Painted Babies revisited BBCfour

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Anyone watching this?

I watched it the other day. Interesting I thought.

I watched it the other day

Remembered seeing the first one

WEIRD mothers

Didn't you think they'd calmed down a lot? Grandmas still bonkers of course...

I am wastching. I dont remember the first one although dh says he does

Mothers have calmed down a bit, yes

It's just the footage from the first one... weird, weird, weird

Oh, yes, I remember it first time around and being completely .

It's even more uncomfortable viewing now that dd1 is the same age as those poor little blighters.

I can't imagine subjecting your daughter to all this nonsense - what about letting them have a childhood?! I also can't imagine my DD's (or any DC that I know) putting up with any aspect of what those girls are doing at such a young age - I can't even get them to sit still, let alone stand still for longer than a few moments

Grandma's totally out to lunch. Poor thing.

DD1 is 4.5, agree it is odd to watch for that reason

In the original one of the mothers inserted false teeth when her dd lost her milk teeth

They all look like mini Vanessa Feltz'! The hair even now is crazy!!!

Very, very surreal...

Mini Vanessa Feltz's ... ... like that!

It's even worse seeing the older one (Asia?) doing it! At least as a child they didn't really know what they were doing!

Feel a bit sorry for Asia - I wonder if she does it because it connects her to happier times when her family was all together.

Her mum and grandmother still wield huge influence over her, by the looks of it.

Is Asia the one who thinks she can sing but can't?

Yup - it was pretty scary, especially the 'blonde' song!

Ha ha, if nothing else those pageants have certainly given her self-confidence.

I think she seemed like a lovely girl, and I think Grandma ia a malign influence and should butt out. When they were talking about her dad, she was stirring appallingly.