Should children's beauty pageants be banned
We have all heard of beauty pageants. If you haven't, essentially it's basically a contest to judge the looks of a child. I am here to talk about the problems with beauty pageants.
The mothers are often obsessed with winning and treat their children like objects. Some people believe that putting your child in beauty pageants would be good for your children, making your child confident .
Being part of tv shows and money as a prize, might be tempting, but with every benefit there is always a downfall. Beauty pageants are all that some people have but, at what cost? There are cases where families have earned millions of dollars but have had their daughters stalked or sexually assaulted. It isn't just that, if you make your child’s value based primarily on looks, they might develop serious psychological issues.
As I already mentioned, beauty pageants can cause psychological problems. Some of these problems are depression, eating disorders/bulimia and low self esteem. In other words, your daughter would have the mindset of being beautiful and obsessed with how they look. Worried that if they don't look beautiful, they will find themselves as ugly. Just like hoarding, it’s a mental disease and with most mental problems, it can take years of therapy and some people just don’t kick the habit.
Entering your own child into a contest and sexualizing your daughter... if you didn’t think that was bad enough, well, a pageant mum gave her teenage daughter tapeworm pills to lose weight. Some of the mothers treat their children like objects, and that just disgusts me.
But they aren't all bad. There is something called natural pageants, which have no make up, so the children are judged on their natural looks. But, then again, looks are on the inside not the outside and beauty pageants aren't that at all. They give children a mindset of having to be something they're not, and these children want to be beautiful ... at mental and physical costs. It isn't just the children, it's the parents. They can do mental things to make sure their child wins. I hope I have changed your opinion about beauty pageants and why they are bad.
Entering your own child into a contest and sexualizing your daughter... if you didn’t think that was bad enough, well, a pageant mum gave her teenage daughter tapeworm pills to lose weight. Some of the mothers treat their children like objects, and that just disgusts me.
But they aren't all bad. There is something called natural pageants, which have no make up, so the children are judged on their natural looks. But, then again, looks are on the inside not the outside and beauty pageants aren't that at all. They give children a mindset of having to be something they're not, and these children want to be beautiful ... at mental and physical costs. It isn't just the children, it's the parents. They can do mental things to make sure their child wins. I hope I have changed your opinion about beauty pageants and why they are bad.
Pros
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Cons
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Confident
Popular/ fame
Money
They get rid of stage fright
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Mental problems
Popular/ fame
Stalkers/danger
Sexualization of child
Eating disorders
Low self-esteem
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