Blinging Up Baby

lulu_92

I don't even know why I watched this.

A small child dancing like a stripper in a Hooters outfit angered me so much. As well as how horrible her mum was being because she didn't win. The girl came 3rd which, even though I disagree with the whole charade, is impressive!

raven83

It is sad and what the girls will think when they are older when they think Mummy didn't think i was pretty enough and had to tart me up" Kids are beautiful just by being them, they don't need all that on their face or them hideous clothes to make them beautiful. It is mums like that that are inflicting their own "needs" on their children. If she loves dolls so much, then buy a god damn barbie!

maman

Janepig wrote: »

It's got nothing to do with being tall for your age, most shops, budget or otherwise, have got plenty of appropriate clothing for little ones, I seem to have managed to get my DD to the age of 11 without dressing her like a hooker, with clothes from the likes of Primark, Asda, H&M, River Island, Next, M&S, etc..... And certainly not a One Direction t-shirt in sight (she hates them !).
Jx

I agree that it's possible but it's become hugely more difficult over the years.


It's still possible if you shop at the likes of Next, Monsoon, Boden and Debenhams designer but you need to be determined and very selective to not dress young girls like tarts in some of the shops you've listed especially once they get about 10+.


I have noticed lots more pretty frocks appearing for younger girls especially for summer and special occasions but you'll still see high heeled boots and sequinned boob tubes come Christmas!

Indie_Kid

maman wrote: »

I agree that it's possible but it's become hugely more difficult over the years.


It's still possible if you shop at the likes of Next, Monsoon, Boden and Debenhams designer but you need to be determined and very selective to not dress young girls like tarts in some of the shops you've listed especially once they get about 10+.


I have noticed lots more pretty frocks appearing for younger girls especially for summer and special occasions but you'll still see high heeled boots and sequinned boob tubes come Christmas!

So glad we never had this problem when I was a child.

raven83

Don't get me wrong, most little girls love playing dress up, I know mine do! They raid my make-up box or put on my heels, that is completely different to what this mother is doing! Her kids look will end up being sexualized by dirty old men that get off on that sort of thing, I hate it.

summerspring

I vaguely remember the Mini-pops. I don't recall it being overly sexual, but chances are i wasn't taking much notice or wasn't very aware as a child.

TV gets worse and worse. Reality shows, documentaries about Bling Babes.. About the only thing worth watching is Coast :rotfl:

lostinrates

Janepig wrote: »

I was also going to say that although I'm not condoning what some of these parents are doing with the bling, I think sometimes people are barking up the wrong tree by thinking that this sort of thing is making children more appealing for sex offenders, for exactly what you have mentioned here.

I remember someone locally being arrested for something fairly minor, but when he was searched he was carrying a hammer with a pair of children's knickers wrapped around the handle. Same with someone else who had a drawer full of kids knickers when his home was raided. They're not all that struck on kids tarted up to look like mini adults, just kids will do, just being as kids normally are.

Jx

While I agree merely because I am in no position to do otherwise, about the possible incongruity of association made I do think it risks making children aware or unsafe in different ways as they get older.

I think one of the reasons my friends and I were safe as teens was that we dressed hopelessly from charity shops, looking not in the least sexy, however hard we tried. Kids now have the look easily available before they might be emotionally ready to cope with the attention that comes with it. Not tiny I tots, but there is a genuine difficulty later in youth and young adulthood working out age now women can look younger and kids can look more grown up. If they have the awareness and ' talk' and 'moves' to go with it do they necessarily have the emotional maturity too?

suse*

I wonder what the chemicals in spray tans and nail varnish etc are doing to their skin etc as they probably eat more of it than adults would by sucking fingers etc. Also for the really young ones I thought sticking crystals on everything including dummies etc would be a choking risk?

What will happen as well when they are in school or work and discover they aren't a special princess any more, and have to scrub that muck off their face and not answer back. Will they turn into teens / adults who can't go out without their "face" on just as they have no concept of real beauty.

gunsandbanjos

dizziblonde wrote: »

If you have a child tall for their age it can be VERY hard to get age-appropriate clothes at a sane price (the retailers often quoted for it are not the cheaper end of the market)... my eldest is only 2 and in clothes for a 4/5 year old (their dad is very very tall and they're off the top of the height charts the pair of the kids) and I'm already struggling a bit to find stuff that's nice and suitable for a toddler and not emblazoned with stuff like "kiss me I'm gorgeous" and worse (or even worse still... covered with One Direction's faces).

Haven't seen the programme yet but I bet they'd freak out at my 2 year old's legs - slightly tanned naturally, covered in bruises and scrapes and interesting scabs to pick off... the way little girl legs should be (I haven't been beating her up - she's been scootering, sliding, climbing and generally getting into being a toddler).

I have a ten year old who granted is very small, size of 5/6 year old and I manage fine? She wears M&S, next or John Lewis clothes usually. All age appropriate and no one direction, she prefers Bruce Springsteen :-)

moomoomama27

The programme, like the mothers featured, was hideous! None of them deserved to be parents, infact a lot of what was happening would be defined as child abuse in child protection circles.

Clearly there was not alot of brain cells amongst them. Who in their right mind puts 5lb gold hoops through a child's ear, or sprays them so they look jaundice? Or, for that matter calls them names like precious or princess!! The mind boggles!!!

dizziblonde wrote: »

If you have a child tall for their age it can be VERY hard to get age-appropriate clothes at a sane price (the retailers often quoted for it are not the cheaper end of the market)... my eldest is only 2 and in clothes for a 4/5 year old (their dad is very very tall and they're off the top of the height charts the pair of the kids) and I'm already struggling a bit to find stuff that's nice and suitable for a toddler and not emblazoned with stuff like "kiss me I'm gorgeous" and worse (or even worse still... covered with One Direction's faces).

Haven't seen the programme yet but I bet they'd freak out at my 2 year old's legs - slightly tanned naturally, covered in bruises and scrapes and interesting scabs to pick off... the way little girl legs should be (I haven't been beating her up - she's been scootering, sliding, climbing and generally getting into being a toddler).

Don't know where you're shopping, but both my daughters are tall for their age and always gave been. My 11 year old is 5ft5 and I can still find her lovely things to wear, m&co, bhs, m&s and next to name a few tend to do a range from 3 yrs to 16 yrs which is very suitable. Of course shopping in the likes of primark and other cheaper places probably do carry slogans that are undesirable. It's about shopping around, there's plenty of high street stores you can clothes tall children from without making them look like prostitutes!