The mother of the 15 month old Sammijo, went way overboard with the whole thing. Who puts fake nails on a baby and spray tans them?

I've watched this show several times, and most of the mothers are waaaaaaay over board with this. I keep thinking. WHAT THE HECK ARE THEY THINKING???? Makeup, spray tans, manicures and pedicures, wigs, false front teeth, and teaching these little girls to wiggle and pose like a stripper. Did you see the one from (I think) last week where the mother made or has made a costume like Madonas, complete with the cone breast, top. Then there is the poor kids crying, being tired and being loaded with candy(for energy)obviously not wanting to be there, but the mamas chiding and bribing and sometimes threatening them to sit still while the kid is having makeup and hair done. To me, it is just plain wrong.

I agree. This just isn't a good lifestyle for a little girl to be leading.

It's like watching a horror movie (IMO)--you don't want to watch, but you somehow can't look away. Sammijo's mother was unbelievable--saying she had a girl SO she could put her in pagents nad she could grow up to be Miss America.

It's so sad to see the little kids crying, being cranky, resisting the whole process, and THEN listen to the moms saying how much 'she loves doing pagents'. And they're always feeding the kids pixie sticks and soda, to keep them energized? Then there's the totally unrealistic values (emphasis on fake beauty, 'winning', etc). To me, from what I've seen of the show in the handful of times I've watched, it really borders on child abuse.

Yet another reason I'm glad I don't have cable. I don't care to condone and support child abuse like this and watching the show does just that. I don't understand parents who want to raise prosti-tots. Seems to me they're sick people, dissatisfied with their own lives and want to make up for their own inability to succeed by abusing their kids.

I guess the spray on stuff, even doing hair and nails doesn't bother me anywhere near as much as those who think their kids need to be punched full of holes to satisfy their sick values. That's inexcusable to me.

I hope people quit watching things like this. Face it, it will go on as long as people support it. They'd put on dogfights, chicken fights and for that matter they put on child abuse when it get the support and endorsement of viewers. The name of the game is money.

I have to wonder, where are all these "advocates" now? Kind of ironic that there was such a hullabaloo years back when "Tinky Winky" or whatever its name was, was accused of being gay for wearing purple and havin a triangle on its head while this is accepted as "normal". I guess it's all in the priorities.

I agree cynic, it is a form of child abuse. Plain and simple.

That was what I was thinking when I watched it, cynic---CHILD ABUSE ongoing everyday. I was watching it by myself and my husband was playing on the computer and I yelled out CHILD ABUSE!! And my husband comes into the t.v. room and ask me what was wrong. I got that upset. But, I thought I might be overreacting so I did not mention it when I first posted about show. I have to agree with azzalea, I knew I should just change the channel because it was condoning the show and bad programming, but somehow I was glued to these crazy moms living out their lives through their little girls. I don't guess they got to play out in the dirt and make mud pies like my sister and I did. LOL. Also, it teaches them that they are WAY TOO SPECIAL, and they come first always. I just don't agree with that kind of child rearing.

I want to take those parents and slap them upside
the head. But, not sure they would get it even
then. Definitely child abuse -- and they are
just so proud of it all. :( :(

I saw about 15 minutes of it and was stunned. And,
I don't stun easily.

I TOTALLY agree that this is a form of abuse. These mothers need psychological help in a big way. Those children, all of them, did not strike me as being "special", "sparkling", "beautiful", "incredibly talented", "a natural" or any of the other superlatives lathered upon them by their mothers.

Please, please let them be cute little girls instead of what they are surely going to be turned into by these mothers.

I got caught up into watching it last night. I felt like I was watching a train wreck and had to see it to the end. I will never watch it, again. Television shows such as this, and other reality shows that take advantage of the mentally ill, wacky, addicted, or self absorbed are shameful.

It's just another show produced with a really slim budget. After a few minutes, I saw it was trainwreck (aka trash) TV. There were several things that were sickening about it, including the smart mouths on some of the children.

I've watched a few times and each time my jaw drops in disbelief. Some of these kids are downing 2 - 3 cans of Red Bull before each pageant, so they stay alert. One kid had 7 pixie sticks before she went on stage. There are kids that are kicking and screaming not to go on stage, but moms force them anyway. It's abuse.

Dotmom, I was appalled at the gold Madonna outfit and did you see the look of horror on the other parent's faces.

Not to mention the thousands of dollars they spend on everything.....better put into an education fund?!

It's child abuse plain and simple. And speaking of simple..these are simpleton parents who have no intellectual capabilities to transfer their kids. These usually fat and homely parents transpose their dreams of beauty to their very ordinary badly behaved kids.

I see a "Toddler and Tiaras: Where Are They Now?" already being formulated in the producers minds...

It is so easy to predict what a mess (most of) these kids will be.

what i'd like to know, aside from one lady who had twin babies and was rich, do they get the thousands of dollars to spend on these things? i mean that's a college education, at an ivy-league school!

i did pretty well in the 70's as a sahm because we couponed and bought hamburger to eat....and clothes were bought once year on sale...granted all 4 were in soccer, and that was hard enough to get shoes, for...but the clothes and stuff...yikes!

They probably have their credit cards maxed out to pay for the $500 and up dresses and other expenses. My stepdaughter entered her girls into pageants some 20 years ago and went overboard on dresses and etc. Her DH finally put his foot down and she quit, possibly why they eventually got divorced.
I'm glad she quit after a couple of years before the 2 girls really got involved in it. They didn't seem to do all the stuff they do now with the 'false front teeth', spray on tan, false nails, just a fancy hairdo and some makeup.

It's pornographic.

I work in an elementary school and I see enough neglect and abuse on a daily basis. I don't need to watch any kind of show that "glamorizes" what is downright sick, perverted and twisted.

The American moral compass is in the toilet and we need to boycott things that are offensive to us.

Yeah, I've wondered about the money also. A couple of weeks ago (it may have been a rerun), but the dad mentioned that the mom had spend nearly $200,000 for the 3 year old for pagents.

I'm curious as to how many Miss America or Miss USA contestants have been a part of these child pageants which have been around for as long as I can remember. I've heard some say they have been life long pageant queens.

Salgal, you're too late with your idea. There was a sprecial a couple years ago about two of the former little girls. One was in a private girls college and doing well. She wanted NO part of pageants.
The other girl was in her teens and her Mom was STILL pushing her into contests and she was STILL losing.
I guess it is early to say, but 50/50 they'll tell Mom enough sooner or later.

That show is hard to watch. I haven't watched recently. What I've seen in the past is usually a homely mom trying to live vicariously through her daughter.

The thing that bothers me the most is the makeup, spray tans, fake hair, etc. that makes them look absolutely nothing like they look in real life. In essence, in my opinion, it's telling the kids that they're not good enough the way they are - they have to be changed to look and be something completely different in order to be a star.

One of my friends sister and her husband started putting their girl in pageants when she was 2 or 4 years old maybe even younger. I could not believe the money they were spending on it.
Then she had a brother and they started putting him in them too. I mean they were really into it. Every weekend they were going wome place for one. Then he even got a job for one of them and he traveled all over for it while she stayed home with the kids. Well guess what happened. She found out he was having an affair with one of the other workers. I dont know what his job as though. He quit the job and came home and I think they lost their home. Now they live in an apartment amd he is working at a salesman job. That was the last I heard of them and I dont know if they are still a couple. I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU IT IS CHILD ABUSE

My DD was a Mini Brooke Shields when she was around 3-6. Everyone pushed for me to let her model. We went for the introduction to the Agency. They were very nice. They interviewed my DD with me in the next room. DD said a flat no to modeling. I rethought it too when they said she had to always be camera ready on a moments notice. DD was a Tom Boy and didn't like fussy dress. It was not a match for us.

I have watched this show. I had it one the other night with Sammie Jo and ended up doing something else..so I didnt finish watching it..It has gone way to far in recent years with the spray on tans, fake nails eyelashes etc..

Back in the 90s my sister was in many many pageants..oh the stories I could tell about my mom and her actions regarding them LOL some I still call her on today but ..My sister was in her teens when she started doing them.She competed in our state Ms Teen She was old enough to make her own decisions.She learned quite a bit about interview skills, confidence and the ability to think on her feet by answering questions on stage. I think overall it helped her to become the person she is today..strong secure and confident in her own body and her own choices.
I did put my daughter in a few when she was younger, but once I realized the direction the pageants were going in I quit..I wasn't putting more make up on my 4 year old than I was wearing.

The eyebrow waxing shot on the internet now turns my stomach. Kid is screaming and the mother said just hold her down and do it because she's afraid of the hot wax that burned her the last time.

Since I have never seen the show, I cannot comment on it, BUT my suggestion is to write to the sponsors with your views, and also write to the CEO of the network that you really feel it is a form of child abuse and you will not support it. I do feel it is child abuse and maybe, just maybe if someone does get turned it, it wil either stop or change the format.

The mother of the little one in the angel-turned-Madonna costume is interviewed at the link below. Wow.

Here is a link that might be useful: Mia Madonna

I watched one episode of this show and refuse to watch another. I wouldn't have watched the one show, but my daughter was here for the holidays and she really wanted to see it.

The parents should all be charged with child abuse as far as I'm concerned. Beauty pageants for children should be banned. My goodness, you guys banned Kinder Eggs but not this crap? I don't get it.

LOL
I guess the producers, advertisers and whatever TV station it is on
are laughing all the way to the bank. so many of you
hate what they are doing, yet you ARE watching... I guess
they are getting what they want.... viewers and word of mouth!

Sorry, but to me the biggest problem with this show is that most of the parents think that their child is cute.

I am so disgusted by the sexualization of it. The hip twitching and alluring poses. This is so wrong on so many levels. I hate the tans, teeth and too much makeup. I agree that it's the fantasy of the moms being manifested in the girls. I don't see that it's a lot different from child porn.

A child can be cute, but when they are so bratty you want to smack them, cuteness has nothing to do with it. I would rather enjoy an ugly( i use that in the best way) child then a bratty beauty. Plus there are many kids on that show that I don't think are cute at all. Let them be kids, they grow up way to fast. I for one would never want my child to look like a 20 year old at 4 or 5.. To many perverts out there