Child abuse

somerfrost · #1 05-12-2011, 10:32 AM

I happened to catch the first few minutes of "The View" just now and they were talking about a segment of this morning's "Today" show...they showed the clip, a mother and her eight year old daughter were being interviewed, the daughter is a child beauty queen contest participant. They actually showed pictures of this mother giving her daughter botox injections in her face! The little girl said "it hurts, but I'm getting use to it". When asked why she wanted these injections, the little girl at first said, "I don't really know". The mother then prompted her to say, "Oh yeah, to do away with wrinkles". Why isn't this mother in jail?? How can she come on national TV and brag about this and show pictures of her sticking a needle in her little girl's face?? These child beauty contests are an affront to decency and should be banned, a child that age should be a child, not manipulated by selfish parents into taking on the role of adults!

joeydb · #2 05-12-2011, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by somerfrost

I happened to catch the first few minutes of "The View" just now and they were talking about a segment of this morning's "Today" show...they showed the clip, a mother and her eight year old daughter were being interviewed, the daughter is a child beauty queen contest participant. They actually showed pictures of this mother giving her daughter botox injections in her face! The little girl said "it hurts, but I'm getting use to it". When asked why she wanted these injections, the little girl at first said, "I don't really know". The mother then prompted her to say, "Oh yeah, to do away with wrinkles". Why isn't this mother in jail?? How can she come on national TV and brag about this and show pictures of her sticking a needle in her little girl's face?? These child beauty contests are an affront to decency and should be banned, a child that age should be a child, not manipulated by selfish parents into taking on the role of adults!

I agree. Lock the mom up.

It's just as abusive to give medication that is not required as it is to withhold medication that is required - like those fundamentalist nuts always do when their kids need medical intervention and they want to pray over them instead.

MaTH716 · #3 05-12-2011, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by somerfrost

I happened to catch the first few minutes of "The View" just now and they were talking about a segment of this morning's "Today" show...they showed the clip, a mother and her eight year old daughter were being interviewed, the daughter is a child beauty queen contest participant. They actually showed pictures of this mother giving her daughter botox injections in her face! The little girl said "it hurts, but I'm getting use to it". When asked why she wanted these injections, the little girl at first said, "I don't really know". The mother then prompted her to say, "Oh yeah, to do away with wrinkles". Why isn't this mother in jail?? How can she come on national TV and brag about this and show pictures of her sticking a needle in her little girl's face?? These child beauty contests are an affront to decency and should be banned, a child that age should be a child, not manipulated by selfish parents into taking on the role of adults!

I stopped after that sentence..................

somerfrost · #4 05-12-2011, 02:43 PM

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I stopped after that sentence..................

Your loss then because it's a serious topic....I wondered when I posted it how some folks would find a way to attempt (as usual) to belittle it and I found out.

MaTH716 · #5 05-12-2011, 02:54 PM

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Your loss then because it's a serious topic....I wondered when I posted it how some folks would find a way to attempt (as usual) to belittle it and I found out.

First thing, I wasn't belittling the topic. I was belittling the fact that you mentioned the View. I want to know, who really cares what those 4 or 5 yentas have to say about anything? The fact that they even have a forum to discuss things boggles my mind. They are nobody's who somehow ended up with a voice. That's what I was belittling.

As far as the kid goes, I feel like it's not really any of my buisness. Would I do it, or agree with it, no not really. But I have enough on my plate worring about the two little boys at home in Old Bridge right now making sure that they are happy, healthy and taken care of.

somerfrost · #6 05-12-2011, 03:09 PM

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First thing, I wasn't belittling the topic. I was belittling the fact that you mentioned the View. I want to know, who really cares what those 4 or 5 yentas have to say about anything? The fact that they even have a forum to discuss things boggles my mind. They are nobody's who somehow ended up with a voice. That's what I was belittling.

As far as the kid goes, I feel like it's not really any of my buisness. Would I do it, or agree with it, no not really. But I have enough on my plate worring about the two little boys at home in Old Bridge right now making sure that they are happy, healthy and taken care of.

So child abuse is none of your concern? As far as the View goes, I'm not exactly a regular viewer but Nancy watches and I caught this segment and it really pissed me off. We spend a lot of time on this forum degrading Muslims for how they treat women/daughters and rightly so but while this isn't the same as their abuses, it is abuse none the same and these are our children being subjected to this insanity, maybe we can do little to change cultures in the third world but we can do something in this country and it begins with public outcry! I'm sure you're a great parent and raising your kids right, but this has nothing to do with that.

dellinger63 · #7 05-13-2011, 08:14 AM

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We spend a lot of time on this forum degrading Muslims for how they treat women/daughters and rightly so but while this isn't the same as their abuses, it is abuse none the same .

When mothers start killing their daughters for dishonoring them in competition then bring up the muslim comparison.

Imagine the View hens discussing that!

somerfrost · #8 05-13-2011, 09:14 AM

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When mothers start killing their daughters for dishonoring them in competition then bring up the muslim comparison.

Imagine the View hens discussing that!

How did I compare them? I clearly stated that it's not the same...learn to read!

Dahoss · #9 05-13-2011, 09:39 AM

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As far as the View goes, I'm not exactly a regular viewer

That's a lie

somerfrost · #10 05-13-2011, 09:52 AM

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That's a lie

And you would know about my personal life how?

Dahoss · #11 05-13-2011, 10:03 AM

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And you would know about my personal life how?

I wouldn't. But I don't really need to know about your personal life to know you watch The View. It's obvious. If I had to bet I'd say Ellen also.

Back to topic, the mother is disgusting.

somerfrost · #12 05-13-2011, 10:14 AM

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I wouldn't. But I don't really need to know about your personal life to know you watch The View. It's obvious. If I had to bet I'd say Ellen also.

Back to topic, the mother is disgusting.

Well, the important thing here, your little personal digs aside, is that we agree about this mother. Anderson Cooper mocked her last night on 360, I can only hope that child protective services gets involved...I don't know where she lives and what the laws governing child abuse are in her home state but surely this has to be a violation....

Dahoss · #13 05-13-2011, 10:21 AM

So I was right about Ellen?

MaTH716 · #14 05-13-2011, 11:00 AM

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Well, the important thing here, your little personal digs aside, is that we agree about this mother. Anderson Cooper mocked her last night on 360, I can only hope that child protective services gets involved...I don't know where she lives and what the laws governing child abuse are in her home state but surely this has to be a violation....

She's being investigated.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_861515.html