For those of you getting a tummy tuck, boob job, or nose job for Mother’s Day, I have great news. There’s a new book that just came out by a plastic surgeon that will help you talk to your kids about it!
AND…it makes me want to PUKE!
It’s called My Beautiful Mommy, and from what I gathered by reading the Newsweek article about it, it features a pretty midriff-baring mommy who just wants to be prettier. Thank God, a muscle-bound, super-hero looking plastic surgeon can take care of that for her! SHEW! Otherwise she might have to go through life looking just pretty. With the face that God gave her. And a body that – gasp! – bears the marks of childbirth! A fate worse than death, I say.
As you may have guessed from my sarcasm (were you picking that up I hope?), I think this book is ridiculous, and the fact that some actually see a “need” for it to be written (see Newsweek article) is just insane. The book is geared toward 4 to 7 year-olds. Here’s an idea: if you have a 4 to 7 year-old child and you are having cosmetic surgery just ’cause you wanna be prettier, don’t TELL THEM THAT. Your children will come up with self-esteem problems on their own. Your daughters don’t need the details of your inferiority complex to jump-start them on the Road to Bulimia.
I was discussing this book with my sisters-in-law and my mom, and I said, “It makes me want to keep Sophie from learning how to read.” My sister-in-law Sarah replied, “She doesn’t need to learn how to read. She just needs to be able to look out the window at a billboard.”
Ugh.
Time to invest in a baby blindfold.
Sophie doesn’t need to learn how to read, she just needs to be beautiful so she can catch her a hot rich man….right?
I agree Jenny. Ugh!
Ok, the look on the Mom’s and the little boy’s faces are creaping me out. Is it me?
oooooooooookkkkkkkk!
Man, I cannot wait for “My Mid-Life Crisis Dad” to come out! Kids can learn all about how cool cars and young secrectaries can help ease the transition to old age for daddy.
Nothing says America like the insistance of adults to give their kids complexes at an early age…..
It must be nice to live in a world where your biggest challenge is having to find a book to help you discuss your upcoming elective surgery with your child! ;P
Sadly, it might make it to the top seller’s list.
I heard about this too. Disgusting. By the way, your blog is wonky. Not sure if it just is on my computer, but it is wonky.
Ew. Ew. Mommy with her midriff showing is scary enough — not to mention the spotlight and stars around her. Does it talk about painkillers and swelling, infection and antibiotices, and more? I’d guess probably not.