I saw the above picture on Facebook, and it was a photo taken of two children who were attending their Kindergarten prom.
Call me old school but I do wish our kids could just be kids. I understand the premise of celebrating a child moving up from kindergarten on to bigger and better things in elementary school, but having a prom might be a bit much.
When we have graduations for little children in our opinion the ceremony teaches them that when they work hard their achievements are celebrated.
Graduation encourages them to keep on swimming, set a goal and knock it out of the park. Additional prom can also be seen as an innocent celebration, and an opportunity to celebrate with kids as they move ahead.
The problem I have is everything that comes with Prom. The dresses, the fashion show, the lights, the red carpet. Prom’s have almost become closely akin to a celebrity attending the Met Gala where everyone wants to out do the other person.
When you bundle all of that and place it on the shoulders of a five year old, things get a bit hairy for me.
That prom dress pictured above is highly inappropriate for a child and even though the little boy looks dapper in his outfit the whole thing is just way too much for them at that age.
We say let the kids enjoy, recess, naps, toys and everything that makes childhood special give them something to look forward to in the future.
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In a world that is highly sexualised we have to work overtime to keep our children engaged in what is appropriate for them so that as they mature they can gradually understand the world they will be living in.
Many parents have made the decision to have their children miss the kindergarten prom for the very reasons I have stated. What say you? Is prom in kindergarten going to far?
When I was five I wasn’t wishing I could go to prom. Just sayin. As for the below comment about black culture… is this kiddy prom just for the black culture? I didn’t see mention of that….pretty sure this is about young children and not race in the article.
That’s so cute love her dress
Until she trips, falls and end up in the ER because she hasn’t learned how to walk proper;y in a long gown like that!
Please let kids be kids
To Much, those days will come don’t rush it.
This is just ridiculous !
STUPID azzed $30 Trillion dollar a year FOOLS! The money spent on this DISGUSTINGLY IGNORANT BS should be in a college savings fund. EACH and every ONE of those parents should be exposed and humiliated as some of THE DUMBEST JACKASSES of the WEEK! Black people need to LEARN to SAVE and INVEST and STOP being the butt of every economic joke ever told!
Every time I see my people doing something economically stupid like $200 tennis shoes on kids feet that are growing – FOOLS like these come up with something ELSE!
WAKE THE HELL UP! SNAP OUT OF IT!!!!!
We Black people in America WASTE more money than 2/3rds of African Economies on DUMB MESS LIKE THIS!!! My GOD! What the HELL is wrong with these fools and their supporters!
Wayyyy too much let them enjoy their childhood please!!!! I swear folk nowadays too much for me SMH
In my opinion I think that dress just looks bad because everyone sees it as it being sexual, but to me her parent dressing her up like that at an early age could show her what a pretty dress really looks like and how to dress to look pretty and not like a thot or hoe like a lot of girls now adays dress.
Sad
these concepts foster systemic views that many children will live out
in their adult life and pass it to another generation… these little
ones need knowledge not proms
Playing dress up in daycare, and having a formal prom for 5 year old kids are two, entirely different things. Kids of today already think everything they do is worthy of an award ceremony of some kind, and the last thing I want to see is kids that age in expensive prom dresses and tuxes.
Totally unnecessary, and expensive!
This is just wrong! As a teacher of first grade students, this troubles me. We are so consumed with the wrong things when it comes to our children. The money spent on that little dress and earrings could have been used to purchase reading software to help these children succeed. This is simply disturbing…
How do know that they don’t have those educational things at home? My child attended a prom at two years old. She knew the basic parts of her body, how to count to 20, ABCs, and how to spell her name. As a teacher the mind should be more open.
Inappropriate for 2 reasons.
1. Girls should never wear a dress showing that much skin. What would she wear when she gets older? She is dressing sexy already.
2. Children should not have this prom concept so early since it promotes dating far too young. This is social programming and the children aren’t old enough to understand the dynamics. Proms at their age could lead to an increase of teenage pregnancy which would not a good thing at all.
I understand the issue with the dress in the picture. I agree, that is way too much for a child. Having a prom for them is not such a big deal to me. My daughter’s daycare has a prom every year. It’s not going to ruin a child’s future. I feel like things like that can help the children with their interaction with other kids. I have noticed that it helps children to come out of their shyness. It’s all about how you go about doing these things as a parent.
This is not cute, it is not funny, and it is not in any way appropriate! It is disgusting to see a 5 year old girl sexualized like this. Social services needs to step in and take that little girl away from parents that would dress a small child like that before she is raped or worse – if she hasn’t been already. I know I would be suspicious of the intentions a father, stepfather, or whatever type of male role model in the house who would allow his 5 year old daughter to dress like this.
The very idea of asking 5 year olds to behave like 16-18 year olds is just wrong. Let them be children and have activities that are age appropriate to celebrate their progress. This is some kind of weird propaganda to find another way to get parents to shell out $$$$ they shouldn’t be wasting.
That is straight crazy!! Let them be babies… Then we wonder why they are having sex and doing drugs at the age of 15…
Why. Ridiculous.
I had a preschool prom that I dressed up like a little lady for. My hair was pressed and curled and I was allowed to wear it down and I had a knit dress on like my mom’s friend. I never forgot it and that was 1971. Kids have fun and learn great things come with study. And yes I studied then. I was in a special preschool and you couldn’t even play if you didn’t do your work. Because of that I read at age 3yrs. Just don’t dress them too old.
Just stop
IT doesn’t have to be expensive. What people use their money for is their business, this is one thing that I had to learn the hard way when preaching to my 2 sisters. “Don’t give that child a 1st birthday party” “That child doesn’t need this” “That child doesn’t need that.” That was me, but I had to learn the hard way that people are going to spend on whatever they WANT over, whatever they NEED. I will admit I have one a want before a need, I made sure that my need would be covered before it was time for it. IF the schools don’t give the prom then someone in the community will, and IF parents want their child(ren) to go and be a part of then that thy will do whatever it takes.
My question is this how many of the 5 year olds have a college fund. The thing is we spend more money on foolishness than on something they need like a growup account or swimming lessons. I know too many blacks that can’t swim. Spend your money on things that better them; instead of on things that make them ungrateful brats. The reason children are the way they are today is because we raised them to be that way.
I think the average economically-disadvantaged black parent is having less and lesser aspirations for their kids.
Shame!
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