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
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,
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.
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.
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...
The basis of this article is that though our memory is extraordinarily powerful, there are also “sins” that make it fallible. The author of the article, Daniel L. Schacter, outlines seven of these “sins.” Along with a description of each sin, he also summarizes evidence and research on each of the sins. The first three of Schacter’s sins can be categorized under the broad label of forgetting. They are, transience, absent-mindedness, and blocking.
“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.
Children are entered in these pageants for a variety of reasons. The potential prizes awarded to the winners tempt many parents to enter their child. Awards run the gamut from trophies...
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!
Being in front of a large crowd with people that are cheering the children on as the announcer calls the childs name could really help the kid Having the exposure to a large crowd at a young age helps the child be more comfortable in front of a number of people. Which in time could help the child in school, or in other social events. Including making speeches in school infront of their peers, to public events , and also sports . It teaches them to be more comfortable and confident with themselves with more people than just their parents or family.
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 first wedding that I planned was in no way a traditional wedding. Ten eager little girls decorated the printed invitations with sequins, buttons, and markers. The same energetic hands prepared the wedding feast, consisting of bagged lunches, blintz soufflé, and of course a layer cake. On the big day I looked around with excitement. Again, I noticed something odd about this wedding. All the participants and guests appeared about four feet high. The "groom" had long hair pinned up with brown lines on her face (was that supposed to be a beard?) The wedding location, a back yard with a swing set and a wading pool, seemed far from romantic. This wedding however was not supposed to be one of those types of weddings. As I pressed the "PLAY" button on the tape recorder I knew that ten 4-6-year-old girls cared deeply about this wedding. Despite the absence of a reason for celebration, I pulled all the girls into the circle and we started dancing and clapping to the music. The energy that went into the preparation on previous days could finally be appreciated. My campers and I not only celebrated the accomplishment of the mock wedding, we celebrated the fun and excitement we experienced for the first three weeks in Camp Glitter Girls. I had begun preparing for Camp Glitter Girls over four months before by budgeting, sending out fliers, confirming registration and finally making sure that every camper would have the time of her life. As I danced, I celebrated the times I almost lost my patience but didn't, the times that I planned activities late into the night because I knew that only an organized schedule would ensure the success of my camp.
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.
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.
Vroom… the flamboyant yellow car flies through ashy wet road as if it were racing to the finish line. Leaving me alone with my rustic oil pump in one hand and a dollar and twenty cents in the other. My head is still pounding with overwhelming power as I stumble inside the garage and instantly collapse on the faded coach. I look around the garage with my heavy eyes and notice the shattered picture frame on the cement floor. I push myself off the couch and pick up the shattered glass pieces as well as, the picture frame simultaneously.