tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38849125.post1664866501219218292..comments2023-04-16T05:46:47.885-07:00Comments on Dorien Grey and Me: Cute vs. "Cute"Dorien Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02368404433503621343noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38849125.post-89954261854316763712013-02-07T09:10:52.576-08:002013-02-07T09:10:52.576-08:00Good point, Annette, but your observation that &qu...Good point, Annette, but your observation that "companies aim to please a majority of the American population. Not just you" startled me. The thought had never occurred to me before. After all, I've long been convinced that the world revolves around me. Wake-up calls are sometimes hard to accept.Dorien Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02368404433503621343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38849125.post-73893874473883247942013-02-07T09:02:05.928-08:002013-02-07T09:02:05.928-08:00I personally do not agree with these pageants eith...I personally do not agree with these pageants either, but it is a parents choice whether or not their children participate. And some of these kids really do enjoy what they are doing, they are capable of their own opinions even at a young age. I think that, with some modifications (less make-up, more realistic), these pageants could be wonderful experiences for these young girls, and guys. It can teach them self respect, and how to hold their head up high and be proud of themselves. Self-confidence is something that should be instilled in children from the start, and pageants could definitely help with that. As for the commercials and things you write about here, as much as you may like them to, companies aim to please a majority of the American population. Not just you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117925914279099753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38849125.post-60069775394111684062013-02-07T00:22:10.104-08:002013-02-07T00:22:10.104-08:00Beauty pageants for little kids has always frustra...Beauty pageants for little kids has always frustrated me. We are telling our kids at a young age that their natural beauty isn't enough for people to like them. They have to be all "dolled up" and covered in loads of makeup and a fake tan to be considered "cute." And yet we complain when our kids are "growing up so fast?" I think we need to start letting our kids actually be kids, and not become child Barbies. We are setting them up for failure.ElizabethAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01610017820907468057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38849125.post-69842593078108130552013-01-28T11:24:07.954-08:002013-01-28T11:24:07.954-08:00Did you see the film Little Miss Sunshine? It was ...Did you see the film Little Miss Sunshine? It was about (among other things) this kind of creepy cute.NPThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02709384948801604808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38849125.post-84945390847275019182013-01-28T07:02:02.338-08:002013-01-28T07:02:02.338-08:00Those types of pageants always creeped me out. If ...Those types of pageants always creeped me out. If I recall, we talked about this a few months back when I drove my parents down to Tennessee. There was actually a child pageant going on in the hotel where we stayed and my suspicions were confirmed; it is creepy.<br /><br />I don't think a child is capable of understanding and coping with all the expectations and work that go into something like these. It's for the adult world. Just my opinion, but what do I know? I don't have children.<br /><br />If I did, though, they wouldn't be going anywhere near these things. Uncle Dorien would help see to that when he babysat.Kristoffer Gairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862202554700556478noreply@blogger.com