France moves to ban child beauty pageants

[sparks19]

Why ban something every time someone doesn't like it?

Can you say "overly intrusive government"?

I knew you could.

Don't like the contests? Don't attend them, don't watch them on TV.

No audience, no money, they go bye bye.

People need to stop looking to the government to solve niggling problems. It distracts from the real issues.

This pretty much sums it up for me. Why do they need to be banned? Why does someone else have to come in and "save us from ourselves"? Will this solve the problem of parents living vicariously through their kids and kids dressing like mini adults? NO... banning this would be a bandaid and nothing more. There was a family at McDonalds one day and the little girl couldn't have been more than 7 or 8 and she was wearing high heels, a mini skirt and a belly top. Treating the symptoms doesn't cure the disease.

For Halloween this year Hannah has decided she wants to be.... Maleficent LOL. Of all things. We have to get creative though because they don't make child sized Maleficent costumes. Hannah says "Why not?" and I told her "Because MOST little girls don't want to dress up like the villain LOL

[Catty1]

Well, how about banning the contests from being televised? That would remove some motivation for the moms. And sparks - perhaps televising these pageants makes it seem ok for young girls to wear heels and minis in public, like the one you saw?

It's not a fun thing for kids, it's a meat market. I wish they could just be kids instead of commodities.

[sparks19]

Well, how about banning the contests from being televised? That would remove some motivation for the moms. And sparks - perhaps televising these pageants makes it seem ok for young girls to wear heels and minis in public, like the one you saw?

It's not a fun thing for kids, it's a meat market. I wish they could just be kids instead of commodities.

I honesty don't believe that these pageants are what is teachig kids to dress like that. I would say advertising and celebrities are the more likely reasons. Do they televise kids pageants? I mean other than the "reality" shows on TLC. Or do you mean like miss America pageant and such? Anyway, no I do not believe that the pageants are the reason for the trends

[Lady's Human]

Well, how about banning the contests from being televised? (

Europe can do what they will, but in the United States we have a little demon called the First amendment.

[Alysser]

That's why I am hesitant on the whole thing. It seems like there are probably bigger issues to be dealing with.

Not only that, but because a country bans the child pageants doesn't mean that the parents think it's wrong. They can still let their kids walk around like this, like the child Sparks saw. The parents will just find another outlet.