Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise
Suri Cruise, the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes wears heels. So what!? She’s three years old. Oh, right. There are several things wrong here, or am I taking this all too seriously?
Apparently ‘Suri likes to wear heels’, Katie supposedly pleaded in defence as critics rushed to call her a bad mother. Well, some three-year-olds like to stick their jammy little fingers in sockets and eat mud-pies but does that mean the world should let them? Nope – probably not advisable is it?
Katie and Tom are Suri’s parents and can allow their daughter to wear whatever it is that they want her to. But, heels – which were reported to be less than an inch high – (I should hope so, because surely she’s only 12 inches herself!) have been said for years to give wearers problems with joints, back pain and the dreaded bunions! Not hard to imagine what they might be doing to a child that is growing every day.
Killer heels
So why would the former Dawson’s Creek star allow Suri to parade around in a pair of killer kindergarten heels!? Because she wanted to. And what Suri wants she gets. Great lesson in life. It’s probably a good thing she doesn’t have to live in the real world, where life isn’t always about getting ‘papped’ and eating cupcakes. It also might be a good time to tell her celeb Mum that she isn’t ‘like every little girl’.
Hmmm. I think I wore heels at 3. But then again, I also had a boyfriend.
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and who cares about that girl wearing heels?
just look at her feet position and you will understand it’s not high enough to harm her in any way.
let me point to something. I quote the article:
“heels – which were reported to be less than an inch high – (I should hope so, because surely she’s only 12 inches herself!)”
she is 12 inches? did I read right? I’m six times taller than her? who would believe that?
what is true (more or less) is that the heels suri is wearing on the picture are about one inch. one and a half at most.
it is also true that walking in completely flat shoes is as bad as walking in too high heels (or probably even worse)
well you say who cares – and I’m sure the majority of people out there don’t. But, as I’ve taken the time to write this – means some people – not just me, do. At the end of the day, she’s a three year old. I know some adults who struggle to walk in heels an inch high. Kids should be running (or walking if they please) in plimsolls, sandals and normal attire. High heels should be firmly reserved for playing dress up in the comfort of one’s home – not to be ‘sexed’ up for all to see – and I’m not joking either. Where do you draw the line then? And, what exactly would you say when the kid turns around and says, well you let me wear one inch heels, now I’m four why can’t I wear two inch ones? etc.
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise are celebrities – and as a couple, are frequently celebrated in the media (they aren’t exactly known to shy away from cameras) – this means that they stupidly can have influence over an impressionable audience. There will be people out there who will now go ahead and dress their kids in heels because they think it’s acceptable. And, I don’t think it’s fair. Parents should protect their children’s youth and innocence for as long as possible.
yes there are adults that struggle to walk in one inch heels. I even know some that struggle to walk on flats.
BUT if you belive people shouldn’tdo things because others can’t then go and get a wheelchair since some people can’t walk at all.
as far as I know little Suri is perfectly capable of walking in the heels she wears so I see no reason to not let her do it .
and yes. if Suri wants and is able to I see no reason to not let her wear extreme high heels.
on a side note let me comment about your last sentence.
you said “Parents should protect their children’s youth and inocence for as long as possible”
sounds good. until you think about what will happen when you can’t protect that inocence anymore. the child won’t grow instantly only because you can’t protect him.
and I speak of personal experience. my parents where like you say and I was happy all the time unless I had to become a responsible adult and found myself in deep shit because I lacked the experience I needed to live as an adult but had nobody to protect me anymore.
I am not of the opinion that to get to grips with the world you need to be wearing lipstick and heels at the age of three. I think parents should certainly educate their children – but, you don’t have to go about this by granting their every wish and command. A three year old could say “I don’t want to eat that, or that” at mealtimes…and so – the parent should just say “oh ok honey that’s fine”? – no. The parent has a role as an educator.
Playing dress up is cool when you’re in the vicinity of your own home – at play time. But, dressing a 3 year old as a 12+ year old – to me, is wrong.
no. the parent’s shouldn’t say “that’s fine”
they should say something on the lines of “ok. that’s fine if you don’t want to eat this. but then you can’t eat cake for dessert. it’s your choice.”
and they will learn from that experience. It won’t work at first time but in the end it works better than anything else.
and sincerely… looking like mom isn’t something that bad. you only need to teach her that not even mom wears heels all the time. since she wants to be like mom and mom doesn’t wear heels always she won’t do it either. “problem” solved.