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France moves to ban child beauty pageants

Parliament in France has moved to ban child beauty pageants on the grounds that they promote the "hyper-sexualisation" of minors. The Senate adopted the bill by 196 votes to 146 on Tuesday evening. It must now be passed by the National Assembly, before becoming law. Organisers of such pageants may face a jail term of [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2013-09-23T12:27:32+10:00September 19th, 2013|Categories: Society & Culture|Tags: Ban, beauty competitions, Chantal Jouanno, child beauty pageants, France, hyper-sexualisation, minors|0 Comments

We must let our children fail

Last week in France, a 52-year-old mother took over-parenting to new heights. Donning Converse boots, skinny jeans and heavy makeup, she posed as her 19-year-old daughter and tried to sit the Baccalaureate English exam in her place. via Painful as it is, we must let our children fail.

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2013-06-24T09:20:56+10:00June 24th, 2013|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: exams, failure, fear, France, mother, over protective, over-parenting|0 Comments