It's 100% CREEPY! Let them be children while they have the chance.

These kids are gonna end up with screwed up feet!

Totally creepy. Six year old girls don't need to be dressing "sexy".

definitely creepy. and the future problems these kids will have later in life with their backs, feet, necks will be even creepier.

These are some really dumb parents... What is their point? Poor children...

As it's always been said... Some things are nice to look forward to. If everything is done in advance what's left to appreciate?

Coming of age is just that-growing into a realm of maturity and handling it gracefully.

Heels on little ones outside of the common dress up play-rummaging through the closets, etc. is simply rushing "it" in addition to indulging in encouraging early manipulative vanities.

Parents have such a brilliant role in a child's life. Pity too many of them are inadequately taught to pass on genuine virtues.

One of my fondest memories with my daughter was on a New Year's eve preparing for celebration at church presenting her with her first make-up kit and teaching her how to apply it in addition to her first colored nylon stockings and heels.

It was a memorable occasion and also her first time purchasing a holiday dress from Lord & Taylors in NYC. She enjoyed every facet of growing up and embraced each milieu with some reluctance and grace. She was never in a rush to turn 13 or 20!

She made the most of her childhood, then again she was often encouraged to appreciate where she was at and given much to look forward to. And on top of all that, blessed with an enormous host of friends and admirers.

Children don't have to do anything and everything for acceptance. Classic values and charms are still in vogue-because classics never loose their lustre.

I personally do not like my 7 year old daughter to wear any kind of heel. I would'nt mind a very small heel, but good luck finding that these days. I bought her a pair of black knee high boots w/ a heel I think it was little too high to go w/ a Witch Halloween costume last year and its a daily argument about her wearing them. Clothing in general is a battle these days, with the way parents allow their girls to dress, wearing clothing that bares their midrif or falls off of the shoulder or skimpy tank tops with built in bras for a child as young as 5, not to mention bikini panties or thongs, super skimpy bikini swimwear. Its enough to give me a migrane just thinking about it. I think about the Halloween costumes that were selling at retail stores the past couple of years and I cringe. I for one do not want my daughter to look like a slutty witch or a sexy kitten or a "non-cheerful" cheerlearder w/ tons of dark make-up on her eyes and dark lipstick. I have made my daughters costumes because of plunging necklines and costumes that make her appear too mature. What are we thinking???? My thoughts.... way too many sickos out there just waiting to prey on your innocent daughters and you can't protect them all the time, unless you never let them leave the house, that means... no school, no sleep overs, no play dates and as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse (all by men I knew and trusted) I say the sooner they start looking and acting like women, the sooner they will get male attention, whether its grown men or curious boys, and that certainly isnt something I am willing to encourage or invite in my beautiful 7 year old daughters life. I say a little creepy.

Okay, the shoes are a bit much, but what is with Katie being all bundled up in long sleeves and a scarf and her daughter wearing summer clothes? This is the second picture I have seen like this.

i agree with the jewel 100%!!!. what are your children going to have to look forward to. at my place of employment they are talking about having a junior prom for 3-4 year olds. come on now!!! let them be children. there is enough out there in the world that exposes them to just about everything, so parent's please show some common sense. and parent's wonder why their children are out of control. if you let them follow every fashion trend, the thing to do now, or here's a favorite; "children are more advanced now, children will be children". no they are not. children are not little grown-ups!!!!

"Let them be children"

And what do little girls do? They play DRESS UP. The 6 year old isn't dressing sexy, she's wearing short heels and her flower girl dress for CHURCH and any home occasion she can, how is that wrong? Suri gets photographed a lot so I bet that's why she insists on dressing up out in public, I bet you she's not constantly dressed like that at home.

Am I the only one with a little girly girl? I am not a huge girly girl myself, but I'm also no tomboy. I have a 20 month old who LOVES to dress up. She cycles through a few articles of clothes every single day. She has more shoes than I do including a kicky little pair of boots that are adorable and a pair of pink shoes she couldn't live without. Go ahead and complement her shoes, it'll make her day. When we go past the clothing aisle she wants to strip down and put something else on. She loves clothes, I bought her fake make up stuff that doesn't even show up on skin but she loves it and it keeps her out of my make up (mostly). I can see myself, when she's Suri's age, searching for a pair of kid friendly "heels" and thanks to Katie Holmes now I know the ball room shoes are a safe choice. And as far as the summer dresses in winter. Yea, that's happened with us, too, I bring along extra leggings and try to put her in her warmest coat but if my daughter doesn't want to wear something, it's not staying on very long, you wouldn't think so for her age but she's a pro at taking on and off clothing, even socks, and for the most part I let her dress herself, there's no need to fight it, it's not like it's hurting her. All these mothers are doing are letting their kids be kids, their girly girls be girls. How many women played dress up teetering around in the highest heels their mother had in their closet? Just the same as we used balloons to stick in our shirts for boobs. Better to have shoes that FIT them with a small chunky heel than to teeter around in mommy's stilettos, no?

Thank God I have all boys!! I walk through the stores and streets and see little girls looking more like little hookers. It's ridiculous. How about get adults to act like adults and be role models for thier kids instead of letting them look up to the troubled 'celebrities' in the media. It is disturbing that kids are looking up to spoiled little rich sh*ts as role models. These people have done nothing in their lives, but land a deal on TV. Most of them lack the intelligence of my 5 year old and it shows, and it's trickling down to the diminishing of our society.

Along with adults not acting like adults. Take responsibility for your actions people. Make committments, and stay with them. Stop jumping ship because your spoiled booty doesn't get what you want. Our kids are suffering.

Oh, and it's not just about the way a person dresses, but it does have a vital role in expressing one's personality. And the way theiy are perceived and treated by the world around them. So don't be caught off guard when your 'little princess' has issues later and is treated like a sex object by the boys. If that's what you present, why wouldn't you be perceived as such... YOu are the parent. I hear parnets whining that they don't want their 6 year old to dress like that. They are SIX. You are the parent. If you give in, it's your own darn fault. Be a PARENT

Whats wrong with dressing a child like a child, not a hooker? Let them be kids, instead of something to show off to people.. Makeup,, heels... snotty attitude... like some parents think its ok to give fake breasts as a sweet 16 gift...?  Be a real parent, dress and treat your child with respect, as a child, teach them to respect themselves and focus on the inner child. They grow up too fast as is.... I worry about my grand daughter because her mom thinks its ok and she has fallen several times in some heels her mom bought.. and yes, mommy  tends to dress like a hooker, i'm not impressed. I have thrown away a pair and will do it again to protect the child...

gee...whatever happened to girls playing dress up and boys playing cowboys and indians. please! this has been around forever and a day. if people don't want girls in tiaras and slippers then stop having freakin beauty pageants. oh but wait...THAT has been around forever as well. look at all the REALITY tv shows that are on these days...bachelor and bachelorette and so on and so forth. Grown ups are the ones making the rules and letting things happen. I remember getting into MY moms closet and playing dress up with her dresses and high heels. Some of the things that people think are 'news worthy' are such idiotic things.

I think that like everything in life there is a time and a place for this kind of "dress-up"- special occassion- little girl is in a wedding, first communion, special celebration, etc. NOT for everyday wear- that's over-the-top- in my humble opinion.

Looking at pics. of Suri Cruise walking around in her everyday life in little toddler heels, to me is kind of creepy- reminds me of JonBenet Ramsey.

Looking at the heels in these photos, I'd hardly call it "teetering". I was expecting high heels from the headline. Suri's pink shoes were ugly, not creepy. The cream sandals were very cute. I have no problem with it, as long as the heels are stable and low - like those shown in the picture.

Will the politically correct crowd ever give celebrities a break? There is nothing wrong with the shoes. The title of the article is very misleading. Just leave these people alone. Gossip columnists and reporters please get a life.

I think the Today Show photographers are just as guilty. Look at the picture they took of the little girl posing on her bed. Sly and inappropriate.

Creepy is putting it mildly. It's borderline pedo.

Let's make sure we separate make-believe from reality. Little girls have been wanting to try on heels and experiment with make up forever.

In that vein every now and then it's okay to let little girls dress up like "mommy" at HOME for a little make believe tea party (and I don't mean the tea party where you make signs about Obama) but I think the items should INTENTIONAL be too big for them so it reinforces to them that they have to be grown-up before they can wear these things.

This is about significant psychological problems usually with the mother. I have never seen a mother who has her daughter in these events that wasn't a few cards short of a full deck.

why did the mother buy shoes that had heels on them in the first place? cmon mom, your daughter im sure would have been just as excited about a sparkly pair of flats if you had given them to her as a sparkly pair of heels

I don't think its creepy at all. I think its very cute. Let girls be girls. If they want to wear heels, let them, nothing wrong with it, its not like they are going outside to play while wearing them. If a young girl want to feel like a young lady then let her!