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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]first time poster on this thread, and i haven't read the entirety of it, so excuse me if i'm repeating anything, but...

i am disturbed by the trend in recent years of letting preschoolers prance around in makeup and heels (yes, i consider anything with a lift a heel).  at the risk of being flamed, it just seems a bit trashy, and a bit too grown up.  i say let kids look like kids, and not miniature women.  i have a problem with most girls clothes these days too.  why is gap so full of adult trends (animal prints, fake fur, sparkles, etc.)?  i  opt to dress my kids in clothes that look like kids clothes (olive juice, mini boden, janie and jack) rather than miniature versions of diane von furstenberg animal print wrap dresses. and i am no birkenstock wearing au natural tree hugger either -- i wear makeup every day (although never did before i was in high school) and live for my jimmy choo platforms.  and i let my daughter play in my closet and attempt to walk around in my bejeweled shoes while carrying my patent leather clutches.  but that doesn't mean she gets to leave the house looking like she belongs in toddlers and tiaras.

i feel less strongly about nails, but it does bug me to see little girls getting mani/pedis at the salon.  it just seems a grown up activity that they dont need to partake in so early.  i feel less disturbed by having their nails painted at a fair or something -- seems less like an adult activity and more like getting their face painted.  I let my daughter do this once, and she enjoyed it for the day, and then we removed the nail polish that night.  I didn't want her to think that having nail polish on her nails was anything different from a temporary novelty like face painting or a temporary cartoon tattoo on her hand.

i don't impose my beliefs on other people, but i can't help but slightly judge the moms of young girls wearing makeup and heels who i otherwise don't know.  that said, i do have a couple of friends that let their kids do this, and i don't hold it against them.      [/quote]

Well said. [/quote]

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