Child Beauty Pageants Should Be Illegal They Are A Form Of Child Abuse
According to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act, child abuse is the physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, of a child under circumstances which indicate the childs health or welfare is threatened or harmed.
The danger from sexual predators is only part of the problem. Defenders of child beauty pageants argue that they teach self-confidence and poise. But studies have shown that for every child who may derive some benefit from the competition, hundreds of others suffer damage to their self-esteem and develop warped values about their bodies, which often lead to anorexia or Bulimia nervosa.
William Pinsof, a clinical psychologist and president of the Family Institute at Northwestern University said, ” Being a little Barbie doll says your body has to be a certain way and your hair has to be a certain way. In girls particularly, this can unleash a whole complex of destructive self-experiences that can lead to eating disorders and all kinds of body distortions in terms of body image.” Traveling, stress and competition are everyday aspects of an adult’s life, an average day of an adult requires at least these three aspects to make it to lunch hour, but at the age of eight, stress about body ideals, modeling, and trophies should not come into existence. Since there are no set rules concerning promoters, organizers and participants, pageants are neglected by laws governing them. Organizers want to earn money and are not concerned with the need to protect their participants, and they don’t. According to Phyllis Coleman, a professor of law at Nova Southeastern University, 3,000 pageants attract 250,000 children per year. According to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act, child abuse is defined as, “the physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation of a child under circumstances which indicate the child’s health or welfare is harmed or threatened.” Most stage mothers claim that their child wanted to enter the pageant on her own. Does an eight-year-old girl know what is best for her? In 1996 seven-year-old Jessica Duboff died when her parents allowed her to fly a plane across the country because she liked it. Should parents rely on their children to know what is best for them?
Child abuse is defined as exploitation of a child, are these parents exploiting their child beauties? On a study done by Levey who researched child beauty pageants of the two to six age group for the Harvard University Gazette, she interviewed forty-one pageant mothers who participate in an average of five pageants per year. Levey concluded that mothers of lower-income and education, enter their children in pageants because they want their children to learn the proper skills necessary to move up the social scale. One stage mother said, “I want my child to be aware that there’s going to be somebody better than her. It’s a hard thing to learn, it was for me, and I want her to start early.” Parents with higher incomes and education beyond high school often justify pageants by explaining that competition is essential for their children to become successful. According to Levey, the upper class mothers want their daughters to become lawyers, doctors or to have professional careers.
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that is right it …
that is right it should be illegal
AGREED! I’ve seen …
AGREED! I’ve seen on youtube loads of vids with little girls looking like they are 16 in swim wear. Wiggling their hips in a sexual manner and posing like in playboy to music that is sexually driven! WTF!? What’s wrong with this world? It hurts that society is like this. I’m mortified. The male judge looks like a sleaze.
It’s foolish, …
It’s foolish, ignorant and plain old STUPID to not know that child pageants are pedophile heaven. Your child WILL be on some pedo website. I would never do that to my child – why are they not illegal?
This world is all …
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This world is all about women and objectifying them. How can any MOM do this to their innocent child
It’s morally wrong and you will have to answer to yourselves one day. I just hope they are protected by God.
They should be ashamed of themselves.
They won’t change their minds about it, but I’m glad you have uploaded this video. It’s refreshing to see and know that there are still decent, moralistic people out there
They are teaching …
They are teaching their children that the way to succeed, to win, to feel superior to other children/people is through exploiting their bodies and looks through a sexual manner.
They want to say, ‘Look at my child, she is far way superior to your child’ etc… These parents are exploiting their own child
for the sake of their own egos and they are trying to fill something inside of them that is missing.
Little make up no …
Little make up no fake teeth, hair. No stripper shoes or naughty dancing. It depends on their parents my daughter goes because she enjoys it. She tells me its ok if they win or lose they are all winners. Also to the body image. There is a larger contestant my daughter went against and she won! watch fab hawaii on wed. TLC you will see the pageant was a little more natural.
As for pervs you …
As for pervs you will find them everywhere!!!! Jonbenet Ramsey is a dumb example. How many children get abducted a year? And how many of those participate in pageants? We only can guess what happen to the poor lil girl. It could be a perv it could have been family, we really don’t know 100%. But like again I say I dont agree with ALL the pageants and how they are ran I go for the mid to basic pageants.
Everyone will have …
Everyone will have their opinion to what is child abuse what about football players and cheerleaders? It is more except able but look at the result, as defined as child abuse listed in this video. More kids get injured doing sports then in pageants. Parents will be bad no matter if the child does pageants or a sport that the child is forced into also. Some of the pageants I agree need to make guidelines as to make up and fake teeth and hair.
Of course there’s …
Of course there’s something wrong with it, when a little girl like Jonbenet Ramsey is killed in such a horrible way, it makes you realize that these kind of beauty pageants just put the little girls in danger of pedophiles and who knows what else. You were lucky , that’s all. Little girls play dress up in their houses, but they dont flirt with the judges and wear little outfits in front of a crowd of adults.
I dont understand …
I dont understand why you would refer to a child that way. The way the parents see it is that their child is just having fun and playing dress up. How many little girls put on their moms make up and high heels. These girls dont dress like this outside of pageants. I was a pageant girl (Im using my brothers account) and i am now 17 and STILL i am not allowed to wear makeup unless i am performing. Theres a time and place for everything & as long as parents teach the difference theres nothing wrong
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agree
i DONT AGREE its …
i DONT AGREE its not child abuse i do pageants and i like them so you dont know what they are like all my friends and i wh do them love them soo……
yes! exactly! …
yes! exactly! forcing children to fulfill ANY ambitions of their parents is cruel and inaproppriate… no matter if it’s sports, dancing, singing or taking part in beauty contests. Children have the right to choose, what they like and what they would like to do, in such cases. Otherwise, they’ll be unhappy for the rest of their lives
ofcolak, thank you!
ofcolak, thank you!
Joyable16, thank …
Joyable16, thank you!
100% agree with …
100% agree with this video!
Thank you for being …
Thank you for being intelligent!!!!
U ARE ABSOLUTELY …
U ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!! I AGREE IN 100000000000000% if U ever need any signature under any document, which would put a stop to it, I’ll sign with my both hands and leggs!
Yeaa!
There mom’s …
Yeaa!
There mom’s are so proud…..but they don’t know that 50% of the male audiens are pedofiles…. (ooo she is so qute) That’s what GUNTER thinks to!!!!!
Stop making your kids look like “dolls”
Idiots!
You’re obviously a …
You’re obviously a moron because kids don’t know the difference, thats what makes them kids! I’m neither a dad nor a beauty pageant contestant but with 10 nieces/nephews I can see the value of having kids grow up and realising their potential without having it forced on them
actually when i was …
actually when i was 8 my best friend would have practice at 5 AM every morning before school for figure skating. You cant trust what you see on tv, they are usually played up for the reason that its TV. Pageant coaches are expensive. Most girls only see them once a week or once every 2 weeks. If they practice everyday its probably for about an hour. Keep in mind a routines r about 2 minutes each. Usually practice EVERY day happens maybe the week of or before the pageant, NOT all the time.
well actually most …
well actually most pageant girls know the crown isnt based on actual beauty. Its based on the ‘pageant look’ (as well as smoothness of routine, fit of clothing) They know that their natrual beauty is not being judged but rather their stage presence. They also know the difference between pageant world and real world. You will never see one of em walking around the street like this. they understand that its part of the pageant world…not real world
I agree, i think …
I agree, i think the mothers think their litle girl is a doll they have to realise she is a real person, and if a little girl loses the contest her feelings are damaged, also men will be getting atracted to these girls which is harmful to her.
i HATE child beauty …
i HATE child beauty pageants! >:(
It’s one thing if …
It’s one thing if it’s to help self esteem. It may work for some children, but not all. If the child is showing signs of lacking self esteem or depression, then it’s time to take them out.
If you cared for your child, you’d listen to what they have to say as well as their feelings.