Tender Loving Care...? I beg to differ.

I really like the show What Not to Wear so I watch it whenever it is on television. The channel it is on is called TLC and it has some other pretty good shows like Wedded to Perfection, Say Yes to the Dress and John and Kate Plus Eight (which I personally don’t like but which some people watch religiously). However, one of the shows it televises is called Toddlers and Tiaras. I do not think I have ever seen a more morally corrupt and unethical show in my life. The show is basically an exploitation of little children by showing beauty pageants that they are involved in. And you should see some of these mothers. They brainwash their little girls into Barbies, put them on diets, dye their hair, put makeup on their flawless faces and in one case I saw, the mother actually made her daughter undergo oral surgery at age eight so she could look “perfect” for the competition. It would be unfair to say that all the mothers are these horrible momzillas—some of them are just in it for the fun and for a bonding experience with their daughters. However there are mothers with little girls in the competitions who won’t speak to their daughters if they don’t win. It’s truly sick. Some women just should not be mothers. I’m all for beauty pageants and Miss Teen whatever contests—they can be really beneficial to young women, especially with the scholarships they offer. But this is just taking it too far. What has our society come to if we’re willing to exploit our children?