Toddlers And Tiaras

Beauty Pageants can lead to disorders later in life, and learning demanding values. One disorder that beauty pageant causes a psychological problem such as depression and stress. Putting pressure on a child telling them that they have to win and when that does not turn out to be true the kid falls into depression. That’s where the crying and screaming happens. It’s hard being confident knowing you’re going to win, but you loss as a kid it breaks your heart because beauty pageant is all about competition. Children learn at a young age how to be completive that winning is everything, but it’s really not. You’re supposed to do what you love not caring about others. Children get frustrated and anger fast because losing is not an option. In the
Children should not look older than there age because it can cause harm in their life. Another psychological problem is anorexia and bulimia. Telling young children what beauty is, but all beauty really is is your natural beauty. Making young children to be insecure about their body image and their looks that they won’t call themselves beautiful anymore. In the article, “Toddlers and Tiaras” Beauty Pageants: Are They Good for Our Children?” the author informs us that “Psychologists and psychiatrists largely agree that pageants, such as “Toddlers and Tiaras,” reinforce negative female body image issues that result in eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. As evidence of this they mental health experts point out the trend towards the onset of eating disorders at much younger ages than ever before” (Schwartz). Being part of a beauty pageant the producers emphasize the “Barbie doll” image of what children need to look like in order to win. It is not possible for a human being to look like a Barbie it’s too overemphasized. For beauty pageant girl’s looks are number