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The Crown In today’s media, women and often their children have become more desperate and outgoing to put themselves on TV. TLC’s prime time tonight program, “Toddlers &Tiaras,” portrays what mothers are willing to do to their daughters for a little bit of fame. These girls are being brain-washed into thinking that a life of endless partying and irresponsibility is the ideal lifestyle. It’s this way or no way at all. Women are teaching them that it is important to be beautiful, but they don’t teach women them that beauty without heart comes with a significant consequence. These girls grow up believing that they’re so beautiful and they are always looking for something that gains them undivided attention. To these poor glamorous drones, beauty is only meaningful at face value. Episode after episode, mothers push their daughters so far that they almost reach a breaking point. The reason for this is simple, moms are trying to live the dream that they never had and as a result, subject their daughters to torture. Mothers vicariously live through their daughters at a hefty cost. After watching the first episode of “Toddlers & Tiaras”, it was clear to me that some mothers train their daughters for these beauty pageants because they never had the opportunity during their childhood. They teach their daughters that beauty is measured by prizes and attention. Having this embedded in their minds, girls from the ages of 6-13 think that they need to create their beauty with make up, facial products, sculpting eyebrows and the whole nine yards which is ridiculous. It blows my mind that these girls at such a young age want to hide their true beauty with make up and so forth and don’t have a chance to be carefree little girls who have fun. If the reason for entering these pageants is not because of mothers never getting to live their dream, then it’s tied to family tradition. In the second episode of “Toddlers &Tiaras,” a family in Texas had the constant tradition of winning a certain beauty pageant for the passed 3-5 years. Showing their daughters their winnings, crowns, dresses, and shoes that were used in the pageant, the family put pressure on their daughters. Families teach the youngsters that they can’t break the tradition of winning and competing in the regional events. I was amazed at what entire families do to their daughters to brain wash them. They don’t show the girls that winning isn’t easy and beauty comes from within. The pressure associated with tradition and family history for these young girls is immense. Some of these youngsters don’t even want to compete, but are pressured into competing. I’m amazed and blown away at the force parents and families use. These are only two reasons why mothers subject their daughters to the discipline of pageants and I am truly troubled by what they go through. The moms enjoy dressing up their daughters and showing them off like little dolls, it’s a never ending dream for some of them that their daughters will be famous and glamorous. Even if it’s not for the money, today’s society will never understand the true reasons why mothers put their daughters through this harsh and sometimes painful process.