9 year old girls and skincare obsession

Nope. I work in a primary school and there is no way a 9 year old would be not seen applying her potions during class!

According to posters on this thread, it's new and never heard before that girls might enjoy lipstick and nail varnish , it's just lazy parenting 😂

Why would anyone care if little Charlotte from the class is putting on day cream when you are covering your own kid in suntan lotion? Falling over each other to be offended, shocked, horrified by it is ridiculous.

Are people miffed some people spend more on skincare that they can afford?
I don't, I have other priorities, but the superior outrage on this thread is cringing.

Are you being very naive?

insulting someone when you don't agree with them doesn't really help your point 😁

A 9 year old is using her skin care products IN Year 4 ish Class? Nope, didn't happen.

It’s normal for little girls to want to play with mummy’s lipstick and nail varnish in a dressing up sense,, but not really to want to actually want and use skincare products.

Op is awful isn't it, it's the new craze after Trans swept through schools.

This is so sad. I think girls like this existed in my day but it was more trying mum's makeup and it was only a few girls.

I saw a skincare tutorial video thing earlier done by a girls of around 9/10. Complete with full make up, fake lashes etc at the end. So odd. I was still riding my bike around all day at that age

Yes this. But it’s not enough, I bought a cheap Sephora lip balm for dd when we passed a Sephora on holiday, thinking ‘surely that’s the middle ground’. Nope, apparently they look down on her for not having Summer Friday lip products? Er, I bought my mate a summer Friday lip balm for her 50th, it was £25!!

Yeah joint watching some funny cat videos or whatever isn't the same as letting 9yo access tiktok alone and watch beautytok or etc!

Oh, please. I became interested in skincare, perfumes and beauty when I was 5-6...it has nothing to do with society's beauty standards, it's perfectly natural for little girls to be interested in these kind of things. It's equally normal for some girls to have no interest in it. Both are okay. Beauty, makeup, skincare and perfumes are still things I immensely enjoy...couldn't care less what society says about it.

However, it is crazy to give a child access to retinoids and expensive skincare.

You would think but all the mums who let their kids do this (and therefore ruin my dds life as she’s not ‘cool’ now AT NINE YEAR’S OLD) are terribly nice, upstanding members of society: solicitors, nurses, media execs, TEACHERS… all ‘little Emily wants a spa party/makeover party/pedi party in an actual salon, you know how they are!’ Tinkly laugh. Yes, I know how you’ve ruined them for craft parties and run around parties.

One very pretty little girl came (whose mum is LOVELY) came to my dds party like a little 40 year old beautifully dressed doll, all beige matchy matchy and makeup and accessories. Not as dress up, as normal. sat like a doll too ‘don’t mess up my outfit!’

My child has never ever seen fb, Snapchat, x, or TikTok. Has very occasionally seen a few insta posts about gardening over my shoulder.

The ‘limited participation’ approach is where I’m at with my yr5 DD. So a fancy lipgloss from P Louise as a one off treat, sure, why not? A full on 8 step adult skincare routine? No chance. She doesn’t have a smartphone or social media so isn’t exposed directly but she picks stuff up from other girls which she is then curious understandably curious about

It is awful. My DD turned 10 in January and at her birthday party I could hear two of the girls telling the others about their “5 step skincare routine”, I couldn’t believe it!
I really don’t know what some parents are thinking. My DD has face wash and a basic fragrance free moisturiser, she only has that because her skin gets quite dry in winter.

I remember my sister going to a pampering session 25 years ago, difference between then and now is that they just spent time making their own masks out of yogurt and cucumber instead of using Drunk Elephant or whatever they use now.

DD7 is occasionally allowed nail varnish, but it's childish colours only. At after school club they have a hair and makeup kit and sometimes she comes home with bright pink glittery eyeshadow and braided hair. Obviously done by a fellow clubmate. Would it be my first choice of activity? No. But the girls love it, especially on a rainy day.

I had no idea that this was an interest for 9 y.o girls, very damaging.

You’ll find a bunch of likeminded people if you join a local WhatsApp group for SFC. Lots of parents voicing the same sorts of concerns. The focus is on delaying smartphone use, but one of the big reasons is to get children away from social media, for reasons like this
https://smartphonefreechildhood.co.uk

@PeggyMitchellsCameoyou should do an AMA!

its actually really difficult when your daughter is in a class with girls who are obsessed with this. This is the age where friendships and fitting in become really important and this age/sex group have been marketed at forever- Barbie, bratz, now it’s this. Either you let her participate in as limited way as you can manage or she is completely left out and upset. Both options are pretty shit.

Appalling lazy parenting

It's shit parenting.

And your 'if the girls like it " comment is just stupid.

It's thoroughly depressing. We are living in a society where it seems almost anything is perfectly fine with some parents.

People voicing concern are viewed as overdramatic and behind the times, and nothing, however important, worrying or unacceptable, is ever allowed to be considered a big deal.

Ditto.

*Because the kids can’t create these accounts for themselves.

You are naive if you think all 9 year olds have restricted devices that don’t allow making an email address /downloading whatever they fancy.

IME lots of parents have never logged into their Internet router and set up Internet controls because they don’t consider themselves techie enough and want to be able to look at porn or whatever.

My dd is in her 20s now but 10 years ago she was watching vloggers sell high end cosmetics to their young teen audiences so many of them were jumping from no makeup to using high end brands. My dd had to experiment with budget brands if she wanted to wear make up - no drunk elephant and expensive stuff until she earned her own money.