Would You Take Her Child Away?

My issue is not with the mom. My issue is with the show, Toddlers and Tiaras. I am not a fan of beauty pageants for toddlers or children and I have SEEN not only what the kids do in these 'pageant families', I've seen how the MOMS are. Some of them are terrible creatures. THIS particular mom seems sane to me. In the video you linked, sure, she dressed her daughter in a costume. I've seen many little girls dressed up in costumes. I've seen little girls at school - ELEMENTARY school - who are trying to look like sexpots. I've known friends who BOUGHT THEIR 11 YEAR OLD THONGS. The pageant lifestyle in my opinion is jacked up. It is very strange to be constantly dressing up your 3 or 4 year old in costumes and makeup and hairdos that more or less only belong on those 17 and older. I also dislike seeing how competitive the ADULTS involved in these pageants get. I can't help but mention to you also that the ONLY reason the dad showed up and started battling for custody was over THIS one thing. In the video, it appears he has had no interest or involvement in Maddy's life for YEARS. YEARS. But the second he thinks he can screw over her mother, he makes a move. Nice guy you are. Best interest for a little girl would NOT be removing her from her mother - since for all intents and purposes she had been living WITH HER MOTHER probably from the time she was an infant. While I question the involvement in pageants, I don't think that by itself makes anybody a bad parent, it's their attitude toward the pageants and how normal (otherwise) a life they create for their child.

I have not watched the show but I have seen bits and pieces of it and it is pretty shameful. However taking someone's child away from them because of a costume is just silly. If the child is loved, well taken care of, not abused in any way and wants to do these competitions of course the child should not be taken away. If there are other reasons besides this costume choice to consider then maybe, but just for a costume, no. People need to get a sense of humor.

My issue isn't with the costume, it's the show and how the parents treat the kids. I think the costume is rather funny. I hope the judge makes her/his decision based on how the mother treats her child, not a silly costume.

I dont think dressing up a little girl in a custom should create a big news to that drastic measure . So many kids are already homeless why would they want to do such a thing to another . I think that is just too much

You know that other reality show, the one with the tagline that says 'if you have to ask you probably shouldn't be wearing it'? Don't all the mothers at those baby beauty pageants go too far?

Like others have said I don't think the costume itself is the problem. I think the show is a huge problem and so are the parents. I put my daughter in one pageant, it was nothing like this show though. My daughter had lip gloss on and a dress, no other make up and her hair is beautiful naturally so I left it alone. I wanted my daughter to have more confidence that she is gorgeous and she wanted to feel like a princess, she won too! Lol. All of the other girls had their hair, make up all done up and outrageous clothes on. My daughter was all natural and won. It spoke volumes to my daughter that she does NOT need all of that garbage to be pretty. I think these parents push those little girls too hard and the way they look fake just tells the girls they have to be "fake" in order to be beautiful! I think they are sending them a terrible message. Besides the fact that looks are definitely not the most important thing, and that should be told to them as well but I am sure the little girls think their looks are everything. So sad...

Personally my thoughts on the whole show and Beauty pageant thing is wrong. Why make your young daughter dress and have to act like this? Give them their childhood back and wait and see if this is something they want to pursue when they are older. But in a case like this, I would say the Dad does have a legitimate right to see permanent custody, and personally I hope he gets it. This too me is just wrong.

Yes she did. I don't think that any mother should ever dress their daughter like that no matter how badly they want to win a pageant. Another thing, these girls can grow up with negative self-images of themselves. They can grow up to think that they are never pretty enough. I don't think mom should be allowed to have her daughter if she is going to do this to her.

I think the whole show is a disgusting display of albut child abuse. I mean...every one of those little girls is so made up and fake both in their attire, their makeup and their attitudes and their actions. Most of the five years olds actually look about 25! Nothing is natural on them...they act like slutts and throw such violent tantrums...sorry...that show should be banned and the whole beauty thing for toddlers should be banned. I don't think that is something little ones should be living in. Far far to much stress and "work" and all for a 5 year old kid to endure and still keep their sanity.

That is sort silly and even dumb. Dolly Parton is an icon as well as a great woman. I think she would feel this was silly too but as long as it was just for a laugh and for show business I doubt anyone would do anything about it. If they did it to her how many others would they do it to? Cause alot of them go to great links to get attention.

I really do not think that the outfit she is wearing is that bad. At least it is covering her body. Some of the other outfits that those babies are wearing are shameful. The one dressed like Julia Roberts when she played the role of a hooker in Pretty Woman was very bad taste. That crazy child they call Honey Boo Boo that they are giving a show too is outrageous too. I do not feel that this woman crossed any lines. I think that the ex hubby is just trying to use any means possible to be spiteful.

I will not say anything about a special outfit because I have enough to say about the show and the way parents abuse their children and steal their childhood from them to fatisfy their own inadecuacies. I can`t understand why a social worker will take a child to a foster home if they see a mother grounding the child while teaching him to behave and will not do anything but applaud at this shocking show. It`s, to say the least, disgusting.