If you're a mom and you're about to get cosmetic surgery, there's now a book for you and your children: My Beautiful Mommy -- a touching story that follows the journey of "a girl as she accompanies her mom on a cosmetic surgery consultation. Mom then explains she'll soon be 'prettier,' and shows where the bandages will be, and the finished product!" The book "was developed by a surgeon who wanted to help children 'feel excited rather than scared' when their mommy goes under the knife."
[Blinking. Sputtering. Harsh cussing.]
Here we are, worried that food ads make kids fat, toy ads foster materialism and Barbie images render girls insecure and now there's a for-sale book that helps parents teach children that elective surgery = beauty and fitness. I'm flummoxed. Quick. Someone sing a Crosby Stills Nash song.
One more thing: the doctor-author portrays Mommy's surgeon as "a musclebound superhero type."
6 comments:
I'm not sure if I am disgusted or mad. Maybe both.
Heck, let's do a book that encourages both mommy and daughter to get plastic surgery together! Two for one special!
Ugh.
I'm going to pretend that this is a joke because otherwise I won't be able to stop screaming.
What is wrong with people? Seriously? What? I don't know what people are thinking.
I’d rather see a book that helped explain to daughters why mommies blog so much instead of finding time to spend with them.
I am halfway through the My Blogging Mommy manuscript right now!
Zelda Rose's two-for-one special joke is exactly what I thought the real point of the book was -- to begin attracting a whole new generation of patients. It's never too early. I guess.
Sadly, I think that mommy blogging storyline might just be something already in development at WE.
"Mommy's generating revenue, honey. Go get yourself a diet Go-gurt and flip through Mommy's copy of Shape."
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