Toddlers and Tiara's

Is this for real?  I hope I don't offend anyone, but seriously, who makes there 3-5 year old daughter up to look like a high priced call girl?  Sorry I stand corrected, or at least I am told, they look like little princesses, with more makeup and more hair then a real princess and some had fake boobs.  I walk in the room and my wife and daughter are watching this show Toddlers and Tiara's.  Oh my god. 

 Now I don't want to judge, but this is my blog and I owe it to anyone reading to share my honesty, so what the heck are these parents thinking.  I kind of get it when the

mom grew up competing in pageants and never did reach the pinnacle of her career, Miss Bradford (out of only five contestants).  Live vicariously through your kids, right?  After all I live vicariously through my kids every time I ask them to sleep in or eat their vegetables.  You know, things I can't do or that I was not very good at.  Now when I watch a plus size woman showing her 3 year old how to be sassy and dance around the stage it scares me, no really I was scared.  I am sure I have seen the same scene during an airing of Scream 3.  Then there is the pretty mommy that believes she is still pageant worthy, when in fact the pageant left town many moons ago and she is just a cast member from the show Cougar Town or in some cases Beverly Hills 90210.  The thing that caught me off guard was the amount of Dads involved.  In fact some even make the costumes.  I wouldn't do well as my daughter’s outfit would be a pair of sweats, a top, with a sweater or sweatshirt on top and every thing being pink or complimentary colours such as Salmon.  The fact that I know these two colours are the same and not complimentary scares me.

 At what age do these girls wake up and discover they have issues with their self-esteem or do they ever?  My daughter is beautiful little girl and with three older brothers she will be more likely to kick some guys butt then worry about how she looks and yet these girls could grow up as cast members in the revised version of Clueless?  Again, not for me to say.  I am sure some will make a good living, after all there are many careers for beautiful young girls, but my wife doesn't let me visit them anymore.  I can only hope that any winnings these girls achieve go towards an education and not mom's weekly liposuction or botox.

 Anyway, I rant over something I don't need to worry about, as we are not Toddler and Tiara parents, more like Toddler and Tinfoil parents, but that's a story for another day.  At the end of the day it is about happy kids and strong family bonds and if a tiara and makeup accomplishes that then go for it.  We may be closer than I think.