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Zoiks?
What happened? I was just trying to introduce Aven to ya’ll!
After this video revealed Aven’s kinda ‘shallow’ thoughts on “be pretty to be loved”…
I whipped out a few episodes of “Toddlers & Tiaras” and we had a good ol’ “Momma – Daughter Pow-Wow” about WHAT makes a person truly beautiful and lovable.
Yes, initially, Aven was enamored with the “huge tiara’s” on the show…heck…so was I when I first saw the show! *smile*
[if you are not familiar with the show, it is a documentary of sorts of families…mostly Moms & Daughters…who are competing in little girl beauty pageants…and the show captures the pretty icky moments between the families…can we say “Stage Mom”!]
But….then Aven saw the tantrums, the rude words, the disrespect coming out of the mouths of little girls her age and even older.
Girls all “glammed” up … but ACTING “ugly”.
It was a good teachable moment about what REALLY makes a person beautiful and what we should appreciate in other people…not anything near just how they ‘look’.
Phew. I didn’t know all that was rollin’ around in that 4 yr old head of hers. This whole “video blogging” may bring ALL kinds of stuff out!
Maybe Jim and I are feeding the perceptions in her head a bit.
We do “make over her alot” [she’s the only girl..I mean…really…it didn’t ‘seem’ off-base] ….
…..but I think we will take a more well-rounded approach to how she, our precious daughter, is beautiful…not just her outward appearance but also how her ‘insides’ look ….
oH VeY!
Andrea
DO you think westernized toddlers are made to ‘grow up’ to fast…IE nail polish, ‘pretend makeup’, ‘dress up dresses’ everywhere, Disney Princesses as icons of our society…thoughts?
Just figured out that the ‘input’ volume level on my computer was set to ‘low’. So, videos, from now on, should be easier to hear 🙂 Cuz I know you were all OH SO worried about that.