Jayne is talking breezily about how Sasha had her first set of false nails glued on at eight, and now enjoys the sort of rigorous beauty regime - hair extensions, fake tans, pedicures - that was once the preserve of porn stars and Dolly Parton, not school children… ‘All the kids are at it now,’ insists Jayne. ‘We spend about £300 a month on beauty treatments for her.”

‘People say she looks like Barbie’ - Jayne is so proud of her daughter’s success. Ask Sasha how she sees herself and she replies: ‘Blonde, pretty, dumb - I don’t need brains.’ Her mum laughs her head off at this, proud that the child is so like her. After our interview, Jayne will be taking Sasha to cheerleading classes, in a further bid to realise that all-American dream.

I’m pretty sure no commentary from me is needed as the photos speak for themselves, yes?

You can read the entire article here.

[via Piglet]

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Any Tampanians in the house? (I know there are because I see your visits on my Sitemeter. Say hi!) Planning on visiting Tampa any time in the next decade? Are you a really nice person who would go and read something just because you totally effing rule?

If you meet any of the above criteria, please go read my post, Tampa Bay: 50 Things to Do with Your Kids Before They Grow Up. It got posted the day before BlogHer so nobody probably even saw it and God knows I wouldn’t want Isabel (whom I just saw in BlogHer pix and holy crap — she’s BEAUTIFUL) to regret throwing me a bone over at AlphaMom.

(And hey — even if you have no interest in Tampa, they have the same kind of post for several other cities, one of which might be yours!)