Do you really know what you are talking about?

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2007)

I have not seen this movie yet but one of the comments I read on this page really stung me. One of the users commented on how messed up people that do child pageants are. I did child pageants and my daughter does child pageants. There are pageants out there where the girls are encouraged to be little girls. Where they have a really great weekend and learn that it's not about winning or loosing, it's about gaining confidence, public speaking, and meeting new friends. Most people who have a comment on child pageants have never experienced pageants like the ones I know. Most people who have a comment about child pageants have never experienced a pageant at all except for what they see on TV(and really....what is real on TV these days?) If a child looses at a pageant, is it not the same to loose at a dance competition, or a softball tournament, or a spelling bee? If you look at loosing these events the same as people do at loosing a pageant then everyone is a big fat looser with self esteem problems. No one wins all the time. Don't place blame on pageants because you don't understand how to teach your daughter to be able to loose at ANYTHING and still know she is beautiful and to shake it off and try again. Teach your children to learn from their mistakes instead of blaming their losses on others.