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."
I'm not sure if I am disgusted or mad. Maybe both.
ReplyDeleteHeck, 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.
ReplyDeleteWhat 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.
ReplyDeleteI am halfway through the My Blogging Mommy manuscript right now!
ReplyDeleteZelda 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.
ReplyDelete"Mommy's generating revenue, honey. Go get yourself a diet Go-gurt and flip through Mommy's copy of Shape."
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