Problematic Pageants
While beauty pageants are a staplemark of American culture, children’s pageants have faced a lot backlash over the years. They have given rise to important and serious questions like child exploitation, beauty standards and even misogyny. But, despite that it seems that many parents are still enrolling their kids in childhood pageants.
You might be familiar with children’s pageant from shows like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, that feature older children compete for Miss titles. But did you know there are children’s pageant that start as early as 0-3 months old? Research shows the side effects of enrolling your kid that early on beauty pageants are vast and dangerous.