Being a kid today is not what it used to be. Cell phones, Internet, and reality TV shows did not exist during my early years, and I am quite thankful that they didn't. Jaded as I might be from my own childhood, I think kids today are pretty much doomed in terms of forming healthy social interactions and general outlook towards life. As if the situation wasn't bad enough, now comes a book for children that is written by a doctor "to help patients explain their transformation to their children." Perhaps this is what's becoming the norm for children living in and around Los Angeles and any other parts of the country obsessed with appearances. Mommy looked like herself when she dropped off her kids at school, but by the time they get out, she's wrapped in bandages. And imagine the trauma on kids when they see their mother's face all bruised from the surgery.
Instead of coming out and saying that "mommy has body image and confidence issues," this book seems to give modern parents an easy jail-free card to tell children that they can change whatever they don't like about themselves through some painful and expensive surgery. An estimated 400,000 women have undergone cosmetic surgery in 2007 with young children, according to the publisher. Perhaps the more responsible thing would've been to leave a couple of thousand dollars in their children's college fund, but that's just my lowly opinion that nobody other than my zero readers on this blog will read about.
Alas, the book is sold out on Amazon, and it was only released this past week. If only I came up with the idea first...
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