Child beauty pageants are a repulsive affair, and not a practice that should be continued. I believe they are severely damaging to the children involved. Pageants cause these kids to have a skewed perception of what beauty is, and can encourage parents who are struggling financially to use their offspring by entering them into these competitions.
Chiefly, pageants can prove remarkably damaging to the participant’s self-esteem. Being exposed to the beauty standards set by these competitions at this early stage will undoubtedly cause problems for these children. Dr. Mike Bishop, a childhood behavioral health psychologist, encapsulates this issue ably, saying that "Toddler beauty pageants set a superficial expectation about what makes someone
Chiefly, pageants can prove remarkably damaging to the participant’s self-esteem. Being exposed to the beauty standards set by these competitions at this early stage will undoubtedly cause problems for these children. Dr. Mike Bishop, a childhood behavioral health psychologist, encapsulates this issue ably, saying that "Toddler beauty pageants set a superficial expectation about what makes someone