Little girls in pageant shows
The image that I choose was about a little girl that siting in a chair with a big dress about the age of four and her mom is doing her make up. This little girl is getting prepared to come out in a pageant show, but she doesn’t seem to be enjoying it at all. For a pageant show its allot of work and dedication form both the parents and kids. At times mothers do take it to far and forget its not them that going through the hours of makeup, tanning, practicing etc. There are benefits in being in a pageant show but if there is not right balance with both the parents and the children’s dedication and priorities then it’s all is wrong. Like in everything there is positives and negatives for little girls being in a pageant show.
A part of childhood for everyone is being able to look back at all the great times you had with your friends playing in school, with play doh, blocks, dolls, and so on. In most cases mothers don’t even have their daughters in schools. Some are home schooled so that means little interactions with other children. In the picture you see how some mothers can take it to the extreme of making their daughters put make up, fake teeth (flappers), fake eyelashes, tanning etc. Some little girls don’t enjoy sitting for hours while their hair is being pulled one side to another with a can of hairspray just so they can look like dolls. In reality they are little girls that are just placed under so much pressure to win or get their performance right because the pressure they feel. They push the appearance so much that these little girls grow up thinking in life you’re viewed only by appearance. Some clothing is way to provocative and unacceptable. Sometimes kids need to be kids.
With negatives come some positives in being a part of these pageant shows. Being In a pageant show can boost little girl’s self-confidence if they are feeling low on their self-esteem and they win, it can make a big difference. They come out of their shells and interact with strangers. So if they’re ever in a situation where there out it would be easier for them to meet other kids. Pageant shows pushes them and teaches them about imagination, and creativity at a young age. With all the different categories they have to change from costumes, to swimsuits, to casual, to sports it allows them to use their creativity in dressing up. Pageant shows can bring out the talents that they may have. There are fun activities that are in the pageant show so allows them to have some fun. The reason they place their daughters in these pageant shows it’s to win money. Some mothers put that towards their college education for the future. It teaches the little girls about hard work that comes with anything you do in life.
My opinion of this picture is that if the little girl is not enjoying being a part of the process of the pageant show then she shouldn’t have her do it. There are great things that come out of being a part of a pageant show as long as the parents don’t get out of hand and push their children to an extreme that their children don’t want to do. Parents need to make sure that everything in their life is well balanced and not just because they are in a pageant show they have to dedicate it all to it. Kids need to be able to enjoy their childhood and know the importance of inner knowledge not just the outside appearance.
Over all a pageant show puts both parents and girls in a situation that hard because they are viewed in every little aspect. Mothers need to make sure they are not making their daughters grow up to quick or see other girls lower then them only because they didn’t win. Mothers need to make sure they remember how old there daughter is and that’s it’s the daughter who has to go through the hours of pain when they do their hair and extensive hours of make up and practicing. The determination should really come out of the daughters because at the end of the day it is them that are in the pageant show not the mothers. Mothers need to know when to draw the line and sit back. Need to learn when it is ok to push their daughters for them to perform better. Make sure that they encourage them more then anything even if they loose so it teaches them its not only about winning but the experience. If your daughter is crying when you do her make up or fuse about any thing then think that’s a red flag to not take it to far and serious. With the right balance comes the right outcome.
( Here is a link to show you the negative in being in a pageant shows and positives as well)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/toddlers-tiaras-mom-defends-dressing-tot-prostitute-pageant/story?id=14497042
http://tlc.discovery.com/videos/toddlers-and-tiaras/
