Thanks Susan for your share. I completely agree with Alison-- I've yet to see the positive benefits in having your child in a beauty pageant. Sure, there is a positive for the mom if she has a child that wins a lot of trophies for her but even that child is destined to lose at one point her life. What happens to all the trophies she won before that, though? Do they mean nothing to that child because there's someone out there who is better than them? I'll be damned if I tell my beautiful daughter that people will be judging her based on how cute she is. We wonder why women have self esteem issues and yet we submit our children to these pageants. Beauty pageants, in my eyes, are only acceptable once the child is old enough to understand & recognize what she's getting herself into and can decide for herself whether she wants to go through with it or not. Until then, I don't need to place my daughter under such scrutiny for a reward that is really just temporary.
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Thanks Susan for your share. I completely agree with Alison-- I've yet to see the positive benefits in having your child in a beauty pageant. Sure, there is a positive for the mom if she has a child that wins a lot of trophies for her but even that child is destined to lose at one point her life. What happens to all the trophies she won before that, though? Do they mean nothing to that child because there's someone out there who is better than them? I'll be damned if I tell my beautiful daughter that people will be judging her based on how cute she is. We wonder why women have self esteem issues and yet we submit our children to these pageants. Beauty pageants, in my eyes, are only acceptable once the child is old enough to understand & recognize what she's getting herself into and can decide for herself whether she wants to go through with it or not. Until then, I don't need to place my daughter under such scrutiny for a reward that is really just temporary.
Rosa
August 2, 2011 - 5:08amThis Comment
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