Walter, Forgive me, I know there are others who do not watch much TV news and I only heard about this yesterday. I guess this has been on TV since last Friday. I only caught it yesterday and today I saw a reference to the situation as I was reading my online news. The more I read the more I thought, babies, toddlers, children and so forth need to come with instruction manuals for parents. It is not even whether the mother is licensed/certified or whatever to do this. It is where did child learn about wrinkles? Why is she worried about wrinkles? She should be learning that God made each of us a little different and we love each other as we are. She should still be playing with Betsy Wetsy, playing in the sandbox and watching Shirley Temple. Far too many parents live through their children. It can be looks, intelligence, sports or etc. I have seen this even as my children as raise their children. My oldest grandson had many interests when he was younger, soon to be 16, but they did not fit in with what his parents thought a boy should be spending time doing. I think many parents today need to have been raised with those old sayings that still go through my mind. I could recite a book of them. But "Pretty is as Pretty does" seems to fit the situation. Although, I fear the one with the most problems will be the little girl. Marilyn On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Walter J Freeman <sffwjf@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this a new thing? Botox (or botulism toxin, a nerve paralyzing poison) > is given in micro amounts by subcutaneous injection to paralyse certain > muscles usually in older people with facial problems or in people with > uncontrollable tics and twitches. What this would do for an eight year old > is beyond me, unless there was an underlying medical problem. > > Why any physician would consent to giving such a treatment to a child is > also questionable, again assuming it was for cosmetic purposes and not for a > medical issue? > > So I stopped my speculation here to look up what you were referring to. > Since you did not give a link, Marilyn, here is what I came up with<http://abcnews.go.com/Health/mom-year-daughter-botox-young-young/story?id=13580804> > . > > It is worse than I thought! The girl's mother, a so-called aesthetician, > is administering the shots! Where is she getting the botox? What is her > training? What pediatrician or dermatologist is supervising this? The fact > that the Mom is using it and the little girl supposedly asked for it is no > excuse. Looks like the backlash is terrific! The Mom is under > investigation by the local Child Welfare Authorities as a result. > > I would be surprised, if they find in favor of the mother, and not > surprised if she loses custody as a result. This I think would be a greater > injustice as I think the agency should rather forbid any further use of any > injection other than that given by a licensed physician for routine or > emergency health care and to put the mother on a watch list and probation > for five years or so. Separation of the mother and child would likely do > more harm than the injections have to this point. > > I do think that the mother has set herself up for further investigation in > the years to come, probably deservedly so. I think the Mother certainly has > shown a distinct lack of judgment here, regardless of the outcome. > > Kiddie beauty pageants are more about the parents (usually the Mom) than > the kids. In the end, this might do a world of good to stop other practices > that go on in such contests where the ultimate victims are the children who > are not so much in a pageant but put on exhibition for the benefit of the > Mom. > > > > > > >