But this is more than a trainwreck. It's downright child abuse, in my opinion. After seeing several different episodes and actually listening to the little girls and their delusional, deranged parents, I realized how deeply disfunctional that whole underworld is. And it got me thinking about what little girls are taught to value and how that effects their self esteem.
It's so unhealthy for us to teach our little girls that being a girl is all about beauty and getting what you want. I'm all for playing make believe and dress up as a child, but when little girls are bombarded with sexualized images from the time they are born, there are bound to be dire consequences.
Sure, I want Molly to feel pretty one day when she starts to become self-aware. But more importantly, I want her to feel confident in herself and her abilities. I want her to feel valued for her mind and her sense of humor, not her body and her hairstyle. I want her to know that it's more important to love others and treat people fairly than it is to win. She needs to know that people love her heart and that God created her to be a unique individual- unlike anyone else!
To all you parents out there, I challenge you to make sure you are teaching your impressionable young children that beauty is relative and that there are many ways to be beautiful. I promise to do the same.
I will never, ever let Molly have a Bratz doll. What's that? you ask.
Those monstrosities, my friends, are Bratz dolls. As my late Grandma Ruth would say, they look like streetwalkers.
And don't even get me started on Halloween costumes. When did it become cute to dress your child/pre-teen up in something that could double as an outfit for a stripper?
No ma'am. Absolutely not. My goal is not to tell Molly she can't dress like this, but that she would never even desire to.
I realize that a lot of new parents are probably horrified by "what society has come to" but as God as my witness I will not succumb to what society has deemed normal and acceptable.
And here is a recent shot of my angel who will wear a chastity belt until she's 35:
-J
Amen sister! Sadly, companies continue to produce such CRAP because there are parents who continue who buy it for their children! Look up the difference in appearance between My Little Ponies from our generation and the ones manufactured now. They look like streetwalkers now if that makes any sense!
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