Tigers v. Tiaras

Every now and then I think that maybe TV is not quite as bad as I think it is, and every now and then I am right. Those are the nights when I stay up watching Letterman while doing laundry. And then there is the every so often curiosity that demands to know what everyone else is talking about ventures into the reality world. All I can say is being proven wrong was never quite so traumatic as it is here and now in our youtube fed haze. So I found myself wondering what Toddlers and Tiaras was all about. Goodness!!! Um. OK. First off. Have you noticed that all these little girls have names like McKenzie, Jordyn, Aubrey, Cassidy and the like? None of them are named Alice or Mary. Whats up with that. Is there something wrong with Alice or Mary? Or Jane? We don’t come across many Janes these days. Now that would be a truly unique name. And then the parental interviews… YIKES
Is it just me? Is it not wrong?
But then it struck me. Despite the whole tiger mom controversy, we are all in our own ways tiger moms are we not? We all have our goals that we have set out for our kids. It could be success, it could be self esteem, it can even be beauty pageant worthy. For the most part, we are all building a future for our kids.
I’m not sure where I’m going with this. The only thing I can say with any surety all is …. Lord save me from the tiaras!