuff and forcing her into pageants. When she went on the stage, the lady announcing said, "So and so says thanks to her mom for fulfilling her dream in being in a pageant." All I thought was bullcrap. Earlier in the episode this girl said that she wanted to be in the US Olympics gymnastics team. No where in that did she say anything about being in pageants as a dream. And this girl's really talented and she's seven years old, but her mom complained that she had too much muscle in her arms so she made her quit.
So is it me or did most of these moms have crappy childhoods and making it up for it with their girls? They practically make their kids do this kind of stuff unless the child wants to do it and they just throw away hundreds of dollars for dresses, hair pieces and all that crap. And then they make their kids practice their catwalks and talent routines to win ten thousand dollars. I mean, women can be more than stay at home moms so get off your butt and get a job so you'll be able to pay your bills and not magically get money from wherever.
It's really crazy what will be done to the girls to make them "pretty". Not only do parents waste money on dresses but they get their kid's eyebrows plucked and waxed, give them spray tans, and give them flippers for their teeth. For anyone who just got confused by the word flippers, they are dentures for kids and are used in pageants when a girl's lost baby teeth or has crooked teeth. And it's pretty obvious when someone has them on and it just doesn't look attractive.
This stuff does more damage to the kids other than their behavior. A lot of these moms put down their kids whenever they mess up on their routines; even on the slightest mistakes that seem to get noticed. That really affects the self-esteem of their girls. And girls who pursue like modeling careers or something will feel like they aren't pretty and may get bulimia or anorexia so they'll be "pretty".
And some of the outfits these girls are dressed up in a bit provocative for their ages. I mean, I know audiences at beauty pageants are small but doesn't anyone think that there may be the slightest chance a pedophile might be in the audience? Who remembers the 7 year old girls going hard on Single Ladies video? Those girls can dance very well for their age but a lot of their moves were very inappropriate for their age and they just wore such revealing outfits too.
I was in dance for years since I was little and we always wore costumes that weren't too revealing and did dances that weren't provocative. Even those rules applied to the older kids. Cause you never know when in one of our competitions or end of the year performances there may be a pedophile in the audience. I get kinda irritated when I think of this when I see all these girls dressed up like Barbie dolls.
So anyone thinking of putting their kids in pageants for extra money, forget it. Just give them as normal as a childhood as you can.
XOXO,
Liz
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