This kind of makes me sick.....

Peaseblossom55 · April 2013

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/the-pampered-life-of-a-%E2%80%9Ctoddlers-and-tiaras%E2%80%9D-star-180204252.html

How awful in so many ways. While I am not a parent myself I think they are doing a major disservice to this girl in the long run. I'm a firm believer in letting children stay children as long as possible.

The work day is slow right now so I figured I would share.

thejucheidea · April 2013

Toddlers and Tiaras is horrifying. I can't imagine what kind of complex that would give a young girl.

Peaseblossom55 · April 2013

Yea me neither...it's awful on so many levels.

kmbryant2413 · April 2013

All I see is the next one that's going to step in when America gets tired of the Kardashian clan..

[Deleted User] · April 2013

Wow.... I'm speechless! I totally agree with letting a child be a child for as long as they can. This is awful and sad.

Swazzle · April 2013

Can someone post the text of it? The site is blocked here. I seriously cannot handle the "web marshal" here anymore.

buddysmom80 · April 2013

Text:

At age six, Isabella Barrett has launched a $1 million children’s makeup and jewelry line, appeared on countless talk shows, and holds an impressive beauty pageant record.  More on Yahoo! Shine: Should Elementary Schools Hold Beauty Pageants?

The former Toddlers and Tiaras star has been making a name for herself in the media as a mini-mogul and drama queen in the running.

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“What’s not to like about being a millionaire?” Isabella told the UK’s Daily Mirror. "I’m a superstar, I have my own jewelry line and I just love being the boss. I never lose at anything and almost every pageant I enter, I win. But what I love more than anything is shoes. I have over 60 pairs.”

Isabella and her mom, Susanna, 39, co-own the company Glitzy Girl which features lip glosses, velour hoodies, and charm bracelets—a business idea they hatched in 2010 based on a tradition they started during Isabella’s pageant days. Each time the tot won a beauty contest, she and her mom would get the new title printed on a charm bracelet. “Isabella got so many compliments on it that we decided to start making the bracelets,” Susanna told Yahoo! Shine. "We're now a $1 million company. And with all our endorsement deals, we've exceeded that number."

Isabella doesn’t enter pageants anymore (“She’s won most of them,” says Susanna), but will start up again when she hits her teens. In the meantime, she works on the 10 lines she and her mother produce, attends school, takes language classes (she speaks French, Italian, and a little Chinese) and books television appearances and modeling gigs. She's also launched a singing career. In late 2012, Isabella and best friend Eden Wood, also a former "Toddlers and Tiaras" star released their single “LOL” on the Ryan Seacrest show. In her downtime, Isabella socializes with children of celebrities and the kids at school. “Bella draws a line between her media personality and who she really is,” says Susanna. “When kids ask her about photos of her in a magazine, Bella says ‘That’s not me.’”

When it comes to spoiling the first grader, Susanna admits to rewarding her daughter for a job well done, which can range from booking a television gig to cleaning her room. “We keep most of her money in a savings account for her for when she’s older, but we do let her splurge a few hundred dollars at a time,” says Susanna. “She drives a mini Cadillac, orders lobster, and loves her shoes—what’s your favorite item of clothing?” she asks Isabella. “Stretch pants!” she answers. “No, you love shoes, right?” responds Susanna, telling Shine, “She loves her Michael Kors high heels.”

Susanna says there is no expense spared when it comes to her daughter’s career, telling the Daily Mirror, “That means a voice coach, make-up artist, regular spray tans, hair extensions, acrylic nails and even made-to-measure fake teeth which cost us $500...Each performance needs to be like a Broadway show and every single outfit is custom-made, costing up to $10,000. We must have spent around $50,000 entering pageants in the last two years alone, but look where she is now. It’s been more than worth it."

And like any “It” girl, Isabella’s had her share of drama. Her long-standing rivalry with now four-year-old Paisley Dickey made headlines when Isabella called her a “hooker” after Paisley, then three, dressed as Julia Robert’s character in “Pretty Woman” for an episode of “Toddlers and Tiaras.” While exiting a tanning salon in 2011, Isabella, then five, told TMZ, “I just got spray tanned and last time I was here, Paisley tried to copy me and my mother doesn’t dress me up as a hooker.” (watch the video here).

Of the rivalry, Susanna says, “That was something the media created—they asked me what I thought about Paisley’s mom dressing her as Julia Roberts and I said I wouldn’t dress my daughter like that. Isabella heard me talking about it and began saying the same thing. But she and Paisley are friends and always have been.”

Drama aside, Susanna and Isabella are enjoying the ride. “All I want for Isabella is for her to be able to travel, share experiences, sing, and be a well-rounded individual. People have always said that Bella has the It factor. But if the fame ended tomorrow, I would be 100 percent OK with that.”

buddysmom80 · April 2013

I couldn't even imagine at six years old having a lifestyle like she did. At six years old I was wearing homemade clothes that my mom sewed. Any money I received for birthdays, etc was put into a savings account for me. FFS I didn't wear makeup until I was 13 or so.

I think sometimes the mouth pieces for these kids are their moms. Or even the kids are molded into what the parents wanted to be as kids. Let your kids be themselves.

kmbryant2413 · April 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_this-kind-of-makes-me-sick?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:acafcdf4-07ce-4be2-a1ab-951c5901c507Post:16b32faa-8997-4161-b01f-2edd71139a15">Re: This kind of makes me sick.....</a>:
[QUOTE]I couldn't even imagine at six years old having a lifestyle like she did. At six years old I was wearing homemade clothes that my mom sewed. Any money I received for birthdays, etc was put into a savings account for me. FFS I didn't wear makeup until I was 13 or so. I think sometimes the mouth pieces for these kids are their moms. <strong> Or even the kids are molded into what the parents wanted to be as kids. </strong> Let your kids be themselves.
Posted by buddysmom80[/QUOTE]

<div>I absolutely agree with that. I had some friends in highschool, even, that were more of go-with-the-flow kind of girls, but their mothers were in sororities and cheerleaders when THEY were in highschool and just constantly pressured them. 'Why don't you sign up for Homecoming Queen? You know, I was Homecoming Queen TWICE in highschool!' 'You should be a cheerleader, everyone knew who I was in highschool!'. Unfortunately sometimes it doesn't stop with the Toddlers and Tiaras crap. :/</div>

Swazzle · April 2013

That is crazypants and makes me really sad. She called a 4 year old a hooker? What in the hell.

Also, I was unaware that Michael Kors even made heels small enough for a freaking 6 year old child.

Peaseblossom55 · April 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_this-kind-of-makes-me-sick?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:136Discussion:acafcdf4-07ce-4be2-a1ab-951c5901c507Post:16b32faa-8997-4161-b01f-2edd71139a15">Re: This kind of makes me sick.....</a>:
[QUOTE]I couldn't even imagine at six years old having a lifestyle like she did. At six years old I was wearing homemade clothes that my mom sewed. Any money I received for birthdays, etc was put into a savings account for me. FFS I didn't wear makeup until I was 13 or so. I think sometimes the mouth pieces for these kids are their moms. <strong>Or even the kids are molded into what the parents wanted to be as kids. Let your kids be themselves</strong>.
Posted by buddysmom80[/QUOTE]
I totally agree. I was annoyed when the mom corrected her about what her favorite thing was. So what let the kid like stretch pants....

KeptInStitches · April 2013

Is it terribly wrong of me to want to make popcorn for when these kids get older? Because this is a trainwreck waiting to happen.

In all seriousness, though, this is really sad. Mom even corrects her daughter's answers on what her favorite clothing is? There's definitely a "problem person" in this dynamic, and for now it's mom. Just wait, though, it'll be the kid and I'm sure mom will have no idea why.

ETA: typing fail

Hummingbird125 · April 2013

Ugh, this is disgusting. The worst part is, this poor kid probably thinks that everything is great, she doesn't even know what she's missing out on. I can't imagine that she'll be able to have normal interactions with her peers in the future. Always being told that you're better than everyone else and being spoiled to that extent is just a reciped for disaster.

[Deleted User] · April 2013

I think I would choose stretch pants, too. I LOVE my stretchy PJ pants. as soon as I get home from work, the pants come on... THIS IS THE LIFE, Y'ALL.

minskat30 · April 2013

A child is not a doll...this makes me so sick. Some parents don't realize that they are shaping the life of a person (a young, innocent person) that has to get along in life with the rest of the people of this world. I hate, with a passion, a sense of entitlement that "the rules of society don't apply to my child", which is exactly what this woman is teaching her child. If my (future, God-willing) child ever called another child a hooker, that kid's ears would be blue from the lecture they would get.

ravenray · April 2013

This line kills me:

"But if the fame ended tomorrow, I would be 100 percent OK with that.”

I'm sorry, if you invested 50k in your daughter, I doubt you would be ok with losing your money.

It really sickens me to see this, but I think it is becoming far too popular.

Vintagelove4 · April 2013

That show makes me sick. Like Buddy said, I think it's really just the parents trying to live out their dreams through their kids. A child should be allowed to dream their own dreams, play outside, mess up their hair and get mud on their cloths.

beautiflaw · April 2013

I could not get past the first couple of paragraphs without getting sick to my stomach. I have a daughter of my own and if any of those words ever came out of her precious little mouth, I would immediately feel that I had failed as a parent.

beautiflaw · April 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_this-kind-of-makes-me-sick?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:acafcdf4-07ce-4be2-a1ab-951c5901c507Post:16b32faa-8997-4161-b01f-2edd71139a15">Re: This kind of makes me sick.....</a>:
[QUOTE]I couldn't even imagine at six years old having a lifestyle like she did. At six years old I was wearing homemade clothes that my mom sewed. Any money I received for birthdays, etc was put into a savings account for me. FFS I didn't wear makeup until I was 13 or so. I think sometimes the mouth pieces for these kids are their moms. Or even the kids are molded into what the parents wanted to be as kids. Let your kids be themselves.
Posted by buddysmom80[/QUOTE]

Me too! My mom or my grandmothers made my clothes for the longest! Anything they didn't sew themselves was a hand me down from a family friend. I remember my aunt bringing giant trashbags full of clothes from her friend's daughter, and I remember going through those bags with the biggest grin ever. They were new to me, and that's what mattered. I didn't care that they'd been worn.

This kind of makes me sick.....

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