Toddlers & Tiaras

This is a reality show, so as they all are, this is entertaining. But I really hate seeing parents forcing their kids to do things they hate, kids being horrible to their parents and sassy and acting older than they are, and parents raising their kids with the message that being sexy and getting money is all that matters in life. I hate seeing the babies and toddlers putting in FAKE teeth, getting spray tanned, and all that stupid stuff. All the parents care about is the money and the way they get it is by exploiting their children. Kids might get bad ideas from the awful kids on this show. The parents often let rude remarks and sass go without any punishment. The kid can get whatever they want as long is their beauty keeps giving parents money. Whenever I watch this, I just think "Thank God I don't have horrible parents like these." Some of these parents just make me sick (and that's coming from a normal 14 year old girl). I once saw a mom swear at their baby, force coca-cola down an infant's throat to keep her awake, and force a kid who was scared into getting their eyebrows waxed. Parents, PLEASE never do this to your children.

As my children compete in pageants, it's cool to see some of the other little girls out there and use some as examples to show my daughters what NOT to act like. My daughters may be divas, but they're not brats! The only bad part is that they show so many horrid pageant children, people stereotype pageant people like me! The other day when I took my kids grocery shopping and wore my pageant mom shirt, people kept shooting us these really weird looks. I don't see what's wrong with pageants- they teach my kids self confidence and how to take charge of situations!

I give it 2 stars because if your my age it's fun to watch just for a laugh. However, the idea of this show is terrible. Beauty pageants only do two things for a young girl: they tell her that being beautiful is the only way to feel good about yourself, and if you lose, you aren't beautiful. But I think the show does showcase the craziness, and, sometimes cruelty of the mothers who put their children through this. One quote in an episode I saw was from a mother, saying: "I started putting her in pageants when she was nine months old. She didn't know what was going on, but I liked it, so..." That was an exact quote! So that just shows how revealing yet funny this show can be.

I love and hate this show at the same time. I love this show because and inspired my child to compete in pageants!! When I was watching it my child asked me if she could do what they were doing, I was skeptical at first, but she enjoys dressing up and being on stage! But I don't like it because pageant moms have gotten a bad rap because of how the show potrays them on tv. People need to realize that TV is TV and the producers ask the parents to be dramatic for ratings, and most pageants and pageant parents don't behave like that. Also I dont know why they show so much sexy suff on that show most pageant moms don't let their children dance like that. I'm torn between the good and bad aspects of the show because most people don't realize that directors cut out boring material and put in bad/exiting/sexy material in.