It seems like in today’s day and age, girls are starting to look promiscuous at a younger age. There is no law for how old one must be to wear makeup. Everybody has a different answer.
Everybody has the Right to an Opinion
Whether you are a parent or not, you more than likely have an idea of when you would want your child to start wearing makeup. Personally, I never asked. My mom just told me one day around my middle school years I could start wearing a little if I wanted.
This occurred in 2004. Now I see girls half my age wearing more makeup than me with their hair done in such a way that makes them look as old as me. While this is all a matter of my opinion, I am curious to see what you all have to say about it.
I plan to raise my daughter(s) in approximately the same manner my mother raised me in. Therefore, I will wait until my daughter asks me to start wearing makeup. Only then will I allow her to wear simply mascara and a bit of powder.
However, if she is younger than 10 when she asks I will explain to her she needs to wait until she is a few years older. I think it makes people think differently of girls who begin wearing makeup at young ages because it patronizes them as adults.
Why it Matters
It is not so much a matter of trying to keep girls as little, but it is an issue. Our society is not what it once was. There is not much sense of a childhood for tomorrow’s leaders.
For instance, my boyfriend’s daughter:
1) Knows how to work my iPad, iPhone and television.
2) When she gets bored on road trips or at a baseball game, she expects to have an electronic device to keep her company.
3) We do our best to stray away from that mindset and help her use her imagination and develop ways to keep from getting bored.
Today’s actions are in an attempt to keep tomorrow’s boredom from turning into something troublesome for the three of us. I am sure you are probably wondering why and how this relates to wearing makeup.
In my mind, I feel the CHILDHOOD is the essence of our being. It is the single thing that establishes who we are as people and when it is replaced by some form of technology, the imagination can no longer take over. Therefore, when girls who have grown up playing virtual games and performing makeovers on iPads, they want to do that in real life when they are bored.
Their personalities are never fully developed and it creates a mold for all further generations to follow. That being said, I think it is essential to keep games of “dress up” fully fictional and limited to a game.
There are special cases. As I said in my last post, I grew up dancing. I was taught from the beginning that stage makeup was for my face to show up to the audience from the stage and I did not need it to be pretty.
Therefore, “dress up” was like a dream for me. Not only did I get to wear all the pretty clothes, I got to have my hair done and wear makeup and let people see me that way. Even then, this only happened at dance competitions and recitals.
What do you all think? Do you agree? Disagree? Why or why not? In no way do I mean to offend anyone, but I truly value your opinions and want to hear what you think.
