Signs of the times

My friend Stephe over at Dynastic Queen, pointed to this Newsweek article about a Kids’ Book on Plastic Surgery, designed to answer children’s question about their mother’s plastic surgery.

Naturally, it has a happy ending: mommy winds up “even more” beautiful than before, and her daughter is thrilled.

My reaction is as strong as Stephe’s, especially after having gone through some of the picture book: a slack-jawed amazement at how far we’ve come to prize the shell we live with and our willingness to pass on that message to children.

My next reaction was: give me a break. You need a book to tell your child you’ve had you nose done? How about a little one-on-one talk? Is spending time talking to your child gone out the window as well?

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Monday, April 28th, 2008, by M. D. Benoit and is filed under "Books and Reading, Commentary, Oddities, , , , ". You can leave a response here. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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