Cute Or Creepy?

[sp1814]

You be the judge...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2285416/Someone-like-From-Adele-Michelle-Obama-adorable-child-models-pose-A-listers-Oscars-red-carpet.html

[emmie]

sure we have something similar here, i can't understand parents letting their children do this... sorry it is very creepy.

[naomi24]

This isn't kids dressing up as Cinderella or Rapunzel. It's the sexualisation of children by adults. It reminds me of the awful child beauty pageants that are held in the US.

[Smowball]

Odd. Very odd.

[tonyav]

Very creepy.

[magsmay]

Creepy really does not describe what is now becoming the norm in parts of our society - accepting and to certain extents encouraging the sexualisation of young children. This has nothing to do with dressing up as in trick or treat -this is marketing young children and presenting them as mini versions of celebs - an idea formulated by adults for the purposes of adults and no doubt we will see a lot more of this -though anyone going to a shopping mall on a weekend will see young children parading with their friends looking like extras at a big fat gypsy wedding -so is this just reflecting what people want and expect now, or are children aspiring to an image of what they should look likecreated in the press and celebrity TV?

[Sqad]

LOL....LOL....very funny and very clever.

Little girls have ALWAYS dressed up.......haven't they?

[ummmm]

Yes they have. My daughter used to dress up as a Spice Girl. I wouldn't have put her in a strapless dress though.

[magsmay]

@ummmmm -exactly -and more to the point would not have stood her up in front of the world Press .

[mrs_overall]

I despise those beauty pageants they have for children and think they are so very very wrong.
I think these photo's are simply poking fun at the adult celebrities, although it does make for uncomfortable viewing

[magsmay]

@Squad - little girls and boys have always dressed up -I'm sure you did -but little girls and boys usually dress up at home with friends -not presented at the Oscars for the whole world to see - how would you have liked it if your mum had dragged you down the high street in your milky bar kid outfit ( or Cinderella dress for that matter) and got the local press to photograph you?

[Baldric]

Very Creepy,


I blame the parents!

[Sqad]

ummmm......I am slightly confused....you would not bother about dressing your daughter like one of these:

http://www.google.it/imgres?imgurl=http://swotti.starmedia.com/tmp/swotti/cacheC3BPY2UGZ2LYBHM%3DRW50ZXJ0YWLUBWVUDC1NDXNPY0JHBMRZ/imgSpice%2520Girls1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://swotti.starmedia.com/musicbands/spice-girls_19247.htm&h=500&w=475&;sz=41&tbnid=d9I7w11yPlcuNM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=87&zoom=1&usg=__r5gMphCo1HNUSbR98vGRW1JKE9I=&docid=SG4eTNwU4UFqdM&hl=en&sa=X&;ei=7SIvUd6BD4WFhQfe4IGgBQ&ved=0CDQQ9QEwAw&dur=34

but would not have dressed yer in a strapless dress.....

[TheOtherHalf]

very creepy.................poor kids

[ummmm]

I wouldn't dress her like that. The Spice Girls had a range of clothes for little ones, but more suitable.

[Sqad]

magsmay....I would have loved the publicity.

We now live in a different era.....an era of exhibitionism.......a baby is born and you get a bloody great stork in the front garden with "Trisha arrived today 7lbs" or someone is 21 and there are =her photographs pinned to trees........www. twiter...Facebook....can't get enough of publicity...

No.........I don't like it necessarily, but to me...it is no big deal.

[Teddio]

Yuk! One the reasons why I've always hated Bugsy Malone.

[ummmm]

Teddio - Agree 100%. I watched it not so long ago and found it uncomfortable viewing.

[LoftyLottie]

Dressing up in Mummy's clothes at home or playing with friends is far removed from this. I don't find the photos creepy, just sad and indicative of what American culture (and possibly British culture) has become. Poor kids - no thought given to them at all. The adults are doing it for themselves. Very far removed from kids dressing up - But not too far removed from some kids I see dressed in mini adult clothes tottering down the high street. In fact I find the kids tottering down the high streets in mini versions of adult clothes - much more worrying than those displayed in the photos in a competition. If their parents encourage them to dress like this in everyday life I think it is appalling.

[Sqad]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285621/NHS-hit-new-hospital-deaths-cover-day-Man-With-No-Shame-faces-showdown-meeting.html

Are they really alleging that NHS statistics, can be, and have been...manipulated?

[Sqad]

sorry...wrong thread........;-(