Toddlers and Tiaras

I searched to see if this show was discussed before, but I couldn't find anything.

Does anyone else watch this show on TLC? It's such a guilty pleasure. On last night's episode, one of the mothers entered her two-week-old son in one. Talk about jumping the gun. The poor baby looked like he had no idea what was going on.

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Ick.

Double ick.

The poor baby looked like he had no idea what was going on.

I guess not at 2 weeks....LOL! Babies aren't even cute yet at 2 weeks old......

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At least the baby didn't know what was going on! What about the twin girls? The mom actually thought that one was prettier than the other and that she did better on stage. So glad the dad stepped in and took little Miss Diva out of the pageant! I also thought baby "Anna-Nicole" was hilarious- especially in that scaled-down Las Vegas Showgirl outfit!

This show is disturbing.

I've never watched the show, but I've seen various programs that are similar and it bothers me.

Just because you failed at being a performer or whatever does not give you the right to drag your children into an environment where they are constantly judged on their appearance. I understand that's the way society is nowadays, but let kids be kids.

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The whole concept of child beauty pageants is sick and this program reveals all that is wrong with them. It is properly directed and photographed because it shows us: the little children who throw tantrums and scream "I don't like doing this", the "not so pretty or talented" twin who is forced to compete against the pretty twin who the mom favors and you can see before your eyes the making of a very troubled little girl (the one who is ignored and/or treated as if she's not good enough), the newborn infant, who can't be a month old yet, being paraded around in a beauty pageant while he sleeps, the mothers who are living their lives vicariously through these pageants, the mothers who accept the slaps across the face and other punches from their little girls during a diva moment, the family who has spent up to $70,000 on pageants so far, the gowns which cost in the thousands, the disappointment on the faces of the toddlers when they don't win, and the feeling of superiority with the ones who do.

The one saving grace-one of the fathers refused to put up with his child's diva behavior, picked her up and walked her out of the building.

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If you love (to snark on) Toddlers and Tiaras you *must* read the Jezebel.com recaps of the show, they're amazing...
Toddlers & Tiaras: A "Diva Moment" Is Actually A Tantrum

I might have to watch this show....

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Marianne, you were 16, and knew what you were doing, no? I mean, did your mother enter you in it and take over?

These pageants are child abuse perpetuated by selfish mothers, that's how I see it.

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I saw an episode of Tyra (I don't normally watch this show, BTW) with some people featured on the show. Two moms gave their children spray tans against their children's wills. An audience member asked a 10-year-old if she would rather be smart or pretty, and she said she didn't want to be nerdy, so she would rather be pretty. Tyra stepped in (the only time that ever amounts to anything good) and told her to respond by saying "Both are important to me" or something like that.

The entire idea of this show makes me feel the need to take a bath, it's just that gross.

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I saw this Friday night for the first time and the one mom was going on and on about how one of her twins was prettier than the other (and the pretty one looked like her according to her). It was disgusting.

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