OK… I am going to try to stay calm during this one. I promise, I am going to really try!
Did anyone see the Good Morning American piece on the mother who injected her 8 year old child with BOTOX for a beauty pageant?
No, I am not kidding.
I wish to God I were!
I watched the interview, read the article, and reread the article. And it makes no sense to me still!
Why, dear God, are we subjecting our kids to things that are clearly not for them in the name of beauty, competition, and vanity?
First there was the toddler thong.
And then make up for kids.
And now THIS?
I don’t give a flying flip if the little girl asked her Mom to help her with her “worry lines” – seriously? – I don’t care that her Mother is a register aesthetician and has administered it to herself, and I really don’t give a hairs butt care that they think it gives the little girl confidence in pageants. I DON’T CARE!!
SHE IS 8!!!
8!!!
And this woman is putting a foreign substance in her face and promoting psychological issues for the rest of this child’s life!
What is going on here?
Sure, this is one Mom doing one thing. But we all know that, for some unknown reason, America seems to thrive on making children grow up too fast. We expose them to sex too early, vanity and jealousy too early, and cater to their wants way too much.
I don’t know much about Botox, I don’t. But I know that it is not a natural substance and just because it is deemed “safe” by the FDA and doctors and whomever else seems to be able to predict the future and see how this stuff will affect us in 50 years, does not mean it is appropriate for an 8 year old!
Aspirin is deemed safe and approved by the FDA but is clearly not safe for an 8 year old! I can name 50,000 products that are all “OK” for A D U L T S! But so not safe for kids!
Nor appropriate!
Again, I plead… save the childhood! Protect our kids! Decide to be a parent and not an enabler!
Let them be young and worry free and happy and secure and loved!
What do you think? Does this anger you? Am I out of line?
Please, I want to know!
Holly crap! I don’t even like to give my kids too much Motrin. This mother should be shot. What kind of values does she think her daughter is getting from this?
I know! TERRIBLE! Infuriating!!! Horrible!
Have you seen this…it is hilarious!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLWKBWkn3s
This is so sad, and unbelievable. I’m glad you don’t trust the FDA – many people don’t realize that the FDA are not neutral or impartial, but have severe conflicts of interest in monetary gain. I think they have even made it illegal for someone to be licensed to treat illness if they only use natural methods and no drugs, presumably because it threatens the kickbacks from the drug companies.
It is a ridiculous theory to think anyone has the foresight to think anyone can see far enough in the future to know what is “safe”. This story is sad and depressing and, frankly, a sign of what this society has come to. For anyone to think that an 8 year old needs botox for any reason whatsoever is – well – deranged! I hope and pray that the attention this story is getting causes us all to collectively stop and THINK!
The mom is a total wackadoo. I don’t understand how she is not getting a knock on her door from C&PS. They need to go over there, deal with the mom, take the botox, give it to me, and then go back and deal with the mom again. I’m so sad for that little girl. When I first saw the news clip, I didn’t even think it was real. There are some moms out there who are seriously nuts.
I know. Unfortunately, it takes all kinds that wear the label “Mom”. I have little respect for this woman!
It’s infuriating! Young girls are constantly being bombarded with marketing and media. Now this! I think this mom needs to give her head a shake and teach her child to love herself. What is the mind set of these beauty pagents? Are their any guidleines or stipultations towards this? Also if your daugther is being discouraged by other contestants perhaps it’s time to pull her out and let her be a kid!
Thank you!! Have we not all learned yet that kids need guidance and support from U S! Our opinions and love mean more to a child than any other pageant contestant! It is a very sad story!
The ABC interview seemed rather surreal, to me, to Lara Spencer conducting the interview. Lara seethed as she asked questions, and I had this feeling she wished to take the child and leave.
One does not handle an esteem issue by injecting chemicals into a child. I am gender dysphoric, and was aware of my body being wrong by age six. I am 56 now, but there is no way a child that young should be altered in any way shape or form for gender dysphoria, let alone an esteem issue half built on a mother foisting the stress of childhood pageantry upon her.
This is just insane.
I agree Nelle! And I also thought he interviewer looked like she was more than a little peeved to have to sit and give this woman any time to say anything. To me, this is another form of child neglect and endangerment. I pray this makes everyone stop and take a moment to rethink what childhood should be all about!
This should be considered child abuse! If the mom wants to inject pig hormone into HER face that’s one thing….but her 8 year old daughter? The whole pageant thing is a travesty in my opinion. We prosecute and persecute child molesters but are these mothers not just fueling the fire? Its’ like they are “madams” getting their stable ready for show. That’s illegal, but parading a 6 year old on stage that LOOKS like a hooker is ok?
I have always thought that pageants for little girls were nothing but fuel to the fire for pedophiles. I still think the Ramsey daughter was killed by someone who saw her in a pageant! I wonder if this mother will be looked at criminally. Is it even illegal to inject your daughter with Botox? It should Be!! Thank you for reading!
According to WIkepedia, “Botulinum toxin is a protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, and is extremely neurotoxic.”
Um… I don’t even like to let my kids near blue Kool Aide and this yahoo is injecting her kids with this???
I completely agree! I do not know why anyone would think this is OK!!!
A very heartbreaking situation. I think that the pageants should be disqualifying contestants due to the use of child abuse to win a pageant. But then again, it is the pageants who are contributing to the mindset of these parents. The reason this mom is giving her daughter botox is because the judges complained of the lines in the girls face as far as I understand. What the heck? I am very disturbed about this information and I hate to see a Mother doing this to her child. ~Cheryl
I agree and what a great idea! Disqualification should be a MUST!! Especially when it is going to be harmful to the child! As for pageants, this is yet another example of how they are more concerned with looks than what supporters claim. You can not teach good manners and poise and then tell an 8 year old she has lines in her face and think that is a good thing!!! Thank you for reading!