Tween Vanity Gone Bad?
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Tween girls (between the ages of 8-12) are spending $500 million on beauty items annually. Are they out-of-control or just following mom's lead?
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WWD reported that 60% of 10-year-old girls say they use fragrance products such as bodywashes, gels and lipgloss, while 40% of tweens are using colored cosmetics. We're a little disturbed by this statistic: Are moms allowing their daughters to buy beauty products and/or wear make up to school? And what about the recent trend in tween bikini waxing? Waxing what??
We can't help but wonder who is driving these girls to beauty salons and make up counters, and furthermore, encouraging them to get treatments that should be reserved for a woman, not a child.
Who is responsible? Mom or the beauty salon?
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I think a little pampering for little girls is harmless…but these girls are going too far. They are still little girls and shouldn’t be looking like grown ups…it just attracts the wrong kind of attention. When I was that age I couldn’t wait to wear make up and dress older but now as a mother of 2 girls I understand why my mom wouldn’t allow it…there are just too many creeps out there.
- Kasi
I think it’s too far. I’m raising three ‘tweenage’ daughters (11-yr-old twins and a 9-year-old) and some of the girls at their school dress like they’re much older. I agree with Kasi: it attracts the wrong attention.
- LeAnn
Girls can still be interested in products and treatments that make them feel good & it does not have to attract the wrong attention. All ages (male & femalke alike) like to be well cared for & pampered. It is something they can do for THEMSELVES, and does not have to be for others. There should be more products & treatments designed specifically with this in mind for tweens.
- Julie
Don’t ask how I found this site, but I am disgusted with this. I have a 10 year old girl and 13 year old boy and they are more preoccupied with the clothes, shaving, bras (?), etc. than they are with being KIDS. No matter how much I talk to them about it, I am losing because they go to school and deal with the other kids whose parents are asleep at the parental wheel. There is a difference between good grooming/cleanliness and the obsession with “needing” all these products/processes.
- Harry
I don’t see anything wrong with a fruity smelling body wash or an afternoon with mom getting pedicures. The problem I have is my twelve year old who wants to wear make-up and thong panties like everyone else in 6th grade. My question is what are parents thinking!!!It’s bad enough that girls bodies are developing faster than thier brains now days. Why add to this already confusing time in thier life by making them think they have to look “sexy”. Let them be kids!
- Celeste
to Celeste:Why should you let them be kids, everyone grows up as adults, even you were a kid before, but face it, when your in 6th grade, your childhood shall end! and enter teenhood and into adulthood. The tweens are just ready for the ultimate challenge of growing up.
- Princesspeachfan2008
i think that if your child feels ready to do this stuff let them it is crossing the line when they where to much makeup and stuff but gloss and eye liner wont hurt them! And if you child needs a bikini wax let them
- Jessie
” And what about the recent trend in tween bikini waxing? Waxing what??” Is the person that wrote this unaware that girls hit puberty around 9, and 10? Theres a lot of 11 year old girls that are more developed then some strippers. I see nothing wrong at all with any of this.
- Tipper
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