‘Toddlers and Tiaras’ scandal highlights that dressing up children can go too far
ust a week after the mother of “Toddlers and Tiaras” contestant Maddy Jackson was condemned for dressing her daughter in fake breasts and a padded bottom, Irish department stores are being accused of doing the same, in sexualizing children as young as three-years-old, through their range of underwear on sale.
A report in the Irish Independent highlighted the problem in Ireland stating that despite concern voiced by children’s rights groups, department stores such as Dunnes and Penney’s continue to sell bra sets for girls as young as three-years-old.
Last week Maddy Jackson from Tennessee was featured on the TLC show “Toddlers and Tiaras”. Her mother had dressed her up as Dolly Parton including imitation C-cup breasts and bottom padding.
Within days the Facebook group ‘Take “Toddlers And Tiaras” off the Air!’ had 1,108 members and other pages and groups had popped up.
Do you know what a flipper is? Have you seen a 4-year-old get a spray tan? Are you aware that energy can be derived from Pixie Stix and Red Bull?If you answered yes to any of these questions, you either have firsthand beauty pageant experience or have watched TLC’s addictive reality show “Toddlers and Tiaras.” The show is back for a third season of questionable beauty competitions.Here’s a quick summary for those who think a flipper is the famed sea mammal. The show follows three children, usually girls, as they are transformed via makeup, hair pieces, candy and sometimes painfully intense coaching into glitzy beauty pageant contestants. Loyal viewers of the show have come to expect certain standards from an episode: contestants (a least serious ones) will wear fake teeth called a flipper; kids will down sugar and/or caffeine before a competition; there will be spray tanning, hair teasing and fake eyelashes; finally, pageant parents will push their kids to questionably tough levels to win the crown.more
This week another child’s dress up on the show has been deemed inappropriate. Three-year-old Wendy Dickey, from Georgia, was dressed up as the character of Julia Roberts in “Pretty Woman” and actual prostitute.
These stories of dressing up children in inappropriate clothing which have become international news highlight’s Barnardos plea to stop the sale of these bra and knickers sets for children and stop the “sexualization” of children.
6-year-old Daisy
The Irish Independent found that Dunnes Stores sold bra and knickers sets for three-to-four years old and five-to-six-year-olds while Penney’s sells padded bra for nine-year-olds with “Superstar” written across the front.
They also sell pants for seven-year-olds with “And your problem is?”, “I don’t ask for much, just my own way!” and “Whatever!”
Norah Gibbons, Barnardos director of advocacy said The availability of these items of clothing for children as young as three and four is adding to the early sexualization of children. It is undesirable to encourage young girls to dress as adults – it is denying them the right just to be children, and it could give solace to those who seek out children inappropriately.”
Similarly Suanne O’Connor, childcare worker in Limerick, was shocked to see the stock in Penney’s. She said “I have worked with young people in crisis and believe me the last thing that’s needed is to encourage girls to dress up like adults younger and younger. Can we just bring back the teddy bears please. The fact they’re calling them crop tops is just a total copout, anyone looking at these would call them bras.”more
4 Year old Maddy Jackson with Fake Boobs in Dolly Parton costume
It’s not just Irish stores that are guilty of Stocking and Selling the padded bras, sweats or pants with stupid slogans on the butts or thongs for little little girls. I believe all too most Shopping Malls Worldwide are victims of this kind of ‘Jew’ Tactic of sexing up little girls that shouldn’t dress up like they are about to star in a Porn or Work the Streets. Let little girls be little girls. Shera~
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