just wait until you have to buy clothing once they outgrow the toddler clothes. They look like something that I wouldn’t even let a teenager wear, let alone a 4 or 5 year old. This fall, and now as I start to think about summer clothing for my daughter, I dread clothes shopping for her. It is so hard to find anything remotely appropriate for a little girl.

As for Toddler and Tiaras, I watched it once, and it turned my stomach, so I couldn’t watch it anymore. TLC as a whole has turned into a channel that I am finding I can’t stand to watch.

I agree. I wish that these pagents supported the idea that childern should look like childern and NOT young adults. It makes me sick That parent is deplorable.

I watched this week’s episode and it wasn’t the cone bra/waxing episode but it was bad in its own way. Dressing up our daughters like prostitutes is NOT acceptable. Ever.

OMG- That is absolutely horrible! I am sitting here shaking my head!

This is completely unacceptable, and Toddlers & Tiaras serves as nothing but gruesome, carnal entertainment. People are watching these little girls get plucked and pruned while they scream and cry and complain. Social services should seriously be looking into shows like these and removing these poor little girls from the care of their horrible parents. Living vicariously through your toddler is not acceptable! What’s worse is that the pageants extend to babies as well… they have a 0-24 month division. I recently saw an episode where a 15 month baby girl was called “horrible” “terrible” and the like by her mother, because she ran around the stage rather than performing like a trained pup. Since when is this what’s best for our kids…?!

As a mother of a little girl who just turned 1, I feel your disgust, JRMISS86. Even buying clothes for her can be difficult. I love little skirts on my baby girl, but I ALWAYS put tights underneath- they’re just too short! Why does our society feel the need to sex up our babies? Don’t the producers of these shows realize that the little girls they feature are probably every pedophile’s fantasy?

Disgusting, if you ask me.

It is the legalized form of child abuse.

I can’t believe this is not considered child abuse! We watched an episode (Me, my sons and my husband) where they spray tanned very young children for their competition! One girl’s mom brought her to a place where they spray paint cars for them to spray tan her! The mom kept saying how much her daughter liked all the stuff and the whole time the little girl cried, fought it, wanted to leave etc etc. Even my sons- age 10 and 13 were appalled and said they would NEVER have their daughters do that!! This is just sad…..

To me one of the saddest aspects of this whole monstrosity is that most of the young mothers are so overweight–they are living vicariously through their children. They need to get themselves in a healthy state so that they can be good role models.

I am horrified of what these moms put their girls (and boys!!OMG) through. If u notice most of the moms are quite overweight n seem to be using their girls n some twisted way to feel beautiful themselves. I also can’t believe the fathers allow the things these precious babies are going through. Its appalling, poor kids

I watched the show for the first time while “channel surfing” and could not believe what I was watching! How could any parent be so vain using their young children as “show horses”.

I found it to be so degrating and to have those inocent children look like 20 year olds……………

Disgusting shows like this will keep on going as long as people continue to watch it. Perhaps shows like this would be cut from the airwaves if people would write, call, and e-mail networks that show this stuff and complain. Boycott the entire network. If possible, have these networks removed from your Satellite and Cable plans. Tell the network you plan to call Child Protective Services, Foster Care Organizations, the Police, etc.. and file formal complaints. If you want to really get at them, contact them, tell them you watch the show religiously and are attracted to small children, and tell them you want to meet and spend time with some particular children (just don’t use your real name, use fake e-mail, and fake phone number). Perhaps if they think they have pedophiles scouting their show, they’ll cancel it. If you succeed in getting such debauchery canceled, then you can move on to get these depraved child beauty pageants stopped, too. I don’t buy for one millisecond that these pageants teach kids self-confidence and poise. I’m convinced they actually teach kids that you have to be attractive with perfect figure and features, or you won’t be liked nor successful. It’s sad. Bottom line: if you don’t like abusive, pedophiliac encouraging crap like this–don’t watch it, and take action to stop it.

A lot of these parents need to grow a set and discipline their children. They’re being held hostage by their kids and it’s their own fault. so many issues it’s disheartening.

Show is about the parents, not the kids! Child abuse x’10-these kids will grow about with low self esteem, poor body images, eating disorders, and will equate their looks as being successful, and negate the importance of their brains, a good education, inner beauty, and good morals and values as the path to being a successful human being. The parents should be ashamed of themselves, and TLC should be ashamed for airing it-boy, what people will do to earn a buck, even at the expense of their children! I am disgusted!

This show should be cancelled.The moms are selfish and sick.I feel sorry for the little girls.The mothers should be ashamed of themselves.Making little girls do this should be against the law.TLC makes me sick as well for putting up with these mothers making these girls look like trash and letting these crazy mothers be own the show.The girls do not care if they win it is a power trip for the mothers.I notice the fathers have no say so they need to man up and give a reality check to the wives but u can tell the wives wear the pants in the marriage.

I don’t watch this show. I think it’s gross. I wonder if ANY of these mothers think about what kinds of people are watching their children. There are SEX OFFENERS and PEDOPHILES that just live for this. I would be totally grossed out if I thought someone like that might be looking at my child.