Toddlers & Tiaras: A Rant About Jamie Sterling (Plus Sympathy for AshLynn Sterling)
This is an open letter to Jamie Sterling, mother of AshLynn and BreAnne Sterling, and three other daughters who will grow up with low self esteem. Know that now that Toddlers and Tiaras has aired, the world is crying for AshLynn, who will cry for her youth that was lost while competing in beauty pageants.
Dear Jamie Sterling, who sold her girls out on TV on Toddlers and Tiaras,
To start, how is it fair to pit your twin daughters against each other in beauty pageants? I have nothing against pageants in and of themselves (although I'm not necessarily pro-pageant either), but forcing two young twins to compete against each other, especially when you clearly favor one, is just cruel.
I wonder, do you have any idea what you are doing to your precious, adorable daughter AshLynn? The poor girl has her heart ripped out on a daily basis. It is not her fault that in your opinion, she is not as talented or beautiful as BreAnne. Maybe she has her own interests, like reading or sports. Heaven forbid!
I can not believe you let AshLynn compete with a ruined dress while investing in a new one for BreAnne. Or that you told BreAnne that she won the pageant when AshLynn won a completely different category. Or, for that matter, that you put ridiculous capital letters in the middle of your daughters' names.
I have to give to you and TLC, though. You took a controversial show (Toddlers and Tiaras) and pushed it to the max. People were already against the show,
and you took people who liked it and made them sick. You probably just made advertisers pull their ads, but you made a whole new crop of people watch the show, just to watch what a trainwreck your episode is.
Please, please, Jamie Sterling, start treating AshLynn better. Pull her out of pageants and give her some interests of her own, or treat her equally with BreAnne. She may do better if you let her succeed and stop putting her down.
Dad (Mr. Sterling): I hope you see this episode and make Jamie stop doing this to your poor children. BreAnne has more attitude than a spoiled heiress, and AshLynn has so little self esteem that she may need therapy for the rest of her life.
These twins should be treated equally, not told that one is prettier and better. You’ll be eating your words when AshLynn grows up to be smart, sweet and beautiful, and BreAnne throws tantrums like she’s five at the age of sixteen.
When you chose to be a parent, you should have known that it’s not fair to favor one child, especially for something as skin deep as surface beauty. Inner beauty counts, and AshLynn’s got that – so give the girl some credit.
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You make some very valid points here.
these pageants are nothing but damaging in my humble opinion , just wish these parents would wake up to what they are putting their kids through - well said!
Wow, this is a great article. It’s so sad, though! I hope some of these parents start to put their CHILDREN first and realize the damage that can potentially be done!
Oh my GOD ... I am so happy to see that there are others as absolutely outraged as I am. I could go on about how the show is ridiculous, but here we all are, watching it. So I’ll cut to the chase. I BAWLED watching this show. I wanted to drive to Texas and rip that little girl away from her mother and raise her myself. I wonder how long it would take Jamie to notice her gone… hmm, probably days. I feel like Barry had the correct instincts about this whole situation and good for him for at least stepping in at the climax of BreAnne the Brat’s tantrum. But of course, he should do more. And actually, I shouldn’t be bashing on little BreAnne. She is SIX years old and obviously is the product of her mother’s CRIMINAL behavior toward her. Some white-bearded wizard needs to rescue Ashlynn from the cupboard closet. I REALLY really hope that Jamie reads this letter or other similar sentiments now that the show has aired. Maybe it will give her pause. Maybe not. Either way, shame on her.
Jamie Sterling should have her girls taken from her. It is shocking to me that people who know her haven’t put a stop to the emotional abuse going on in that house. Her husband needs to be the leader in that family, save his sweet girls from the monster he unfortunately married, and stop the pageants altogether. It is entirely possible that these girls’ lives are at risk from the damage being done right now. If he doesn’t do something, he’s going to have knock-down drag-out fights between those twins at best. All of these mothers need to let their children be just that: CHILDREN. Well-adjusted kids shouldn’t care what they wear, need to learn that winning isn’t everything, and that they are more than what other people think of them, especially with regard to outer beauty. It is sick the amount of time and money these “parents” are wasting teaching their children the wrong things, especially in a time when people are going without food and shelter more and more.
This episode was so sad!! When AshLynn said herself that she didn’t like competing against her sister it broke my heart! I seriously, seriously hope AshLynn does not grow up and fall into terrible things like eating disorders that this kind of thing can create.
I felt exactly the same way Tobi75, I too, had to do a search and voice my outrage. And I agree with UmiNoor that most reality shows are scripted - pure fiction. However, in this case it is WRONG either way. It still hurts the child. Shame on the producer. But I seriously doubt that the mother or the daughters could have been “acting”. Oscar performance if they were. You could see the suffering in AshLynn’s face. It’s obvious that the show’s director, camera persons, and editor all noticed the abuse. They zoom into those big beautiful eyes, filled with pain, over and over. And how about the pageant director? She noticed the abuse. I was delighted when she awarded sweet AshLynn with the Dirctor’s choice award. I am sure that everyone at the event noticed mom Jamie praise for BreAnne, contrasted by her silence and disgust at her other daughter(s) performance(s). Pure Evil. Pure EMOTIONAL ABUSE. I wanted to slap her when she said, “I never would have expected any of my children to win that award… especially AshLynn.” I wanted to slap here all through the program. The father needs to run! (and please take the girls with him!) The ‘Mother’ needs her lips sewn up (everywhere—sorry for the visual, but I couldn’t help it). My 16 year old son commented that this mother has 5 children to mess up. FIVE lives to ruin. 5!.... I wish AshLynn were mine! I wanted to reach thru the screen and take her away from her nightmare…poor beautiful girl.
I did a search on the Sterling family because I myself wanted to find out how to express my outrage after seeing this episode. This mother is clearly abusive and the father needs to stand up for the kids. My son was watching the episode with me (he is 6) and even he said “some people shouldn’t be allowed to be moms”. I hurt for Ashlynn. The scene where she was beaming about her award from the pageant, and then her sister basically told her that she didn’t really win because “mommy told me that I won” did me in. I could see in Ashlynn’s eyes that she was clearly hurting. I sincerely hope that this family seeks help after seeing this show.