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I am a little late in getting this one posted because I did not use my computer for the last couple of days because I have been home alone, and I was enjoying it. My parents and my sisters that live at home were off at some pageant. The little one won the Beauty and Miss Congeniality awards. I don't know what happened that she won Miss Congeniality. At home she is a little snob and annoying brat. When it was time to practice she would try it once and after a little correction she would go pout. Why do parents put their children through such pathetic things as pageants? When it started off there was only one pageant which she would go to and that one had nothing to do with beauty. It was about interview and how the girls present themselves on stage. Now, however, she is doing things like that poor Jon Benet girl did. (That does not mean that it was the pageants that got her killed. She happens to be a famous example of a child that was tortured by these pageants.) Do these parents think that they will get rich off of these pageants? I can see how they can get broke, but I cannot see how they can get rich. If it leads to a career later on then the child might get rich but not the parents. Parents spend a lot of money on these pageants and there are very few cash prizes so entering them for the money is pointless. The parent are probably trying to live out some fantasy that they could not as children themselves. Children usually only do things like that because their parents want them to and that is not a good reason for them to be doing things like that. These kids usually give their parents a hard time when it comes time to practice or actually participate in them. Parents, if you have little girls that you think you want to be in pageants, then ask yourself how the child responds to the prospect of being in a pageant or other such show. Also, watch how they behave when it comes time to practice or actually perform. If they are crabby and uncooperative then probably don't want to do it. The earlier you start then the more likely it is that they are only doing it for you not themselves. Children should be treated like show ponies but rather like normal human beings. Putting children in pageants can boost a child's self confidence if they win, but if they lose then their confidence could be shattered. They probably will not win their first time out, but if they lose repeatedly with no signs of improvement then you should stop making them go. If they ask you then it is a different story. |
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