www.freakyplasticsurgery.com

Should mother be talking to their kids about their plastic surgeries?

Apparently there's a new book out called My Beautiful Mommy about talking to kids about this topic. http://www.newsweek.com/id/132240

Public Comments

1. If they are doing it then I suppose they will have no choice. The idea is not terrible. As to the contents of the book itself I have not read it. I would likely make a judgment based upon that.
2. Absolutely! However I think this book does a horrible job of doing such and gives children the impression that you need to have surgery to be prettier, as well as gives the impression that what doctors say is unimportant. I think it is VERY important to let children know what is going on, but I think there is probably a better way of doing it.
3. I haven't heard or read the book, but if a mother has had plastic surgery and feels comfortable talking to her child about it, then I don't see what the problem is. I had plastic surgery (breast augmentation) before my daughter was born. When the time comes, I will explain to her that I had it done. If it is something that she wants to do when she is older, I will be able to explain to her that it DOES HURT (not mild discomfort like the Dr told me), but if she wants it, then get it done. However, I paid for mine and she will have to pay for hers.
4. This is something kids should ask about on their own. Who the hell thought this book would be a good idea?
5. Why talk about the surgery says it all right, Looks are important, I'm ugly and inadequate, you have my genes so you'll probably need a surgury to be pretty like me, your father doesn't like me for how I am so I now have had a person cut apart my body for purly vain and cosmetic reason to make me look some other way in which I was not born. Unfortuniatly my self esteem is so low I never consider how it might even make yours even worse and as mortified as I was about being small breasted I'm even now more mortifed to to be called the mommy with the sandbag tits. Bet you that article was written by someone that makes money cutting up titties for money.
6. The book does it all wrong, it makes it seem like mommy needs the surgery. I think if your kids ask, you should be honest and tell them that sometimes people want to look different than they do and that's why they get plastic surgery. I don't think kids should be told that the surgery will make a person better than they are... that's a bad message