Would you enter your sweet little 4-year old daughter in nationwide beauty pageants? Why or why not?

No. I don't want to put a pressure on her that she's not ready for, the kind of pressure that can break even adults. At the age of four, the children are still in a very important stage of developing their ego.

Trauma in this age is most likely irreversible, or so the Freud and many developmental psychologist said. If she succeeded, she might get arrogant and if she failed, her confidence would be shattered, maybe beyond repair. Besides, what is the purpose of the such contest but to promote superficial beauty?

I don't want her to learn so early that beauty and fame is everything. If you think about it, how many young celebrities have good life later on? Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan gained their popularity when they were older than 4 and look how they turned out!

I would never put her in a beauty contest.It is degrading and proves nothing. I prefered for her to excel at important things like music, reading, etc.

I have a firm opposition to beauty pageants. They sexualise children, especially the massive nationwide ones (local community, "bonny baby" competitions run in papers, I have no problem with as they're smaller). If it's nationwide, it's going to attract the most competitive of the competitive.It is parents that push their children to get up on the catwalk, and parents who fund it.

Children do no actively seek to be "beautiful" as adults perceive. They only want to play in the backyard!

If your four year old little daughter wants to do it, I say go for it! If your going to take advice from others at least take one from someone who knows more about beauty pageants. I was in beauty pageants since I was a little girl and I loved it because I saw it as a sport.

Many people don't see that because they think its just materialistic and fake. However, its not, many sports contains competition isnt thats what its about? The only difference is that our competition is based on our talent, beauty and personality.

Nothing is wrong with that. Now if your daughter does not want to do it. Do not force her.

If its your dream, don't let your children live it for you. It would deteriorate your relationship with your kids. So if she wants to feel like a barbie go for it because beauty pageant is a sport!

Nope learned my lessons when I put my daughter in one when she was 9 months old. Those other mothers just went way out and did the fancy dresses and makeup on babies.. it was awful. My daughter placed 5th which was awesome out there in LA, it proved one thing to me, natural beauty still wins.

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