American Children's Pagents

[Exiled AusJag]

This weekend the americans are putting on one of their disgusting child pagentsin Melbourne.

I make no apoligy for my strong feelings on this, because (I'mm not a psychologist) I firmly believe that it promotes that superficiality is the most important thing in a girl's life. A child should be a child, and when a girl reaches teenage years, then they will start trying makeup etc properly AT THEIR OWN PACE.

I have a daughter and a granddaughter and my daughter grew up getting mucky, playing netball, climbing trees, (as I believe my granddaughter will as well) became a normal teenage girl, and was absolutely stunning when she was a bride. She didn't need any pagent that could have shattered her self esteem if she was told she wasn't beautiful enough to win. (my son in law's comment when he saw her as I walked her down the aisle was "OH WOW, or was that for me in my kilt?)

If you click on the readers comments on the link, most of the contributers have the same opinion as myself. Children have a hard enough time growing up, and I think this obscenity should stay in america.

Have they started in the UK yet, and what does everyone else think of them.

Children should not be sexualised as these pagents do. Let them be kids and grow up using their imagination and going out to play and getting covered in mud. They are not dolls for their parents warped gratification!!!

[Jaggernaut]

This weekend the americans are putting on one of their disgusting child pagentsin Melbourne.

I make no apoligy for my strong feelings on this, because (I'mm not a psychologist) I firmly believe that it promotes that superficiality is the most important thing in a girl's life. A child should be a child, and when a girl reaches teenage years, then they will start trying makeup etc properly AT THEIR OWN PACE.

I have a daughter and a granddaughter and my daughter grew up getting mucky, playing netball, climbing trees, (as I believe my granddaughter will as well) became a normal teenage girl, and was absolutely stunning when she was a bride. She didn't need any pagent that could have shattered her self esteem if she was told she wasn't beautiful enough to win. (my son in law's comment when he saw her as I walked her down the aisle was "OH WOW, or was that for me in my kilt?)

If you click on the readers comments on the link, most of the contributers have the same opinion as myself. Children have a hard enough time growing up, and I think this obscenity should stay in america.

Have they started in the UK yet, and what does everyone else think of them.

Children should not be sexualised as these pagents do. Let them be kids and grow up using their imagination and going out to play and getting covered in mud. They are not dolls for their parents warped gratification!!!

The picture that accompanies the report does a good job of showing just how revolting a phenomenon this is. Quite awful.

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"the americans." i like that. all part of a secret CIA plan to spread american evils to unwilling and forced consumers. funny fact, every single american enters everyone of their children in pageants. further fact, every family in melbourne who are putting their kid in aren't doing so because they want to, but because every american is forcing them to.

[Jaggernaut]

"the americans." i like that. all part of a secret CIA plan to spread american evils to unwilling and forced consumers. funny fact, every single american enters everyone of their children in pageants. further fact, every family in melbourne who are putting their kid in aren't doing so because they want to, but because every american is forcing them to.

Good point about the over-generalization.

 

Still a grotesque phenomenon, though.