Sandra Deez, Oh Jeez

As I'm sitting here, 'Toddlers & Tiaras' is playing on the television, which my husband is watching while he falls asleep.  I'm always amazed by how entertained he is by trashy reality TV.  I rarely watch because:  he is possessive about the remote control, I don't care about watching television that much, and there are few shows I actually feel the need to watch.

However, occasionally I'll watch bits and pieces of what he is viewing while I'm reading novels, doing art, or being on the internet.

Picture This...on a Four Year Old

I was amazed tonight to see a child, age four, come on stage dressed as Sandra Dee from Grease.  The contest apparently required the children to dress up as television or movie characters.  The costume or act wasn't the issue, but I was stunned that the parents had the child pretend smoking a cigarette.  The mom whispered to the little girl before she got on stage, "Now don't forget to smoke".

My.Jaw.Dropped

Granted, I have friends who smoke.  My own father has smoked the occasional cigar ever since I was a child.  I remember seeing kids my age in middle school smoking, but the BLATANT push and propaganda of a substance to a child just AMAZES me.

Yes, it was a FAKE cigarette, but really?!?  This little girl was FOUR years old!  I was glad to see that the judges docked her points because they deemed it 'inappropriate', but I am appalled at the plain lack of common sense of the parents.

I'm beginning to realize more and more as I age that 'Common Sense' isn't all that common anymore.

Here is another monstrosity of parenting... apparently they thought it was a good idea to dress up their daughter like Julia Roberts in the movie 'Pretty Woman'.  Now, I'm not talking about Julia Roberts in her pretty red dress.  I'm talking about beginning of the movie Hooker Julia Roberts.

I can't believe how our society is raising and sexualizing children.  They aren't sexual objects, and yet, we are portraying them as such.  It just doesn't make sense to me.

Channeling Modonna Circa 'Cone Bra'