. >> but judge kathy petty says sometimes the parents go too far. >> when your child is on stage andhey don't perform the way you want them to, don't spank them, or hit them. i have seen that in the past, where the parent starts yelling at them or the parent is actually spanking the child. i don't that's encouraging. >> day two of the pageant focuses on their bodies and beauty and that's what concerns the child psychologists the most. they contend that the girls learn to see themselves as objects to be looked at and evaluated for their appearance. >> the study links it to eating disorders, low self-esteem, depression in the future. does that concern you at all? >> it's playing dress-up. it is an expensive doll. >> some might say that's a dangerous game of dressup. >> if that is all we preach to her, yes, then i'd agree 100%, but this not our lives, this is our hobby. >> pageant owner annette hill believes america's backlash against pageants all began with the precocious images of jonbenet ramsey parading across the stage in 1996. ♪ ♪ >> next on "larry king live" -- >> she says the me