Comments on: Mommy and Plastic Surgery: Why Does She Look Different?

By: GetMeso

GetMeso — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:48:35 +0000

Hopefully parents are in good communication with their children so they can understand.

By: The Knife Coach Says ‘No’ to “My Beautiful Mommy” – A Children’s Book about Plastic Surgery | Your New Body Blog.com

Thu, 22 May 2008 20:16:43 +0000

[...] What is more mystifying is the media’s obsession with one Florida plastic surgeon’s tasteless vision of what “mommies” look like in My Beautiful Mommy. [...]

By: Girl-Woman

Girl-Woman — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:26:14 +0000

I just heard this on Fox News this morning. Already feeling a little superficial about having a beauty blog, the book made me feel more guilt. Thankfully, I never had to come home wrapped like a mummy and explain that mummy had to be more beautiful.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:23:33 +0000

You’ve all made some great points on this. Children are being exposed to a lot of things at a much earlier age and as Julie pointed out, Barbie may have started it all! Also, as Brook and Shan mentioned, it’s interesting to see that parents seem to be turning to books for an easy out. Instead of sitting with a child and explaining the situation, many parents are resorting to books to do the dirty work for them. However, I also think about the resources that children have these days. Many kids are talking to each other about adult topics instead of their parents. This is often why children get the wrong information; maybe by having books like this one they will be more inclined to listen to Mommy and not little Susie on the playground at school.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:10:12 +0000

I saw this the other day too. As if Barbie dolls weren’t bad enough. What a sad society we live in that some NEED to introduce negative body image, lack of self confidence and vanity at such inappropriately young ages. That’s all we need, anorexia and bulimia before they know how to read chapter books.

By: katie

katie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:37:43 +0000

I don’t believe that it is necessary to explain this to any young child. That sort of information is meant for adults to comprehend and not children. Children are not allowed to be innocent any more and are bombarded with information that they do not know how to deal with. That’s why you see more and more children at therapist offices. It’s bad enough that young girls are dealing with eating disorders; as young as 8 years old.

By: Shan

Shan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:42:53 +0000

I’m a mommy to be and as my body has begun to change I’ve begun to consider if I’ll need a tummy tuck or breast lift. That I would need to explain this to my child seems irrelevant because I wouldn’t be doing it to change myself dramatically. If my child ever asked me if I had plastic surgery then I would explain it to them; age apropriately; but I do feel that the title of this book could leave the thought of “My Mommy wasn’t Beautiful Enough so she Changed herself.” lingering in some childrens minds and with how image centered this world is that Beauty image becomes more important at a time when a child should be a child. You would think that by this day and age parents would be able to talk to their children openly and honestly but it seems that instead they look for something or someone to tell them what to say instead of just being honest about how they feel and think.

By: anu

anu — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:28:46 +0000

i saw and and it made me laugh. i’m really not sure how explaining plastic surgery to a young child and emphasizing it like that would really benefit the self-esteem of the child, but i could be wrong. i am curious to see how a parent’s plastic surgery would affect their child…

By: Brook

Brook — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:59:46 +0000

I think that the steps the mom took in the book are admirable. But do we really need to have a book for EVERY event children may encounter? Those of us who are now adults managed to grow up okay without anyone reading “Everybody Poops” to us – because no one had dreamed up a book like that yet! But now it’s a must-read for every 2 year old…Parents should be able to talk about these issues without always using a book.