Stereotypes Contributing To A Child's Self-Esteem

It’s 6am and a mother is trying to wake her 2 year old daughter to get her ready for a child beauty pageant. She is one of the many demanding mothers that over pressure their child into pageants. Is this what you really want and expect a toddler to go through? Your toddler to go through? A long weekend of hairdos, makeup, costumes and gowns? Approximately 250,000 children participate in child beauty pageants each year. Surely not all these girls will get 1st place, so is the effort and low self-esteem as a result healthy for a child’s well-being? I certainly don’t think so. I will be discussing about how beauty pageants are damaging to a child’s self-esteem, how you can develop an eating disorder, and also the chances of the child choosing a career that is solely based on appearance. Child beauty pageants should be banned because it develops a negative mind-set for the children. …show more content…
Though the judges do rate the child’s talent, the contests are called beauty pageants for a reason. It is to rate how beautiful you are. If you were told that you weren’t beautiful enough because don’t meet someone’s beauty standard, wouldn’t you feel bad? Everyone has different beauty standards. This is something damaging to a child self-esteem. This can lead to many more complications for the child and their parents, since they can’t be or do what is expected. Out of 250,000 girls, not everyone can win. How do the thousands of girls feel when they lose? The many months of preparation went to waste, making the child feel as if they have let their parents down. At 2 years old, that’s the least you should be worried about. Don’t let them grow up so