In Anti Children's Beauty Pageants they state, "I know everyone thinks their child is the most beautiful in the entire world. It’s natural and healthy to feel that way. It’s part of loving someone with the same unselfish love that you were given as a child. There’s something just so inviting and beautiful about babies, both human and animal, and it seems likely that the Creator made them so attractive so we’ve feel driven to take care of the young. However, is allowing your child to participate in pageants protecting and caring for your child in the best way possible? Is perverting the natural beauty found in every child to some impossible painted standard best adhered to by drag queens beneficial to your child’s well being?"
Parents obsess over these pageants and shouldn't put as much pressure as they do on their children. Schooling and socializing as a child is important in the child's process of adolescence. This child's mindset and priorities can be influenced to be in the wrong direction in the future. Being happy and comfortable with one's self is most important.
Reflection Questions:
Do parents actually push their children so hard that they neglect their academic studies?
Don't parents think of the negatives before putting their children in these rigorous pageants?
Citation:
Titkemeyer, L. (2008). Adeeperbeauty.com. Retrieved from http://www.adeeperbeauty.com/pagent_negatives.htm
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ReplyDeleteI do feel that forcing children to participate in beauty parents at a young age is a form of neglect by the parents. The parents are using their children's natural beauty, as described in the blog posting, to benefit themselves. I think that if the children choose to be participants in [agents and enjoy participating, the impact it has on the children is not negative, but I also feel that if participating in beauty pageants, children's academic studies are being neglected, parents are not properly caring for their children. The children are too young to understand the importance of getting an education and they are being deprived of vital lessons from general knowledge to social skills that they will need later in life.
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