Little Girls

There is a TV show produced by TLC called "Toddlers and Tiaras." It's a show about little girls winning crowns and money for their dress and personality.

I have watched it on occasion and have really felt sad for the little girls as their mama's push them and push them to do things that much older girls and women do, like fancy hair, make up and teeth whitening. Often times the little girls throw fits, saying they don't want to do what their mamas are wanting them to do. Part of me doesn't like that they're being disrespectful to their mama's, but then another part of me realizes that the girls really just want to play dolls, live in the play world and not have all this practicing and acting like an older girl.

Lately, not only have the little girls been dressing like older girls and women, but they've also been put into pageants that require them to dress like hookers and prostitutes.

So many say this day and age, 'What is wrong with our children? Why is this generation so different from us, or our parents?"

Just take a look around you. We put our children in front of TV's filled with sex, violence and immorality. We make games out of shooting. Commercials on TV are full of violence, or advertizing sexual innuendos. No wonder our children think killing is "normal" and for some "fun." We see movies that make sex and dressing provocatively normal.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is, let your children be children. Let your little girls play with dolls. Dress them in cute, little girly things; bows, dresses, pink, purple, bright colors, and you know...just girly things. Don't put make up on them. Don't let them wear heels or nylons. Help them understand that being little girls is a special time. Help them enjoy that special time. Bring them into the kitchen and help them learn to cook. Get messy with dough and food coloring.  Help them learn how to sew. Teach them that beauty isn't in looks, clothes or make up, or even weight. Teach them that modesty of their hearts and minds are what will make them beautiful.