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FACEBOOKWow. Maybe I'm just misunderstanding this, but are we making unnecessary plastic surgery and materialism acceptable?! What happened to teaching kids to LOVE themselves and others no matter how they look? Instead, the first time little Susie gets picked on at school for having a big nose, small chest, big butt, Whatever, Guess what she'll be asking to get for her birthday? Maybe when your own children, who are amazingly perfect and beautiful in your eyes, come to you asking for a nose job, you'll understand how disgusting it is to introduce this form of "logic" into youth libraries! It seems to me that this particular author decided to trade his morals for the business he would gain by manipulating our children. Good job sir, and good luck sleeping at night.
Thursday April 17, 2008
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A Florida plastic surgeon has written a children's book called My Beautiful Mommy – out on Mother's Day – to teach kids why their mother is going under the knife for cosmetic enhancements.
"The kids have questions," author Dr. Michael Salzhauer told Newsweek.
My Beautiful Mommy is about a mother who gets a tummy tuck, breast implants and a nose job.
"You see, as I got older, my body stretched and I couldn't fit into my clothes anymore," the character explains. "Dr. Michael is going to help fix that and make me feel better."
Salzhauer said while "parents generally tend to go into this denial thing" and "try to ignore the kids' questions completely," children are legitimately confused and worried.
For instance, he said, "With the tummy tucks, [mothers] can't lift anything, they're in bed."
One mother interviewed by Newsweek was grateful.
"I didn't want [my son] to think [the surgery] was because I was hurting," she said. "It was to make me feel good."
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports that 348,000 breast augmentations and 148,000 tummy tucks were performed in 2007.
Vote on which stars you think had plastic surgery here.
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Posted by Mandi Illuzzi at 2:40 pm ET
Okay, usually I would argue that knowledge is superior to ignorance, thus explaining what plastic surgery involves and is about to kids would be of merit. However, in this case it just perpetuates our society's fixation with looks, fashion and bling. It also begs the question because of its title "My Beautiful Mommy" - Will Mommies not be beautiful if they don't get plastic surgery? What if you a Mommy who has maintained a healthy lifestyle, remains fit and generally is pleased with her looks at age 42? Believing that Hey, I'm holding out pretty good. Are you therefore not beautiful because you don't need surgery? Maybe we should collectively lay off the cheeseburgers, fries and shakes.
This can't be for real... it's ridiculous! Whats next, a children's book to explain dad's hemorrhoids?
This can't be for real... it's ridiculous! Whats next, a children's book to explain dad's hemorrhoids?
cause thier isn't ebough problems about body issues in this world that they need to write a book like this. seriously
Plastic Surgery is not an appropriate topic to talk about to kids!Although nowadays more and more women are care about their lookings. since the internet dating is popular. i just found many super stars posted their dating prifile at the wealthy man dating club m il l i o n a i r e c h a t s.c o m
This is why the terrorists hate us.
9:31 That was awesome!
10:04 PM
Hopefully your story ends better than Kanye West's mother's did. RIP.
Upcoming titles:
"Dump Trucks and Tummy Tucks"
"How Mommy Lost Weight: A Kids' Guide to Gastric Bypass Surgery"
"Mommy's Life as a Stripper"
"Why Does Grandma Need a Face Lift?"
"Botox is Your Friend"
"Why Daddy Needs Viagra: All About Adult Vitamins"
You have GOT to be kidding me!!! How ridiculous! and just another way for the surgeon to make another buck. Jeeeeeze!!
The accompanying image alone is hilarious. Because all mommies who go under the knife end up coming out with pixie dust and pretty pink butterflies swirling around them. It's just like a scene from a Disney movie. Oh wait NO
what the f#ck is this world coming to? A book for children to justify plastic surgery. If you want surgery just go get it, and dont try to validate it to your kids. stupid and ignorant!
Great now kids are going to focus on the outside. Sounds like he's recruiting future patients. Brother! I had a reduction when my kids were 2 1/2, I said I'm getting them smaller so my back doesn't hurt. End of story. It should be "Why does mommy's face scare me?"
What in the hay?! You don't need no dayum book to explain surgery to your kids, you explain it to them yourselves in a light sort of manner. If you're child is young and if you get a nose job, walk in with your nose wrapped and your child doesn't understand, just tell them, "mommy broke her nose and needed to get it fixed, but mommy will be alright." I know it's a little white lie, but hey, it's something to tell them. I'm sure parents can be creative with their responses. Why in the world does some crack pot have to go and get a book printed? Do they need money or something. Yeah, tell them, "mommy got her boobs redone, because after I had you they got saggy." OR "mommy needed this tummy tuck, because you stretched my stomach out and now I'm all fat."
I think it is ok for mothers to make themselves feel better and have a higher self esteem by reparing what the pregnacies have ruined. The problem is, this doctor is just looking for publicity and more money by selling the stupid book he wrote. i think mothers can always tell their children themselves or not even bother or just say "mommy has a bobo and it will go away in two weeks and we can play and run together again" ta ta!
The title and cover of this book is horrifying. I think that we need to be completely honest with children, whether you agree with plastic surgery or not. But this book isn't the way to do it- just talk with your kids openly. You won't need this stupid book to communicate what's going on; just do it your own way.
I'm 35, in good shape, eat healthy and have 2 kids. I'm
having a tummy tuck and breast implants. I've lost all
my breast tissue from nursing for a total of 3 years between
both kids ---A, I wear training bras. I have several hernias,
chronic back pain and when lying down a 3x1 inch crater appears under
what used to be my belly button. My stomach muscles never came back
together. My kids want to know why the baby has not come out yet and how come my belly button is popped out. I weigh 115 pounds and feel great
about myself. So its not always about making yourself look good,
sometimes its needed. I'll agree on the poor choice of title and concept.
I also think that this is the tip of the iceberg as far as our kids and
the message it sends out. Have you shopped in little girls clothing
stores, watched the t.v. or seen the tabloids in lines. The wrong
message is everywhere. I personally would'nt buy it even with my planned
surgery, answering my kids questions myself is a far better approach.
9:07, I could not agree more!
Why can't anyone just be happy with what God gave them, and what he meant for them to have? I would much rather have some wrinkles and saggy boobs than to look like I just stepped out of a plastic coated wind tunnel. Let's keep it real for the kids!
Wow...that's disgusting. What a way to give kids more body and appearance issues than they already have. Let's keep telling those kids that looks are what's important!
6:59, yes everyone is beautiful in their own ways, but by perpetuating this, we are placing more importance and more emphasis on physical beauty than spiritual or artistic, is that healthy?
I can understand having a tummy tuck to take care of weight you've worked your butt off to lose, (i've lost some weight and have some loose skin but i'm a lot younger and hope it will fix itself) but plastic surgery to fix a weight problem that you're not willing to work at and fix yourself is pathetic and sends a bad message to kids, "hon you can get as fat as you want because later you'll just have surgery" even though surgery won't fix your heart or your arteries.
any other plastic surgery is usually unnecessary and a ridiculous attempt to conform to unrealistic societal standards...instead of society telling us what beauty is and how we should look, why don't we set the standard in natural beauty? we used to, remember when size 12 was the average size of sex icons? when did we let the world tell us a size 6 isn't good enough?
US, you are disgusting. You are constantly promoting plastic surgery, it's so damn obvious. What you should be promoting to kids is the message that you should love yourself no matter what. This sickens me. Whatever, some of your writers got surgery and want us all to think it's normal. It's not and it's actually a curse for actors and actresses....people don't like when you change your look too much and show how insecure you are about yourself...where is Ashleee Simpson's career right now? Oh yeah, in the toilet. Case in point.
Plastic Surgery is not an appropriate topic to talk about to kids! Try orange juice, Shrek, etc. as appropriate topics to talk about to kids!
Well if mommy is fat and lumpy, she needs to get her a$$ looking good again. Plastic surgery is a good option. Most people are too busy or lazy to work out or eat right anyways. We don't need anymore fat American Moms embarrassing our country!
I disagree with 4:55 PM BF! Surgery is not a toy to play with. It is dangerous. We should not be teaching our kids that it is ok to have surgery because I want bigger boobs! Have we forgotten what happened to kanye west's mom already! There are a lot of unqualified doctors out there that are realizing how much money can be made. Kids shouldn't start off thinking surgery is a solution! We already have way to many fat kids out there.
I'm all for open communication on any topic and talking to kids about issues in life. I think this book is a good idea. HOWEVER, I have a problem with the title. "My Beautiful Mommy" implies that without surgey the mom is NOT beautiful. We should teach kids that plastic surgery is an option in life but it is NOT the only way to be "beautiful". Feeling good and being beautiful are 2 similiar but different issues. The book should press the idea of "feeling good" and making a personal decision. It should not press the idea of "beauty". I'm afraid that these kids will grow up to not value themselves and want surgery to be "beautiful like mommy". This Dr. ONLY wrote this to brainwash a generation so that he'll have more clients when these kids grow up. Had he actually wanted to TEACH children he would have taken a more tastefull approach!
Nancy Grace, though that is not her real name even though she introduces herself as Nancy Grace, she does have the potential to serve a noble cause. The wrong name indicates only one thing for Nancy on her show; the beginning of her lies for that show. You see, Nancy’s noble cause is that she has some positive potential because every beer that she consumes, whether while on the air or not, makes it one less beer available to under-age kids out there. So Nancy truly does have a positive purpose in helping out society. Secondly, she is a mental health patient and she may use that to better educate the public of some of her dysfunctions and explanations to some of her irate and unprofessional conduct leading to so many “settled“ lawsuits against herself. While she rarely discusses this part of her misconduct, perhaps in the future she may be more willing after she gets canned from yet another show. She’s been canned by three shows in the last two years already. There are few people in the USA that can consume so much alcohol and such a regular basis as Nancy. You go girl (granny), pound down the suds instead of pounding down your fists on your desktop like you did when you verbally assaulted that poor mother of a missing child. Thanks to Nancy, and Nancy alone, we may never find that missing child. Her current weapon of choice” BudLights, warm or cold.
My Beautiful Surgically Enhanced, Tummy Tucked, Breast Augmented Mommy!!
6:00 PM Anonymous Says:
yeah let's just keep perpetuating the myth that women need to look a certain way to be 'beautiful'. the title alone is worth bashing.
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It's not a myth. To be physically beautiful you DO have to look a certain way. There are other types of beauty, like personality, spirituality, intelligence, artistic. BUT physical beauty requires certain attributes. Not everyone is PHYSICALLY beautiful and that is OK because there is SOMETHING beautiful about everyone, maybe just not looks.
Mommy, when I grow up I wanna inflate my boobies and cut off my nose, just like you!!
