Toddlers and Tiaras? Really?!!!
I am a mom of 3 boys, so I can’t begin to imagine what these moms (and grandmas) are thinking. While browsing YouTube, I stumbled on these 2 clips for Toddlers and Tiaras. The title entrigued me, so I clicked on it and watched. It made me sick to my stomach. These little girls should be playing with dolls and doing arts and crafts, not walking down runways with their hair 5 inches above their head and makeup and heels on! What are your thoughts?
I couldn’t believe how much money this lady said she spent! That money could have gone towards her granddaughter’s college education! Craziness!
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CRAZY!!! WOW $20,000 on an outfit. GEESH!! Maybe if I had that kind of money I would do it too–LOL!! actually I would never go that far. I have two pretty girls in my opinion, and contests and pageants would be FUN, but not to that extent. I am still recovering from my daughter ballet recital and $45 costume
I have 2 boys and a little girl…there’s no way I would put her in a pageant. I think these moms have issues with self-esteem and need to find validation by having their daughters win these silly competitions. I find these events so creepy…especially all the makeup and the false teeth (Yikes!).
It makes me sick these moms doing this to such little girls. Fake teeth, extensions, make up and all. It’s silly to me and I don’t understand it. Dr. Phil had a show a while back about it and these girls looked miserable all so mom could be happy. I’m 110% against this type of behavior. It’s crazy. Never ever!!
From what I’ve seen, these little girls don’t get a childhood, and it’s because they’re moms are insane. Not all, I suppose. A lot of these moms don’t push, don’t cajole, and don’t spend their kids’ entire inheritance on clothes for this stuff. The problem is, the ones who don’t do that end up with kids who lose. So they either quit, which is the intelligent thing to do, or they make their families miserable and put them in debt so they won’t lose. What a miserable way to grow up.
I can’t stand shows like this, they expoit children. I saw a commercial for it and I thought, “Great! Every pervert in the world has their TivO set for this.”
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Have you ever seen “The Soup” with Joel McHale on E! It’s pretty funny the things they point out from this show, never making fun of the children, it’s always the parents or the judges. One clip they showed was a judge being interviewed saying that the girl didn’t have the body for her swimsuit! Seriously?! I don’t understand forcing your child into this image based environment, one that sets them up to be criticized negatively.
Now, that being said, I am constantly doing science projects and sports activities with my 4yo daughter, but she recently forced my/Grandma’s hand in getting her a floor length ball gown and light up high heels.
I actually watched this episode the other night at like 2am because nothing else was on and I seriously wanted to wring those mother’s necks!! I mean, I can understand if a kid REALLY likes competing in these things and it’s something she wants to do, but these mums take it so far by pushing their kids to do things like shave their legs, get spray tans, lose weight, etc at such a young age!
I guess you will never really know if it’s something the kid really want and likes to do-If it is and they can tolerate the crap they have to go through, then I guess it’s okay?
Although I can honestly say I would NEVER push my kids to do that or spend thousands upon thousands of dollars for a stinkin crown.
This is just disgusting… I have seen about 10 minutes of one episode and I had to stop before I threw up. I completely agree with you that these girls should be running around their backyards and riding their bikes with their friends, not “deer-slaying” and prancing on stage in $20,000 dresses in WAY too much make-up and high-heels.
DCF should go in and take the kids away from their parents and the pagent coordinators should be smacked!!
This is repulsive & these mothers should be ashamed of themselves. You only have one chance in life to be a child, then it’s adulthood for forever more. Let these children be children! Just listening to the one little girl describing what she would like to do to deer was astonishing. Such violent thoughts at such a tender age.I can’t help but think of Michael Jackson. He never had a chance to be a child & he therefore grew into an adult with some serious mental issues. He literally wanted to be Peter Pan so he would never grow old & he could make up for all the lost time. These parents have no idea what’s in store for them. She should save the 20 grand for the dress because she’ll need it for her daughter’s psychological counseling.
Isn’t it disgusting? I don’t understand allowing (and even wanting!) your child to act and look like an adult. I have 16 month old twin girls and I know that someday they are going to be 30 and I’m STILL going to be pulling them on my lap to give them Eskimo kisses. I wonder how much of it is scripted, at the same time, they are living the experience regardless, brainwashed and oblivious. So sad.
I would love to know who is really watching this show. Like you, I tried it while channeling surfing one day. It is just too crazy. All these loco moms and their living dolls. Some moms needs to just grow up.
I am not a pageant mom (I’m just a regular mom), but I watch the show. I find it entertaining, in the same way The Real World is entertaining.
While I do think it is a mistake to put your child on a reality TV show like this (of course they will portray you and your child in a negative light: who wants to see a show about clean-cut, well-adjusted kids going to a girl scout meeting or accompanying their college-educated SAHM to the grocery store? Nobody, that’s who. Because that would be boring. And the ratings would be low) I do not find it as disturbing as the above posters obviously do.
I think what is more disturbing is the fact that so many people get so angry when it comes to other people’s choices in parenting, and the inherent need they feel to judge others and preach their morals on blogs.
It’s just a show. There are worse things in the world you can do to your child then put them in a beauty pageant. Trust me.
I agree with everyone, I think these moms are sad. They are clearly living through their daughters and that is really the ONLY reason a 12 month old girl would be on stage! Did she ask to be decked out and paraded around in front of 200 people? I am SURE the answer is no! I have 5 boys and 1 girl, and I would never parade her on television, on stage OR possibly in front of a pedophile! I cannot understand the reasoning that these women come up with which makes them think they should spend their (hard-working) husbands monies on these dresses, wigs and such. One woman asked her daughter to ask daddy for the fortune, while another mom stated simply she could care less what anyone says or thinks. Really? She wouldn’t have said it if it were true. ;>) I really do feel that the things that they do to the daughters while they are screaming NO are considered child abuse and have NO idea why our country perpetuates this as such a glamorous activity! It is NOT glamorous…when they are 20 and 25, let them decide what they want to show off, not 2. I also believe that these girls are going to be quite a handful at 13 and on…my Lord, think about it…if they are able to scream at their parents NOW??? Ewwww, I would have been on my kid, laying out punishment quicker than the rain falls! There is NO excuse for what these parents do and it NEEDS to be taken off the air, just like Wife Swap. Just another way our country slips deeper and deeper in the fall of society!!!