[lurk]

You want to see insanely driven parents, enter the world of high school sports.

[TexasFreeper2009]

the only exploitation I see happening to children is the environmental indoctrination the kids are subjected to from prekindergarten upwards.

[The_Freemason]

What amazes me is that the local news will devote more time to high school sports reporting than almost anything else.

[basil]

I don’t think there’s anything much worse than “Toddlers and Tiaras”. In my mind, those little girls (and now they have boys’ pageants) are the worst.

At least athletics can give the players some good exercise and fresh air!

There is no reason that I can see for 4, 5, 6r yr old little girls doing bumps and grinds, and wiggling their rear ends at an audience full of adults. Even some of the costumes they wear are very suggestive.

I nearly break my arm to change the channel when I come across one of those shows.

[Snickering Hound]

[Gay State Conservative]

I never knew about that childhood pageant stuff until that little Ramsey girl was killed.It's one thing for a little girl to get into mommy's makeup and smear lipstick all over her face.That's normal...and even cute.But you don't take a 5 year old girl,put a wig on her,an inch of makeup and fake rhinestones and parade her around a stage.THAT is child abuse.THAT is child exploitation.THAT is profoundly abnormal.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Toddlers and Tiaras drunk girl interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl0vBV67Yx0

[goat granny]

that stupid show is a pedophiles dream show... And dumb mothers are proud to give it to them...something is wrong with those women and men...

[freekitty]

When this first became a big deal, I never can wrap my head around it. It just seems so wrong.