Nail Fashion for 12-year old Girl

[Anonymous]

If you have a 6th grade daughter, what do you allow her to do with her nails? Paint (any color)? Press-ons? DD is claiming that some of the girls in her class have acrylics, which I find shocking and inappropriate for that age. Am I being a fuddy duddy? FWIW, I'm OK with any color polish, but I strongly prefer shorter nails both for hygiene (I work at a hospital) and for practicality (art class, etc.).

[Anonymous]

We have three daughters and they all share nail polishes (they don't belong to anyone specific - we all use them). No gel, no acrylic, must trim nails once a month. I don't care if other girls are allowed to do unhealthy things to their nails, our girls aren't.

[Anonymous]

I’m good with any color polish but no way am I taking her to the salon for acrylics or anything else, really. There’s a girl on her soccer team who has them and it looks odd to me on a girl that age.

[Anonymous]

Paint, any color, even gel paint for special occasions but, no, I don’t allow for gel or acrylic extensions. They take a lot of upkeep to maintain, keep clean, and they can easily hurt your nailbed if you don’t take proper care of them. It’s a lot of money and hassle for a kid.

[Anonymous]

Mine can paint fingers and toes any color she wants, but no fake nails.

[Anonymous]

I’m going to get hate apparently but my MS daughter has acrylics. It’s kind of weird because she’s not otherwise girly, not into makeup or fashion, but she loves her nails and getting designs. *shrug*

[Anonymous]

I would object to a kid having acrylics based on cost alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would object to a kid having acrylics based on cost alone.

THIS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m going to get hate apparently but my MS daughter has acrylics. It’s kind of weird because she’s not otherwise girly, not into makeup or fashion, but she loves her nails and getting designs. *shrug*

Do your thing, I’m sure your daughter will survive and flourish with or without acrylics.

This reminds me of a good friend of mine. She’s not into makeup, fashion, hair etc but she is truly dedicated to her acrylics. Since she’s not into the rest of it, I think she likes get creative and express her feminine side with nails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would object to a kid having acrylics based on cost alone.

THIS.

It is an expense but she doesn’t get near the amount of clothes and “self care” (i.e. face masks and lotions from Sephora or Ulta) that her sister does, so I just count this as her indulgence. It’s our bonding time too, she shows me the designs she’s picked out on Pinterest and asks my opinion, and we go together and pick a podcast that we each have an earbud for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would object to a kid having acrylics based on cost alone.

THIS.

It is an expense but she doesn’t get near the amount of clothes and “self care” (i.e. face masks and lotions from Sephora or Ulta) that her sister does, so I just count this as her indulgence. It’s our bonding time too, she shows me the designs she’s picked out on Pinterest and asks my opinion, and we go together and pick a podcast that we each have an earbud for.

...and ... I'm still gonna object based on cost alone.

[Anonymous]

In 6th grade, I let my daughter paint her nails whenever she wanted. Sometimes they would put on press on nails at sleepovers but they never lasted long.

Now she’s 12 and just started 7th and I hate that I’m typing this but she has acrylics, as do all of her friends. I let her get them recently for middle school. She’s an athlete and they are fairly short ones. I was also shocked at the price since I never had them myself.

[Anonymous]

Amazing to me that there's a conversation here about what 12-year-olds can do with their nails, and on another thread parents are accepting that their 14 year olds might have sex.

I let my 12 yo daughter paint her nails with nail polish and get the occasional manicure. She can get at home press on nails, but no acrylics.

[Anonymous]

Your nails are permeable and what you put on them does get absorbed by the body. Gel manicures are also unhealthy due to the UV light used to cure the coating. For your health, you shouldn't make it a regular habit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amazing to me that there's a conversation here about what 12-year-olds can do with their nails, and on another thread parents are accepting that their 14 year olds might have sex.

I let my 12 yo daughter paint her nails with nail polish and get the occasional manicure. She can get at home press on nails, but no acrylics.

The joy of MS, when it’s starts people are worried about nail polish and by the end you’re hoping your kid isn’t having sex.