Mums say they boost self-esteem. Critics say they sexualise kids. We visit the bling-filled frontline of children's beauty ...

Child beauty pageants may soon be banned in France, after a surprise vote in the French Senate that rattled the pageant industry and raised questions about how the French relate to girls' sexuality.

Gone are the days where dress-up meant trying on mom’s lipstick and last Halloween’s costume; child beauty pageants have led young girls into a world of fake teeth, tans and boobs. The pageants have ...

Photo courtesy of the author. In my “spare time” as a working mother with two young boys, I decided to once again produce the Nativity pageant at our local parish. The reenactment of the first ...