I am an imperfect parent. I make lots of mistakes, and, as such, I really try not to judge the actions of other parents too harshly, even when those actions seem ... ill-advised, let's say. So I'm really, really trying to understand why Chantal Marshall of the UK would actually encourage her 14-year-old daughter Britney Marshall to get breast implants. I really am. Obviously she thinks she's doing her daughter a favor, right? (Obviously she is horribly, terribly wrong about that, but she must have good, if twisted intentions.) I know this sounds crazy, just hear me out.
Apparently Chantal and her four other daughters have over £50,000 worth of breast implants between them, with cup sizes going all the way up to a 34HH. As the youngest daughter, Britney considers herself the "brainy" one of the group. So even though her mom says Britney doesn't have "what she would call boobs" and she'd "like her to follow in her sisters' footsteps," Britney is going through a "funny phase."
She doesn't want fake boobs. That is the "funny phase."
"Maybe I’ll decide to get them too and start saving in a few years," she says. "But for now I want to focus on my school work."
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Atta girl! I mean, uh, what a disappointment.
So, back to trying to understand why Chantal Marshall is obsessed with turning her perfectly lovely, normal, and studious child into a human Jessica Rabbit. Maybe this mom's own self-image is so distorted that she can't see herself as attractive without gigundo boobs and thusly thinks she is sparing her daughters the same level of un-attractiveness by pumping them full of silicone? Misguided, yes. Munchausen-by-Proxy? Sort of. Freaking insane? Oh hell, probably. I gave it a shot, right? I tried to understand. But I just can't. She's 14 flipping years old!! She's not even fully developed! And why in god's name would you care how big your daughter's breasts were anyway! Also, surgery is risky!!
What do you think Chantal Marshall's reasons for wanting her 14-year-old daughter to get breast implants really are?
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WTH! She's 14?!?! She looks in her twenties, at least. And she is not flat-chested by any means....especially considering she hasn't fully developed. Man, people are so freakin' sick in the head. what kind of mother is she?
She's perfect the way she is! I don't understand why her mother would tell her any different. This is why young girls today have such a warped sense of beauty. Beauty starts from the inside out!
She already has breats bigger than my own, and Im ten years older! >.<
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I have NEVER understood the desire for fake breasts. I saw this article on "The Daily Mail", a UK website & it had Pics. Yuck! These women are all going to have some major back problems. Then once gravity takes hold they will be regulated to a wheel chair, seriously!
For the Britany I say "BRAVO!". Rebel against this trend in your family and be happy with who and what you are...a Young woman who is blosomming into an Adult. You are so making the right decision by followingjwhat you WANT and not what your mother wants. Hopefully she sees you as a strong, determined woman that will NOT cave to what others want her to be and instead wishes to follow her own mind to discover herself for who she is and not what others MAKE her to be.
Um, the source of this story is the Sun. Last year they paid a mother to do an interview about how she was giving her daughter botox injections. It was all fake and done for press. So now that I see this story from them I am skeptical.
Here is the original story: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/3485305/I-give-my-girl-8-Botox-for-pageant.html
Here is her admitting not only was that not her real name, but that she was paid to do it: http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/19/botox-mom-false-fake-hoax-kerry-campbell-sheena-upton-daughter-injections-good-morning-america-gma-inside-edition-the-sun-lies-lied-child-protective-services-ucla-medical-center/
Is it possible she made that up to protect herself? Yes. It is also possible that we should all do ourselves a favor and not believe everything we read.
If this story is indeed fact....it just goes to show you how incredibly messed up the idea of beauty is these days...and what kind of mother does that I mean seriously...mommy dearest much....NO SMALL BOOBIES!!!!!!!! LOL Crazy ass lady!