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Children in beauty pageants


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2426040/British-mother-claims-putting-children-beauty-pageants-helped-protect-innocence.html



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Anonymous said…
Its really a complicated thing with beauty pageants. I think someone should always be aware of the childrens behavior or mood when it comes to this. The second you see that they are not having fun anymore. The second you realize that its the parents wanting this and not the children, YOU SHOULD STOP IT.
19 April 2017 at 08:44
Smed said…
Hmmm... i think it's hard to tell, some off me feels like it's okay because if the kid loves to do it, then should it not be a bad thing, but if it's something people force their child in to, then it's not okay, so yea if the kid loves it cool, if not then NO!
20 April 2017 at 12:46
Knickers said…
If the kid loves to be in beauty contests, I can't see anything wrong with it. But the kids Willow and Lucas in the article are both 9 years old. I think that's wrong, they are way too young. If you're 9 years old you should wait a few more years. When you're 14-15 years old, I think it's acceptable to be in a beauty contest.
20 April 2017 at 12:54
Sanne said…
I think it's destroying their childhood. Let the kids be kids, and let them have a childhood, let them play with friends instead of going to other cities and being an adult. The parents need's to back off, and stop forcing the kids. If the kids have a special wish to be in a beauty contest, you should let them. But otherwise don't.
20 April 2017 at 13:03
Anonymous said…
I think its wrong if you force your child to do something they don't want. I feel like its ok if they say they want it first, rather than the parent telling them to be a part of it, and then find out they like it.
20 April 2017 at 13:08
Anonymous said…
I think its important that u let children be children and not use them to show off. i dont necessarily think it should be banned, but i think there should be limits for how the kids can dress.
20 April 2017 at 13:10
gåsen said…
I think Children in beauty pageants is a bad thing because in many situations its the parents and not the children that really wants to participate.
20 April 2017 at 13:16
Michele said…
I mainly don't think it's okay. Girls shouldn't be getting spray tans and basically a mask of makeup on, when they're only a couple of years old. I think it's mostly the mothers that think beauty pageants are fun, the kids only think it's fun when they win. And when they loose they don't congratulate the winner, they learn a lot of negative things through beauty pageants, and I feel like all the contestants have really bad manners. I don't think it's healthy for kids to go through the pressure and expectations by their moms and so on.
20 April 2017 at 13:19
Tobias said…
I think, that it's okay to let your children participate in pageant contests. But if you as a parent are involved in any way in your child/children's decision about participating or not. You should not force your kids to participate if they really don't want to.
20 April 2017 at 13:19
Jacob den store said…
Hey guys, Jacob here, I think that children in beauty pageants is okay if the child not is forced to do it. But I also think that if the child is too young, then it's not okay.
20 April 2017 at 13:20
Anonymous said…
I don't think kids should be doing that at all! I think it wrong because kids should not be forced by their parents to do something they don't wanna do, they should play with toys and be with their friends.
20 April 2017 at 13:21
Anonymous said…
I think that it isn't good for kids participating in beauty contests. As they say, it can be very unhealthy they can get an eating disorder or something very bad can happen. I will think it is not letting the kids be kids, they have to think about a lot things that is not healthy for kids.
20 April 2017 at 13:24
Unknown said…
i don't support children attending beauty contest. You could say that the kids have a choice to partesipate in the contests or not, but many of them had already started to compete as babys and many are force specially by the mother there lies her broken dreams on the kid/kids shoulders. Also there will mostly be a chance in the kids personality and behaver by attending beauty contest. The size of the chance is depending on different factors, but the biggest one is the parentes' parenting and own behaver. If the parents are very competitive and are only interested in victory, it effects the kid vision of respect to others and the meaning of beauty. For that reason the children can have difficulty being compassion, and they mostly develop a bad behaver.
20 April 2017 at 17:23
Anonymous said…
They are crazy, all of them.
20 April 2017 at 18:31
Alexander said…
i am kind of spilt, one half of me says thats its okay, but the other says that this is a very bad thing. I mean like they should do want they want to do, thats not for me to jodge. But on the other hand this could be very bad for them. Not only in the future, but they could get bullied because of the things they do.
20 April 2017 at 18:55
Unknown said…
I think that if the kid wants to partetipate. I think they should be able to, but in many cases they are put in the environment from they were babies so they really don't choose. But if they choose it them self I think it's okay. I also think that the mothers should think more about the children rather than they should win.
21 April 2017 at 08:10
victor b said…
I think it's okay because kids are dumb and should not have a chooise.
21 April 2017 at 08:10
Anonymous said…
I don't really know. It's up to them, but I personally don't think it's a good idea. I just don't think that parents should push their kids into doing it, if their kid is uncomfortable with it.
21 April 2017 at 08:11
Cecilie said…
I think that beauty contests can be both a good thing and a bad thing :) If the child wants to attend in a beauty contest it's fine, but if the parents force the child it's not okay. But I guess thats how it is with everything.
21 April 2017 at 08:17
Anonymous said…
A lot of parents live theri life through the kids and force their kids to attend contests. The kids should do it if they want to and not because they are forced to. There could be a really big pressure on the kids if the kids don't want to do it. If the kid wants to, then I think it is fine.
21 April 2017 at 08:20
jeppe said…
I think that it is okay if the child wants to compete. But if they don't want to i don't think they should be pushed into doing something they don't want, because it s their body and they should have the rights over their body
21 April 2017 at 08:20
Lukas said…
Why the fuck is'nt it okay. Kids are not suitable to take a choice just like women. Kids shouldn't play but work. Again it's like women stay in the kitchen until men give you the right to go clean the house!!!!!!!!!!!!
21 April 2017 at 08:21
Guzzi said…
Still wondering why this is a question? Should the children be able to choose? The answer is no, they can choose what the want to do, when they are 18..
21 April 2017 at 08:24
Anonymous said…
Kids is not suitable of taking this choice, many of them do it because the mom and dad want them to do. Beauty pageants is not a place for small kids.
21 April 2017 at 08:34
The legend said…
I think that if the child really wants to do this, they should be allowed to do it. But it has to be the children that wants it and not the adults. The adults has to be aware of their child's behavior and make sure that they are okay.
21 April 2017 at 08:41
Kathrine said…
I think that if the child wants to do it should they do it. but if they don't want to, they shouldn't do it.
21 April 2017 at 08:48
Line said…
I Think it's the child who decides if they wants to participate and not their moms or dads. A lot of the beauty queens are doing it because of their mom told them to do. Some moms are living their dreams through their child/ children, and I think it is wrong.
21 April 2017 at 08:51
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