Blinging Up Baby

Anoneemoose

I wasn't going to watch it until this thread popped up but I did and :eek: ...why can't these people let kids be kids?????

I looked at my kids when they popped in from playing while I was watching and I am so glad they're not like that!!

My daughter had wellies and a sun dress and my young man was in shorts and a t shirt (slightly wet from water fun) and a woolly hat!! Just because that's what they were comfy in. They had flushed cheeks from fun (not fake tan) and huge smiles (in between the usual spats of course)! They do also scrub up well where necessary!

It makes me so sad to see children looking like mini adults.

London_Town

I watched this and felt very sad about the message the mothers were sending to their daughters. They were basically saying that girls can only be valued based upon their appearance. This is so negative and could be storing all sorts of problems up for the future, as the girls grow up.

In defence of one of the mothers, the lady who was putting a payment down on the dress, she did work. The others appeared to be on benefits though.

I also remember the Mini Pops. I honestly don't recall it being overtly sexual or even controversial at the time. I think it was mostly considered naff and didn't last too long as a series. It was just little kids dressed up to look like pop stars, miming to recent hits. I must point out to anyone too young to know, that female pop stars in the early 80's tended to be far more demure than they are today. Hence the female Mini Pops weren't anything like as provocative as they would be if they made it now.

Personally, I don't think it's fair to criticize the programme as it's only reflecting what actually exists. Shocking as it maybe to most of us, all those mothers are real, they weren't digitally created for the programme.

RuthnJasper

Janepig wrote: »

... And certainly not a One Direction t-shirt in sight (she hates them !).
Jx

Hurrah! There IS hope for the next generation!!

helphelphelphelp

I have just got round to watching these. Wow! The young girl telling her mother she was a b*tch (and the mother hiding a smile as usually she must be proud of this behaviour). But the scene I found troubling was the photo shoot she showed on her phone with a Halloween theme. The kids were dressed up and posing in the graveyard, even lying down on the graves. Where is the respect? I would be upset if that was my loved ones grave being used in this way. Dreadful women