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hippie_chick) wrote2010-06-28 07:33 pm
hippie_chick) wrote2010-06-28 07:33 pm
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Oh for cripe sake.
Really, tabloids, tv, and internet? You're analyzing why Shiloh Jolie-Pitt got her hair cut shorter? MY hair was that length at her age and I didn't have everyone analyzing why I didn't have, ya know, GIRL hair! I had hair down my back in kindergarten. But my mom cut it because it was often a tangled mess by the end of the day and I'd always fuss when she tried to do anything with it. This way, it was SO much easier. Just brush and go. And it was cute.
Not to mention, OMG sound the alarm bells she wears jeans and sneakers! For the love of God, there are even child psychologists on some sites pitching in their two cents about why she wants short hair and wants to wear jeans. GTFO. When I was four, five? I was a tom boy... I climbed things. I rough housed. I was not all lady like and prim.
I've even seen Shiloh's sexuality talked about. Okay, um. She. Is. Four. Years. Old. When I see that I just have to say back the hell off and step down. I read somewhere that Shiloh likes to be called "John" because she loves Peter Pan and she loves that character, not particularly because she's gonna be the next Chaz Bono! I did weird shit like that too at that age. It's just creepy to me anyway how obsessed the media is with these children and some of the stuff they say about them.
Why do people CARE so much about these celebrity children anyway? Who gives two craps why Suri Cruise wears designer dresses and custom made heels while Shiloh wears jeans and sneakers? Worry about your own damn kids.
Not to mention, OMG sound the alarm bells she wears jeans and sneakers! For the love of God, there are even child psychologists on some sites pitching in their two cents about why she wants short hair and wants to wear jeans. GTFO. When I was four, five? I was a tom boy... I climbed things. I rough housed. I was not all lady like and prim.
I've even seen Shiloh's sexuality talked about. Okay, um. She. Is. Four. Years. Old. When I see that I just have to say back the hell off and step down. I read somewhere that Shiloh likes to be called "John" because she loves Peter Pan and she loves that character, not particularly because she's gonna be the next Chaz Bono! I did weird shit like that too at that age. It's just creepy to me anyway how obsessed the media is with these children and some of the stuff they say about them.
Why do people CARE so much about these celebrity children anyway? Who gives two craps why Suri Cruise wears designer dresses and custom made heels while Shiloh wears jeans and sneakers? Worry about your own damn kids.
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*applause for mouse* That's my big pet peeve. They have nothing better to do than speculate, which is disgusting. I'm all for parents letting their kids express themselves instead of forcing them to be little adults.
I used to babysit for a little girl that had to have things just right; it was just her nature. She always wore frilly little dresses with frilly socks and patent leather shoes. Her mom would lay out her clothes for the day, and I swear the kid had no play clothes. It seemed at the time to me that she must be a miserable kid, primarily because I was a messy, creative kid who couldn't imagine not being able to play rough & tumble games or paint with my fingers. So the next time I came over, I brought an old t-shirt for her to put over her clothes and let her play in the yard. She seemed to be having fun, until we had to come inside. One look at the carpeting, and she burst into tears. Turned out that she was afraid that her mom would get angry because "she doesn't like messes". Take this a step further; she didn't think her mom would like her anymore because she had enjoyed getting messy. I was furious with the mother, but I really had not thought things through. I had assumed that the mother made her wear princess clothes and behave so politely, when in fact the little girl was going through a phase of wanting to be an adult. (Or rather her perception of being an adult.)
It didn't go badly when her mother got home, but I felt horrible for jumping to the wrong conclusion. I should have asked first instead of doing what I wanted. She wanted to please me and her mother, and it was confusing for her. She thought that I wouldn't like her if she said no to playing outside. Her mother handled it well, and my opinion of her rose several notches. Told her that there is a time and place for getting messy, and that she doesn't have to be perfect to be loved. And then she dipped her fingers in the flower pot and streaked her own cheek with it.
(In the end, she set aside some time each week for messy play and bought her a smock and sweatpants. Kid still preferred prim and proper clothing, but came to see her play clothes as a uniform.) So, not to sound trite, but I learned something that day. By imposing my will on someone else, no matter how good my intentions were, I was squashing her will.