A little healthy competition is one thing but botox injections for an eight year old??? C'mon now. Not only is that getting carried away, but it's just wrong on so many levels.
Eight year old Britney Campbell reportedly likes competing in beauty pageants and that's all fine and dandy but a person has to wonder what the long term affect will be on this little girl when you hear the story of how her young life is unfolding.
For her eighth birthday he mother, a beautician by trade, purchased her botox injections online so her face would remain wrinkle free and hopefully give her an edge up in competitions. Since that day - once every three months - she climbs up into the "beauty" chair while her mother pokes her face with needles. "They used to hurt," she says, "but now I don't cry that much." Apart from the botox she's also taken for regular lower body waxing, with the thought says the mother, that in the future it will impede hair growth. Britney also cries from this procedure, but "All the pain and effort is worth it," her mother says as it will benefit her daughter into the future. She's booked in for eyebrow tattooing and in her own tiny voice she says, "I also want a boob job and a nose job soon, so that I can be a star."
Wow. Whatever happened to tea parties and playing with dolls, climbing trees and getting your clothes dirty?
What eight year old talks about boob jobs, botox and wrinkles? What is her mother doing to her? Latest reports say she has been (at least temporarily) removed from her home where she and her now single mother reside and I hope that's the case. Wanting the best for your child is one thing but this is beyond ridiculous. What kind of message is she sending to her daughter? Without a bunch of costly, painful procedures she is unworthy and unattractive? "If I want Britney to be successful, I have to realistic. She has to start as early as possible," says the mother, adding, "I'd rather she be perfect and have a little frozen face..." Realistic? Perfect? Successful? Nobody is perfect and can't she at least enjoy a little of her childhood first?
Guiding our children into a successful, independent adulthood should be our goal as parents but this woman has taken things way too far. "When she's a superstar earning millions, she'll always be grateful for what I did when she was so young," wraps up the mom. I'd say the child is more apt to be in therapy than on the stage and what a shame it is that our society encourages things like this to happen.
