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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain to me the rationale for allowing a 6th grader (an elementary student in FCPS) to wear full on makeup to school? Eyeshadow, mascara, blush and lipstick? It’s creeping me out. It doesn’t look good and it doesn’t seem appropriate at this age.[/quote]

No one really needs to explain their rationale to you because it’s their child. If you don’t allow it in your home then fine.[/quote]

I’ll bite. Mom of 2DDs, now 19+25.

Allowing DD to wear makeup (much more beyond lip gloss) this young is an example of permissive parenting. This decision is driven, encouraged and allowed by mom with dad not in the picture or who is totally clueless and disengaged and kowtows to wife.

Mom is carefully socially engineering behind the scenes and wants more than anything for her DD to be “popular” (at any cost). Mom has been jockeying for DD to be known for her appearance almost since infancy - and it starts with huge bows and dresses and photos. As DD matures, mom can intercede and use 
Sun-In, do highlights, ear piercing on young elementary age daughter.

Next up: dance or cheer or “elite” travel sport. Around 5th grade, the boy craziness will begin and so looking cool/pretty/mature will attract more attention. Mom’s always encouraged DD to be a mini teen since forever so by the time DD hits 7th grade, she’ll be into typical teenage activities and all that entails so much so that her teen life will be compressed and sped up. Her freshman year of high school is pretty close to a college freshman’s 35 years ago.

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Wow. You win the most insane post of the day (week?) award. My kid has always liked hair bows, jewelry and dance. It’s who she is - I have a PhD in the hard sciences and while I try to look nice I am the opposite of the mom you describe here. My daughter has been asking for makeup since 3rd grade because she had a friend who was allowed to wear it. I have said no so far but eventually I will let her, maybe in middle school who knows, and worry in the slightest that it’s ruining her future. You seriously need to calm down.[/quote]

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