PP again - it's also not like an Asian sweat shop nail spa if people are concerned about taking advantage of underpaid minority women, it's college students that work there.

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Anonymous wrote:Dear god, are any of the PPs parents of kids this age?! Even my DD who is very sporty loves going to the nail salon for a manicure-pedicure. Y’all need to calm down, not everything is some type of political or value statement, sometimes little girls, or boys too, like spa treatments. FFS stop overthinking things!

My kids are this age, and I would not let them go to a spa for a birthday party. If they went to a sleepover at a friend's house and did each other's nail that would be fine. But paying for it for grade-school girls? No.

You wouldn’t let your kid go to a spa birthday party but they could attend a sleepover? 🙄 Parents in this area and their value judging are ridiculous.

I think some of these moms don't know what the kiddie "spas" are like. They're not like put on a bathrobe and get a facial and massage spas or even do their makeup, they are places where they'll do the kids' hair, put in glitter hairspray, maybe some face painting, do the kids' nails with fun colors and nail art. I took my daughters to the one in Leesburg for their birthday and they had such a great time!! They got Elsa braids and nail polish. There was a birthday party going on at the time we were there, but it was in a different room - it sounded like they were having a dance party.

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Anonymous wrote:Dear god, are any of the PPs parents of kids this age?! Even my DD who is very sporty loves going to the nail salon for a manicure-pedicure. Y’all need to calm down, not everything is some type of political or value statement, sometimes little girls, or boys too, like spa treatments. FFS stop overthinking things!

My kids are this age, and I would not let them go to a spa for a birthday party. If they went to a sleepover at a friend's house and did each other's nail that would be fine. But paying for it for grade-school girls? No.

You wouldn’t let your kid go to a spa birthday party but they could attend a sleepover? 🙄 Parents in this area and their value judging are ridiculous.

OP I think it’s awesome idea. My daughter is going to turn 10 in 4 months and she wants to invite few close girlfriends to spa. That’s what we are going to do.

At that age we invited the little girls in DD's small class to a tea party at the Ritz Carlton. I also invited a couple of moms so there were plenty of adults keeping a sharp eye on the kids in the hotel setting. Unfortunately, I invited a little brat who spent the entire time hassling the other little girls including the birthday girl. Little queen bee in the making. I knew better but didn't have the heart to exclude her. Ugh. Don't make that mistake.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know if one?
We are in Alexandria but will travel up to 50-60 minutes

My DD would be mildly interested in the idea of a spa party but would definitely not go if it meant driving an hour each way. Your choice of you think it would be worth it but I would definitely think hard about if anyone will come.

Same here. Unless your kid is my DD’s BFF, we aren’t driving that far for a spa party (would potentially drive that far for something like iFly but not spa party.

Anonymous wrote:Dear god, are any of the PPs parents of kids this age?! Even my DD who is very sporty loves going to the nail salon for a manicure-pedicure. Y’all need to calm down, not everything is some type of political or value statement, sometimes little girls, or boys too, like spa treatments. FFS stop overthinking things!

My kids are this age, and I would not let them go to a spa for a birthday party. If they went to a sleepover at a friend's house and did each other's nail that would be fine. But paying for it for grade-school girls? No.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know if one?
We are in Alexandria but will travel up to 50-60 minutes

My DD would be mildly interested in the idea of a spa party but would definitely not go if it meant driving an hour each way. Your choice of you think it would be worth it but I would definitely think hard about if anyone will come.

I would do it at home. Set up an area of your home and decorate it. Get a couple of teens in your neighborhood to do their nails. Buy facial masks. Make sure to get ones that are organic or gentle ones so as to not cause issues. Don’t do things with hair unless all the kids have similar hair texture. Serve fancy waters and sandwiches. Done

Anonymous wrote:Dear god, are any of the PPs parents of kids this age?! Even my DD who is very sporty loves going to the nail salon for a manicure-pedicure. Y’all need to calm down, not everything is some type of political or value statement, sometimes little girls, or boys too, like spa treatments. FFS stop overthinking things!

Well, she's no longer that age, but yes. At 8, she liked getting her nails painted, but didn't really care if it was done at home, or at some nail salon.

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Anonymous wrote:UsKids! Spa in Alexandria. https://www.uskidsspa.com DD went to a party there when she was about 6. She is not "princessy" at all and I wasn't sure if she would like it, but had a great time. Kids got nails painted, eye/lip makeup, and did a fashion show for the parents followed by karaoke.

This is so gross. The message you’ve sent your kid is that the media is right: It’s all about how she looks. That’s all that matters for girls and women. At age 6, you should be making yourself look better with make-up and get approval from others by simply strutting around.

+1 but i'd add the nail polish.

And don't get me started on piercing girls' ears when they are babies... YUCK.

This is off topic. Stop now, please.

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Anonymous wrote:Drive an hour each way for a kid spa? You’re over thinking this. You can easily do this at home. Buy a set of nail polish. A few animal face masks (the beauty kind, not the covid kind!), give each kid a robe from TJ maxx as a parting gift.

This. And you'll feel better about it rather than having some unpaid/underpaid, possibly trafficked immigrant scrubbing your kids feet.

LOL, this is not the demographic of workers in a kid spa, lady.