Mommy Makeovers
As more women and mothers are getting plastic surgery, one doctor found it necessary to publish a children's book on the subject. The purpose was supposedly meant to help explain Mommy's procedure to them. The book, My Beautiful Mommy was highlighted in a Newsweek article.
This is just one more obstacle in the way of self-image for girls today. With little girl spa days, among other things, did we really need a book about plastic surgery making Mommy "prettier"?
I feel like it will be an uphill to raise my girls with a good self-image without all the fuss and primping. There is so much focus on outside image both through make-up and provocative clothing for the very young babies. It is scary to me to see what I have to fight against in the years ahead.
This is just one more obstacle in the way of self-image for girls today. With little girl spa days, among other things, did we really need a book about plastic surgery making Mommy "prettier"?
I feel like it will be an uphill to raise my girls with a good self-image without all the fuss and primping. There is so much focus on outside image both through make-up and provocative clothing for the very young babies. It is scary to me to see what I have to fight against in the years ahead.
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Permalink Reply by Debbie on -
I think we as a nation have been very superficial and the older generation just aren't ready to grow old or at least show their age. I say who cares! My looks show I have lived and can tell about what kind of life I have had.
Now, I do dye my hair but this is due to being under 23.5 hours for surgery, and somehow pigment to hair being affected. Eventually I will let it go, just not before I am 50! I just can't see Ezra having Mom come to school looking older than the principal or teachers!
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Permalink Reply by Paula on -
Hi Sue,
I read about this book last week and was so turned off at the thought of this book that I blogged about it. My blog explains my feelings, but suffice it to say that I think this book is a very bad idea. I do think parents need to explain to their kids that mommy is not feeling well and will be in bed for a while. However, I don't think a 4 to 7 year old (the age group the book is geared toward) needs to be told mommy is having surgery because she doesn't like the way she looks, or because it will make mommy prettier. My son will be 4 soon and no way would he understand that logic. I think this is a bad idea all around.
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Permalink Reply by Julia on
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I think this is absolutely outrageous! As Paula said, yes it is important to explain to children about Mommy not feeling well and needing recovery time. However, there's no need for children that young to have to be told about plastic surgery itself! And we wonder why girls as young as five have self-esteem issues and the beginning of eating disorders!
Have you heard about the 12 year olde daughter of former glamour model Alicia Douvall? Alicia Douvall is 28, and has a 12 year old daughter who wants breast implants for her 13th birthday. Now, the mother says she wouldn't do it at that age, but maybe around 16. WHAT? I wish I could get across to teenage girls that breasts can keep growing into one's twenties. I was 24 and mine were still growing!
Alicia has had more than 50 surgeries in the past decade, and "just returned from America where she had her 12th breast op, but, unhappy with the results, she's already planning her 13th."
Link to article; it's a must-read: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews....
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Permalink Reply by Sue on -
That is just horrifying! I'm am speechless! I just can not even imagine that as a person, let alone as a parent. That little girl is so pretty and to think that it will all be ruined with plastic surgery is sickening. I can't even begin to imagine the emotional impact all this has had and will continue to have on her!
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