Please note: I didn't put this in WHAT'S ON TV simply because I just want to see what people think. I'm not really talking about the show but what it is about.
First of, last week, I was scanning to find something to watch. I ended up stopping on TLC and I think they were having a marathon of this program. When I looked at the guide and saw there was a little boy entering the competition, I HAD to see it from my own eyes. OMG.
This show is sick. Not sick as in good but sick to my stomach. Forcing small kids in these pageants (ages few months old to 15) cannot be good. What I saw just wasn't right.
The episode with the little boy made me mad. His mother was making wear green nail polish, saying she wasn't worried on how he would turn out later (which he then says he wants to be a girl), he has a facial, manicure hairstyling, everything. Here is a 5 year old boy that should do what a 5 year old boy do: play with trucks or something. He had a younger brother (3 maybe) that hated these pageants. She even said that boy would be the bodyguard for the pageant boy. Sick I tell you.
When they spoke to little girls, they were not any better. They are very young and saying stuff like I'll own the stage because I have to win money. Some even want to win to prevent mommy from crying . What the heck is going on? Are these parents blind as to how they are shaping their kids to be? I work in a school and I can see how these pageants will make the kids act (as well as those around them teasing them) once they enter middle school or high school.
I watched 2 shows and cursed through both of them. I know, if I don't like it, don't watch it. I get it. I watched because I wanted to see what greed and (mis)fortune can do to people. Of the 2 shows, only one parent and kid seem to be made for it. The mother knew they weren't in it to make money because A LOT of money is what they spend.
The purpose of this thread is this:
I want someone to prove me that these pageants are acceptable and won't affect kids later on. I don't want it to turn into a flaming war or I'll just close it down.
Let's see if I'm the only one thinking this way.
First of, last week, I was scanning to find something to watch. I ended up stopping on TLC and I think they were having a marathon of this program. When I looked at the guide and saw there was a little boy entering the competition, I HAD to see it from my own eyes. OMG.
This show is sick. Not sick as in good but sick to my stomach. Forcing small kids in these pageants (ages few months old to 15) cannot be good. What I saw just wasn't right.
The episode with the little boy made me mad. His mother was making wear green nail polish, saying she wasn't worried on how he would turn out later (which he then says he wants to be a girl), he has a facial, manicure hairstyling, everything. Here is a 5 year old boy that should do what a 5 year old boy do: play with trucks or something. He had a younger brother (3 maybe) that hated these pageants. She even said that boy would be the bodyguard for the pageant boy. Sick I tell you.
When they spoke to little girls, they were not any better. They are very young and saying stuff like I'll own the stage because I have to win money. Some even want to win to prevent mommy from crying . What the heck is going on? Are these parents blind as to how they are shaping their kids to be? I work in a school and I can see how these pageants will make the kids act (as well as those around them teasing them) once they enter middle school or high school.
I watched 2 shows and cursed through both of them. I know, if I don't like it, don't watch it. I get it. I watched because I wanted to see what greed and (mis)fortune can do to people. Of the 2 shows, only one parent and kid seem to be made for it. The mother knew they weren't in it to make money because A LOT of money is what they spend.
The purpose of this thread is this:
I want someone to prove me that these pageants are acceptable and won't affect kids later on. I don't want it to turn into a flaming war or I'll just close it down.
Let's see if I'm the only one thinking this way.