Keeeping naughty kids busy and occupied is a big challenge. More so, when it is wedding time. How many of you would want lil champs messing up the room where the bride is to dress up for the most important day of her life? Or for that matter, the mischievious lot going and spoiling giveaways to be given to guests from the boy’s side with their muddy and soiled little fingers. Ouch! This can be mood dampening for everybody at the wedding.
But hope is the best thing to happen in this world. Kids might be kids but as grown-up adullts we can keep them occupied in such a way that they don’t spoil the mood and the ceremony. Here are some tips.
Make a separate table for kidfolk and put a lot of board games such as Scrabble and Monopoly. When evening
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Get the wedding DJ announce the winner during the evening.Once the kiddos compete for a prize, their mind will be engaged in winning the prize and so won’t have time to create a ruckus in the family wedding.
Who doesn’t need helpers to do the running around in a wedding? What are kids for? Got the clue. Yes, involve kids in your wedding. Ask a couple of chota bachchas to escort the guests to their seats, some to supervise the waiters to keep serving snacks to guests till the time saat pheras happen, and some to help packing the gifts to be given to the guests. It will keep the kids busy in a positive direction rather than spoiling the show.
Wedding moments are meant to be captured in a camera. So buy your child a disposable camera and ask him/her to put on a spy act at the wedding ceremony and reception and take photos of it. The child could click moments such as the bride and the groom holding on to each other’s hands, guests and hosts clinking their glasses or for that matter the bride and her father shaking a leg. All these are beautiful moments worth capturing in time and the little child could make it thebest thing to happen by just clicking these lovable acts. Incidentally, such kind of activity would also keep the kids occupied for
Beauty pageants that involve children are a booming industry and growing fast in popularity. This is partially because of television shows like Toddlers and Tiaras and Living Dolls, which glorify pageants that threaten the innocence of childhood. According to Lucy Wolfe, “in 2011, three million children participated in pageants across the country” (454). With so many children, some as young as six months old, partaking in pageants and countless more aspiring to be pageant princesses, a closer look needs to be taken at the practices that are used to prepare them for the show. Often working long hours, not only prepping for the pageant but also performing in it, the children have no laws protecting them from being harmed or exploited.
Two words: reality TV. We’ve all been there before watching endless hours of personal drama and documentary shows that never cease to be jaw dropping hilarious to downright shocking. But did you ever think that a reality TV show would display all the horrors behind all the glitz and glamor? Toddlers and Tiaras a child pageant reality TV show, displayed to the world what families will do to get the title of “Ultimate Grand Supreme”. Vernon R. Wiehe in the article “Nothing Pretty In Child Pageants” argues about the damage that child pageants could do to the kid that is participating in them. I agree with Wiehe that there is really nothing beautiful about child pageant’s in the way that nothing in pageant’s seems age appropriate for a young child,
When I hear the word toddler I think of little girls walking around in mommy’s shoes, and miss matched clothing (because she’s getting to the age where she likes to dress herself.) And of course a cute smile that’s missing a few teeth. The word glitz, glamour and sashes don’t come to mind. Nor does the image of a little girl who’s fake from head to toe. Wearing wigs, flippers (fake teeth), inappropriate /reveling attire and fake tans. I don’t think of little girls dancing around a stage in front of hundreds of people getting judged on their “beauty.” Well, that is exactly what children’s pageants consist of. Pageants exploit a child for their outer beauty, their talents and over all perfection or as pageant judges would call it having” the whole package.” I bet pedophiles think the same thing and find these pageants very entertaining. And most of all, I don’t want to see a mother trying to live out her dreams through her three-year-old child.
“Toddlers and Tiaras” is a television show originally aired on TLC, capturing the preparations and day of activates for a glitz pageants. Participants in these pageants are usually girls ranging in age from months old to teens.
Every once in a while when channel surfing, I have come across a show called “Toddlers and Tiaras”. This is a TLC hit reality TV show that follows families as they prepare their children to compete in a “glitz” beauty pageant. Not only are these children contestants between the ages months old and ten, but they are contestants that give off the self-image of a teenager. Stage moms are seen choreographing dance routines or hiring a choreographer to get the job done, to do what they came to do, which is to win!
We’ve all seen, or at least heard of, the television show Toddlers and Tiaras. The combination of crown thirsty parents, and their spoiled rotten kids, create the perfect, addictive show for the bored house wife. While some people find this highly entertaining, I see it as a televised, sparkly circus with the parents acting as the ring leaders. They spend anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars to doll their kids up to an extent where they don’t even look like themselves, just to please a panel of random strangers. Because of the large chunk of change invested into these outfits and accessories, the children’s parents stress how important it is for them to win to make it all
The purpose of the pageant is to make them feel loved and cute. The talent portion of the competition is classed as irrelevant, compared to the judgement of the appearance. The children are pressured to showcase themselves in order to get a prize in the contest. Opinions from others can cause emotional damage which can reflect the children’s self-esteem and opinion. The US programme “Toddlers and Tiaras” is a prime example of how the children are expected to dress in suggestive outfits and a lot of make-up, even to the extreme of false teeth being used.
Child beauty pageant in reality is expected to act ‘childlike’ but rather they are forced to
The tension is building. It is almost time for her to go on stage. Everything, from head to toe, is double checked to make sure it is perfect. Her make-up is flawless. The foundation covers any unevenness in skin tone, while the blush gives her cheeks a nice rosy glow. Eye shadow, mascara, and false eyelashes have been applied. Lipstick and lip gloss contribute to the pout of her lips. Her hair has been curled, teased, placed in an upswept hairdo, and heavily sprayed with hair spray to keep the hair in place during her performance. The costume is custom made with lots of sequins and beads to catch the light and sparkle when she performs her dance routine. Her name is announced, and the four year old child struts out onto the stage, smiling and swinging her feather boa to the tune of some sexually suggestive song. All little girls dream about winning a beauty pageant and wearing a tiara, but have child pageants exploited that dream?
Child Beauty Pageants Win or Lose? Why not let the kids dress up and show out? Let the kids walk across the stage in front of the judge if they want to. Being in beauty pagents gives kids the opportunity to experience sportsmanship. It also gives them the chance to build their self confidence.
One of the greatest problems associated with child pageants is placing children as sexual objects from an early age. Already, adult pageants are dogged with issues of using women as sexual objects. The same is being transferred to children as Banner and Banner explain. The authors describe the sensual nature of child beauty contests.
There she goes, she strikes a pose and with a bright wide smile, thinking back of all the things she had to do to be on the stage: hair dying, severe dieting, layers of make-up, long fake nails, tons of hairspray, layers of extensions that is heavier then her head, and the hours of preparation she had to make herself perfection. Behind that smile is the approval from the judges and their parents. It may look “cute” in people’s eyes, but in reality it seems inappropriate in age wise. Glitz children beauty pageants consist of modeling, bikini wear, evening attire, and a spunky talent. The children are judged based on their looks, grace, perfection and confidence.
Pageants have been around for a long time. In the past, pageants were an interactive way for girls to display poise and to compete against each other in different categories. Nowadays pageants have transformed completely. Young girls are being treated and made up as if they were women or dolls. On the TLC show, Toddlers and Tiaras, we begin to see this trend happening. Girls as young as the age of two to fifteen months are being put into these pageants and are shown off to the world as “role models” to other children. The show starts off with a glimpse of the young girls’ lives. We see how they interact with their families and we get a feel for how they live. Most girls display all their trophies and how well they do in each pageant. All of these young girls display attitudes and throw temper tantrums throughout the show. Parents spend an enormous amount of money for each pageant on things like dresses and make up. Other children who watch “Toddlers and Tiaras” might be impacted due to being the...
Pop open a bottle of a tasty champagne and toast to this wonderful celebration! You can toast to the happiness of the bride and groom, wish them a long and happy marriage, or pray that no one trips over their own feet as they walk down the aisle. 3) Have fun with signs Chalkboard signs are an enjoyable way to capture your relationship to each of your bridesmaids. You can remind everyone how you first introduced yourself to your bridal party. You can also have your bridesmaids send a message.
By definition child pageants are “A beauty contest featuring contestants under 16 years of age. The competition categories may include talent, interview, sportswear, casual wear, swim wear, western wear, theme wear, outfit of choice, decade wear, and evening wear.” However, pageants are a little different, the expectations in pageants are set extremely high especially for children aged 3 to 11. Pageants often contribute to psychological problems in children and often times may develop into disorders in the child's adult years. Participants in pageants are constantly surrounded by an atmosphere in which is superficial and teaches them many values which are disparaging.