10 years later....

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Stage moms are possibly my biggest dislike. I've seen moms, berate, shame, and even hit their kids for messing up a routine. What are they thinking? When does a kid get to be a kid?

And yes, I do judge child beauty pageants pretty harshly. I think it is nothing short of robbing your daughter of her childhood and putting her on display like a demented knick knack. .

Well said, Traci!

What pagents and dance performances have become at this point is time is something I would NEVER get my own child involved in - and I was heavily involved in them in my childhood. It was pretty bad then but what it has become is disgusting. I actually stopped inviting a certain child dance troup to perform at an annyal Youth Arts event I put on for 10 years because what they performed was not appropriate for a children's event.

Any parent who tarts up their child for a pagent or a pole dance performance needs to be investigated by CPS.